59results about "Temperature mapping" patented technology

An example method described herein includes operating a first component of a circuit. The method also includes, while operating the first component, supplying a current to a superconducting wire that is thermally-coupled to the first component, and determining whether the superconducting wire has transitioned between a superconducting state to a non-superconducting state in response to the current. The method further includes measuring a temperature of the first component based on whether the superconducting wire transitioned between the superconducting state to the non-superconducting state in response to the current, and adjusting operation of the first component in accordance with a determination that the temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature.

This invention relates to a wireless thermometer featuring a trident probe configuration, optimized for monitoring and controlling food temperatures during cooking. The central probe extends deeper, while two shorter side probes measure temperature at the edges, providing a comprehensive thermal profile. Temperature data is transmitted to a connected electronic device, where AI algorithms process temperature trends and food images to suggest cooking adjustments. These adjustments include precise grill height and power settings, enabling users to achieve consistent and well-monitored cooking results. The thermometer's robust data transmission capability and real-time feedback improve cooking efficiency and accuracy.

To provide a method that obtains thermal properties of a contact region.SOLUTION: A method of the present application comprises: receiving temperature data on a sensor; obtaining a temperature distribution of heat penetration from the sensor into at least one material; applying a correction to the temperature distribution; iteratively analyzing the corrected temperature distribution; and outputting thermal properties of a contact region being a region between the sensor and the at least one material. The method of the present application may further comprise: obtaining thermal properties of at least one material; and obtaining a corrected thermal property of a material using the thermal property of the contact region. The method of the present application may further comprise automatically obtaining appropriate measurement duration for measuring properties of the at least one material to minimize effects of the contact region.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention provides a rechargeable battery system. The rechargeable battery system includes: a battery cell having a laminated case encapsulating an electrolyte and an electrode stack; the thermal sensing pad is embedded in the battery unit, the thermal sensing pad comprises a plurality of temperature sensors arranged at different positions in the battery unit, and each temperature sensor is packaged in an electrolyte-resistant material; the integrated circuit board is electrically connected with the thermal sensing pad; the integrated circuit board is configured to: (1) receive a sensing signal from the temperature sensor; (2) converting the sensing signal into digital temperature data; and (3) transmitting the digital temperature data to a battery management system. The battery management system is configured to analyze the digital temperature data to evaluate an internal temperature condition of the battery cell.

An example health condition assessment method for a medium / low voltage switchgear having temperature sensors at connection points between components of the switchgear, and a main conduction circuit includes: determining key connection points in the conduction circuit to serve as virtual temperature measurement points according to a main conduction circuit structure of the switchgear; establishing a temperature analysis model of the main conduction circuit according to the distribution of the measurement points; obtaining a current value, an environment temperature value, and temperature values of the main conduction circuit sensed by the temperature sensors, and putting them into the temperature analysis model to obtain temperature values or temperature-rise values of the measurement points in the circuit; and obtaining limit values of the virtual temperature measurement points in the main conduction circuit using the values to normalize the values, and assessing the health condition of the switchgear according to the values.

The present invention relates to the technical field of thermal runaway management for lithium-ion batteries, and more particularly to a method for detecting and locating overheating in lithium-ion batteries or battery packs using temperature sensors. The temperature sensor is based on a shape memory alloy or bimetallic strips. The lithium-ion batteries or battery packs are equipped with these temperature sensors and arranged in a matrix configuration, enabling detection and localization of overheated batteries within the pack. This method addresses the challenge of identifying overheating in large-scale battery packs and energy storage power stations, thereby improving the efficiency of detection and localization. It also facilitates timely identification and precise location of batteries that may be undergoing thermal runaway.

The present invention belongs to the field of aircraft and relates to a temperature sensing assembly for a fire detection system for an aircraft. The present invention also provides a fire detection system, an aircraft section and an aircraft.

