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OwnerFaiz Zishaaninventor
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Abstract
An electronic communication unit such as a mobile phone comprises a processor for operating said unit; and an ambient air quality monitoring sensor; characterized in that said processor is configured to operate said unit in a first mode of operation during which a) monitoring of said air quality occurs and a level of air quality is assessed against pre-determined levels; and b) ordinary communication routines are activated provided an acceptable category of pre-determined levels is identified; and in a second mode of operation during which a) monitoring of said air quality occurs and a level of air quality is assessed against pre-determined levels; and b) an alarm routine is launched interrupting the ordinary communication routines once a level of ambient air quality is assessed to warrant the user's attention.
Claims29
An electronic communication unit comprising a sensor for monitoring airborne chemicals;
- and a processor for operating said unit;
- said processor being configured to operate said unit in a first mode of operation during which monitoring of air occurs and a level of an airborne chemical is assessed against pre-determined levels;
- and said processor is configured to operate said unit in a second mode of operation during which monitoring of said air occurs and an alarming level of an airborne chemical is assessed against predetermined levels;
- and said processor launches an alarm routine;
- wherein during said first mode of operation, said processor evaluates the level of harm of exposure to a detected airborne chemical;
- and assesses the length of time for arriving at said alarming level at said detected exposure level;
- said unit further comprising a display for displaying a countdown of said length of time which said airborne chemical is tolerable prior to reaching said alarming level;
- said processor counting down said time until either potentially reaching said alarming level, at which point an alarm routine is launched;
- or an acceptable level of airborne chemical is reached;
- and wherein said sensor is integral with said unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.