Using bluetooth beacons to automatically update the location within a portable gas detector's logs

A gas detector device comprising:

• one or more sensors operable to detect gases in the air around the gas detector device;
• a wireless receiver operable to receive one or more wireless beacons;
• a memory;
• and
• a processor operable to:
• receive and store readings from the one or more sensors of the gas detector device;
• receive location information from the wireless beacons;
• update the location information stored in the memory of the gas detector device using the received location information;
• and
• associate subsequent readings from the one or more sensors with the updated location information.

A method for updating the location information on a gas detector device, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a wireless receiver of the gas detector device, a wireless beacon, when the gas detector device passes within the range of the wireless beacon, wherein the wireless beacon contains location information;
• updating, by a processor of the gas detector device, the location information stored on the gas detector device using the location information from the wireless beacon;
• and
• associating, by the processor of the gas detector device, subsequent readings taken by one or more sensors of the gas detector device with the updated location information.