The invention relates to a method for determining (300) a temperature field of a part (102), said method comprising the following steps: measuring (306) temperatures (Tm) on said part (102) by means of an array of N temperature sensors (104), where N is a natural number strictly greater than one, said temperature sensors (104) being fixed on or in the part (102); from a reference thermal source (S), determining (304) a set of simulated temperatures (Ts) on said part (102) by application of a direct model (M) of thermal conduction with a mesh (500) of the part (102) according to a finite element technique, said mesh (500) comprising a plurality of cells (502); define the position of each temperature sensor within the mesh; for each of the meshes (502), correlate (308) the temperature values ​​(Tm) measured in step a) to a simulated temperature value (Ts) obtained at the end of step b).Figure for the summary: Fig. 3.

An ostomy bag can include one or more sensors for measuring one or more metrics. An ostomy wafer can also include one or more sensors for measuring one or more metrics. The sensors can be temperature sensors and / or capacitive sensors, for example, and the metrics can include bag fill, leakage, skin irritation, and phase of stoma output, among others.

A device is provided. The device is arranged in a wafer box and is configured to simulate to measure physical properties of a surface of a wafer in the wafer box during an air filling and exchanging operation on the wafer box when the wafer box is closed. The device includes one or more simulating members and one or more sensors. Each simulating members is arranged in one receiving groove. The physical properties of a surface of each simulating member received in the one receiving groove matches with the physical properties of the surface of the wafer received in the one receiving groove. At least one of the one or more sensors is arranged on a corresponding simulating member, each sensor is configured to measure the physical properties of a surface of a corresponding simulating member. A related wafer box is also provided.

An electronic device and a method for predicting dust accumulation in a cooling vent thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a power supply board, an environmental temperature sensing module, a work area temperature sensing module, a storage, and a processor. The environmental temperature sensing module is configured to measure an environmental temperature inside the housing. The work area temperature sensing module is configured to measure a working temperature of a work area. The processor is configured to respectively calculate an average environmental temperature and an average working temperature based on a plurality of environmental temperatures and a plurality of working temperatures in an analysis period, and calculate an estimated value of dust accumulation in the cooling vent. The processor is configured to send a warning signal when the estimated value of dust accumulation is greater or equal to a dust accumulation warning value.

Systems and methods for thermal monitoring of electrical panels and cabinets. The system comprises sensor nodes and rigid links. The nodes may be modular and configured to connect to one another through the rigid links. The rigid links may be of a predefined length and the physical layout of the nodes may be determined by mapping each node to a coordinate location based on the length of the rigid link and the position and orientation of the starting and ending ports on the nodes being connected. This allows for the generation of coverage maps of the sensors and layouts to be generated without prior knowledge of the node placement.

A rechargeable battery system is provided. The rechargeable battery system comprises: a battery cell having a laminated housing enclosing electrolyte and electrode stacks; a thermal sensing pad embedded within the battery cell, the thermal sensing pad comprising a plurality of temperature sensors disposed at different internal positions within the battery cell, each temperature sensor encapsulated in an electrolyte-resistant material; an integrated circuit board electrically coupled with the thermal sensing pad, the integrated circuit board configured to: (a) receive sensor signals from the temperature sensors; (b) convert the sensor signals into digital temperature data; and (c) transmit the digital temperature data to a battery management system. The battery management system is configured to analyze the digital temperature data to assess internal temperature conditions of the battery cell.

A temperature measurement apparatus includes a base; a thermistor array including a plurality of thermistors in different regions of the base; a power supply circuit configured to supply power to any one of the plurality of thermistors; and a processor connected to the plurality of thermistors and the power supply circuit, and configured to determine a target thermistor among the plurality of thermistors, to control the power supply circuit to supply the power to the target thermistor, to detect a resistance value of the target thermistor, and to calculate a temperature of a region corresponding to the target thermistor on the basis of the resistance value of the target thermistor.

