# US 2018/0321126 A1 · Airborne particle monitor with orientation control > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0321126 A1 - Document ID: US20180321126A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/900,650 - Filed: 2018-02-20 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-06 - Assignees: Scanit Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Scanit Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: Pedro Manautou; Joel Kent - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180321126A1 ## CPC - G01N 15/0612: {Optical scan of the deposits (G01N15/0625 takes precedence)} - G01N 1/2273: {Atmospheric sampling} - G01N 15/0227: using imaging; using holography - G01N 15/1433: using image recognition - G01N 15/1434: Optical arrangements - G01N 33/4925: {measuring blood gas content, e.g. O2, CO2 , HCO3} - G01N 35/00871: {Communications between instruments or with remote terminals} - G06V 20/693: {Acquisition} - G01N 15/01: specially adapted for biological cells, e.g. blood cells (investigating sedimentation of particle suspensions in blood G01N15/05) - G01N 2001/2276: {Personal monitors} - G01N 2001/245: {Fans} - G01N 2015/1486: {Counting the particles} - G01N 2015/1493: {Particle size} - G01N 2015/1497: {Particle shape} - G01N 2035/00881: {network configurations} - G01N 2035/009: {alarms, e.g. audible} - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract A monitor includes a base, a cylindrical housing, rotatably connected to the base, and including an air-intake slot, and a collection media, a motor configured to rotate the cylindrical housing relative to the base, a power source, connected to the motor, and a processor connected to the motor and power source. The processor is configured to process information and, based on the processing, direct the motor to rotate the cylindrical housing so that airborne particles in ambient air pass through the air-intake slot and to the collection media. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-22. (canceled) ### Claim 23 A device comprising: a base; a cylindrical housing, rotatably coupled to the base, and comprising an air-intake slot, and a collection media; a motor, configured to rotate the cylindrical housing relative to the base; a power source, coupled to the motor; and a processor, coupled to the motor and the power source, wherein the processor is configured to process information and, based on the processing, direct the motor to rotate the cylindrical housing so that airborne particles in ambient air pass through the air-intake slot and to the collection media. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The device of claim 23 wherein a vertical axis passes through the cylindrical housing and the motor rotates the cylindrical housing about the vertical axis. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The device of claim 23 wherein the processor receives the information wirelessly from a remote server. ### Claim 26 (depends on 23) The device of claim 23 comprising a plurality of airflow detectors disposed about the cylindrical housing and coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to process data about ambient airflow detected by the plurality of airflow sensors to orient the air-intake slot into the ambient airflow. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The device of claim 26 wherein the plurality of airflow detectors comprise cantilever type airflow detectors. ### Claim 28 (depends on 23) The device of claim 23 wherein the processor is configured to periodically rotate the cylindrical housing, thereby sampling the airborne particles in the ambient air from multiple directions. ### Claim 29 (depends on 23) The device of claim 23 wherein the device is located in an outdoor environment. ### Claim 30 (depends on 23) The device of claim 23 wherein the collection media comprises an adhesive tape media contained within a removable cartridge inserted into the cylindrical housing, the removable cartridge comprising: a particle intake zone, proximate to the air-intake slot, and through which the adhesive tape media is exposed to capture the airborne particles passing through the air-intake slot; and an inspection zone at which the airborne particles captured at the intake zone are transported for optical imaging. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The device of claim 30 comprising a second motor to move the airborne particles captured by the adhesive tape media from the particle intake zone to the inspection zone. ### Claim 32 (depends on 23) The device of claim 23 comprising a camera sensor, a variable lens, a light emitting diode (LED) illumination source, an ultra-violet (UV) LED illumination source, and an imaging processing module contained within the cylindrical housing, wherein the LED and UV LED illumination source illuminate the airborne particles collected onto the collection media for imaging by the camera sensor, the variable lens comprises a lens with an electronically controlled focal length, and the imaging module comprises logic to recognize particles of interest imaged by the camera sensor. ### Claim 33 A device comprising: a base; a cylindrical housing, rotatably coupled to the base, and comprising an air-intake slot, a plurality of airflow sensors disposed about the cylindrical housing, and a collection media to capture airborne particles that pass through the air-intake slot; a motor, configured to rotate the cylindrical housing relative to the base; a battery power source, coupled to the motor; and a processor, coupled to the motor, battery power source, and plurality of airflow detectors, wherein the processor is configured to process data about wind detected by the plurality of airflow detectors and, based on the processing, direct the motor to rotate the cylindrical housing so that the air-intake slot faces the wind. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The device of claim 33 comprising a camera sensor, a light emitting diode (LED) illumination source, and an ultra-violet (UV) LED illumination source contained within the housing and coupled to the processor and battery power source. ### Claim 35 (depends on 33) The device of claim 33 wherein the collection media comprises an adhesive-coated tape contained within a cartridge, the cartridge being removable from the cylindrical housing and comprising: a supply reel; an uptake reel; and a tape guide comprising a first segment exposed to the air-intake slot, and a second segment exposed to a camera sensor contained within the cylindrical housing, wherein the adhesive-coated tape extends from the supply reel, across the first and second segments of the tape guide, and to the uptake reel. ### Claim 36 (depends on 33) The device of claim 33 comprising: a wireless network interface controller, coupled to the processor, that receives a plurality of instructions from a remote server over a wireless network, the plurality of instructions comprising: a first instruction to move the collection media; and a second instruction to transmit to the remote server an image of the airborne particles that have been captured on the collection media. ### Claim 37 (depends on 33) The device of claim 33 wherein the processor is configured to periodically rotate the cylindrical housing. ### Claim 38 (depends on 33) The device of claim 33 wherein the air-intake slot is located between a top end of the cylindrical housing, and a bottom end of the cylindrical housing, the bottom end being opposite the top end, and closer to the base than the top end. ### Claim 39 (depends on 33) The device of claim 33 wherein the plurality of airflow detectors comprise cantilever type airflow detectors.