Sensor device and methods for using same
AssigneesThe Procter & Gamble Company, Sandia Corporation
InventorsTimothy Michael Rothgeb, Kristina Marie Rohal Gansle, Jonathan Livingston Joyce, James Madison Jordan, Tedd Addison Rohwer, Randal Ray Lockhart, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Toan Trinh, Mark Gary Cipollone
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Abstract
A sensor device and method of employment is provided. More specifically, a sensor device adapted to detect, identify and/or measure a chemical and/or physical characteristic upon placement of the device into an environment, especially a liquid medium for which monitoring is sought is provided.
Claims19
A self-contained, wireless sensor device comprising a sensor component comprising a first sensor element capable of activating the sensor device upon sensing a chemical and/or physical characteristic of a surrounding environment, a second sensor element capable of continuously detecting, identifying and/or measuring a chemical and/or physical characteristic of the surrounding environment when the sensor device is activated within the surrounding environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.