Smartphone-operated hvac anemometer device and system
AssigneeWeatherFlow, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Lyons, Scott Madden, David St. John, Derek Trauger
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Abstract
A smartphone-operated HVAC airflow anemometer device and system includes an anemometer device having an impeller and a photo interrupter circuit. The circuit generates an output signal that is proportional to the rotation speed of the impeller, and transmits the same via a headphone jack to a smartphone device running an airflow balancing application. The airflow balancing application receives airflow data from the anemometer and provides power to the same. The application can apply one or more algorithms to the received airflow data to generate airflow information which can be stored or transmitted by the smartphone device.
Claims16
An airflow anemometer system, comprising:
- an airflow balancing application that includes machine readable instructions for execution on a smartphone device having a processor, a memory, internet connectivity, a display screen and a headphone jack, said application functioning to
- generate an airflow balancing icon on the display screen, and
- calculate airflow information and display the same on the display screen;
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- an anemometer device that includes
- a main body having an external surface that defines an internal cavity,
- an impeller that is positioned within the main body,
- a photo interrupter circuit that is in communication with the impeller, and
- an audio jack plug that is in communication with the photo interrupter circuit and functions to communicate with the headphone jack to transmit airflow data to the airflow balancing application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.