Method and apparatus for detecting moisture in portable electronic devices
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01N-019/10
G01N-027/04
G01N-001/24
출원번호
US-0080705
(2013-11-14)
등록번호
US-9488565
(2016-11-08)
발명자
/ 주소
Zielinski, Reuben Quincey
Trusty, Joel Christopher
출원인 / 주소
Revive Electronics, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Baker & McKenzie LLP
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초록▼
The present invention provides a unique method and apparatus for the automatic detection of water in portable electronic devices, such as cell phones, digital music players, pagers, cameras, tablet computers and the like, after these units have been subjected to water, high-humidity conditions, or o
The present invention provides a unique method and apparatus for the automatic detection of water in portable electronic devices, such as cell phones, digital music players, pagers, cameras, tablet computers and the like, after these units have been subjected to water, high-humidity conditions, or other unintended deleterious wetting agents that could render such devices inoperable. Such detection can be performed without any disassembly of the device required. At least one embodiment provides a user-controlled vacuum plenum that simultaneously scavenges air from within the portable electronic device while sampling the relative humidity to determine the level of water or moisture within the device. The relative humidity is sampled by a microcontroller and displayed on a user friendly interface to allow repair and retail shops to quickly determine whether the portable electronic device contains water or moisture within its enclosed interior.
대표청구항▼
1. A moisture sensing apparatus comprising: a three-way pneumatic valve comprising a first port, a second port, and a third port;a room humidity sensor connected to the first port;a vacuum pressure sensor connected to the second port;a device under test (DUT) humidity sensor connected to the vacuum
1. A moisture sensing apparatus comprising: a three-way pneumatic valve comprising a first port, a second port, and a third port;a room humidity sensor connected to the first port;a vacuum pressure sensor connected to the second port;a device under test (DUT) humidity sensor connected to the vacuum pressure sensor;an evacuation pump connected to the DUT humidity sensor;a sampling port and to a DUT;an air sampling orifice connected to the room humidity sensor;an exhaust port connected to the evacuation pump;a character display;a LED bar graph display; anda microprocessor controlled system to automatically control and calculate moisture levels. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said room ambient humidity sensor is used to determine room ambient moisture levels. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said DUT humidity sensor is used to determine moisture level in a portable electronic device. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said evacuation pump is used to pull air from room ambient air. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said three-way pneumatic valve is used to pneumatically switch out pneumatic sampling circuits. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said vacuum pressure sensor is used to determine vacuum pressure for mathematical scaling purposes. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said evacuation pump is used to pull air from inside a portable electronic device. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said sampling port is used to interface with a headphone jack of portable electronic devices to permit air sampling to occur. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said air sampling orifice restrictor is used to pneumatically mimic the standardized sampling port for correction factor calculations. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said evacuation pump is used to pull air from inside a portable electronic device. 11. The apparatus monoxide of claim 1, wherein said character display is used to display moisture levels of ambient air and air sampled in a portable electronic device. 12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said LED bar graph is used to graphically display relative difference of room ambient moisture and portable electronic device moisture from air sampled inside a portable electronic device. 13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said microprocessor is used to control electronic functionality. 14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said microprocessor is used to compute room ambient and device under test moisture levels. 15. The apparatus monoxide of claim 1, wherein said microprocessor is used to compute scaling factors for moisture levels in portable electronic devices. 16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus is portable. 17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus is rechargeable. 18. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a printer for providing a printed moisture level record. 19. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein exhaust port is located diametrically opposite and a minimum of 3 inches from that of the sampling port or the air sampling orifice. 20. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said microprocessor automatically samples humidity sensors and computes a correction factor during active conditions. 21. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the three-way pneumatic valve comprises a DUT pneumatic sampling circuit and a room ambient pneumatic sampling circuit, and wherein, in calibration mode, the three-way pneumatic valve is pneumatically switched such that air flows through the room ambient pneumatic sampling circuit and is blocked from entering the DUT pneumatic sampling circuit. 22. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the three-way pneumatic valve comprises a DUT pneumatic sampling circuit and a room ambient pneumatic sampling circuit, and wherein, in test mode, the three-way pneumatic valve is pneumatically switched such that air flows through the DUT pneumatic sampling circuit and is blocked from entering the room ambient pneumatic sampling circuit.
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