The disclosure relates to a method for detecting a faulty temperature sensor out of a plurality of temperature sensors in a battery assembly for a vehicle. Each of the plurality of temperature sensors is arranged in an associated location. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of data items (DI), wherein each data item (DI) is associated with a temperature sensor out of the plurality of temperature sensors and wherein each data item (DI) is indicative of a temperature and a location of the associated temperature sensor. The method further comprises comparing the data items (DI) with respect to the associated temperatures and / or the associated locations. Moreover, the method comprises determining, based on the comparing, one or more outlier data items (DI) out of the plurality of data items (DI) and inferring the one or more temperature sensors associated with the one or more outlier data items (DI) to be faulty. The disclosure further relates to a data processing apparatus, to a computer program and to a computer-readable storage medium. Furthermore, the disclosure is directed to a battery assembly for a vehicle and to a vehicle comprising the battery assembly.

Systems and methods are provided for identifying a location of a thermal event detected by a temperature sensing tape. In some embodiments, the temperature sensing tape may include a resistance ladder with parallel resistors between a plurality of temperature sensing elements for creating a voltage divider, and unique analog output voltages may correspond to different ones of the plurality of temperature sensing elements that are activated. In some embodiments, pulses injected into and reflected by the temperature sensing tape may be used to detect a distance to a location where a trigger event is detected.

The present invention describes a system (100) and a method (300) for detecting and predicting thermal anomalies in thermal systems. The method (300) comprises receiving operating parameters and system configuration data. The method (300) further comprises creating a 3D temperature profile by processing localized temperature data and system configuration data using an interpolation technique and creating a first temperature matrix based on the 3D temperature profile. The method (300) further comprises creating a coolant temperature profile and a heat source temperature profile by processing the coolant inlet and outlet temperatures, the coolant flow rate, the power output of the heat sources, and the localized temperature data, and creating a second temperature matrix based on the coolant temperature profile and the heat source temperature profile.The method (300) further comprises generating a plurality of calibration matrices based on the first temperature matrix and the second temperature matrix, and generating a baseline performance matrix based on the plurality of calibration matrices. The method (300) further comprises identifying deviations from the baseline performance matrix.

A system and method for regression modeling an interior volume of a containment vessel and interpolating data from multi-point sensor arrays within the containment vessel to detect conditions across the interior volume of the containment vessel.

A device (100) for sensing thermal property and temperature of a test subject comprises: an array of sensors (110); each comprising an electrically conductive structure (112) and being configured for applying an electrical signal to the electrically conductive structure (112) and sensing a resistance and a temperature-induced change in resistance of the electrically conductive structure (112), indicative of temperature and thermal property of the test subject, respectively, wherein the electrically conductive structure (112) is electrically connected between at least one first contact point (114) and at least one second contact point (118); a common contact (130) configured to provide a common electrical connection to the at least one first contact point (114) of each of the sensors (110); and wherein each of the sensors (110) comprises an individual contact (140) configured to provide an individual electrical connection to the at least one second contact point (118) of the sensor (110).

A system and method for regression modeling and mapping an interior volume of a fluid containment vessel and interpolating data from multi-point sensor arrays within the fluid containment vessel to detect conditions across the interior volume of the fluid containment vessel. The interpolated data may then be used to control operating equipment associated with the fluid containment vessel to modify the conditions within the fluid containment vessel.

A detection device (3) acquires measurement data (yi) of a flat rolled stock (1), each data point being assigned to a specific location (xi) in the longitudinal (rL) and / or lateral (rB) direction and / or thickness (rD) direction of the flat rolled stock (1), such that the measurement data (yi) form a corresponding spatially resolved distribution. An evaluation device (4) receives the measurement data (yi) from the detection device (3). The evaluation device defines parameters (a) for a function (f) that varies with the location (xi) in the longitudinal (rL) and / or lateral (rB) direction and / or thickness (rD) direction of the flat rolled stock (1) such that the deviation of the function (f) parameterized with the optimized values ​​(aopt) of the parameters (a) from the measurement data (yi) is minimized according to an evaluation criterion. Based on the function (f), the evaluation device (4) performs further evaluations.The assessment measure is determined by a sum of individual ratings (di). The evaluation unit (4) determines the individual ratings (di) based on the absolute value of the difference between a given measurement date (yi) and the value of the function (f) at that measurement date (yi). While the individual rating (di) does increase with the absolute value of the difference between the given measurement date (yi) and the value of the function (f) at that measurement date (yi), the increase is less than quadratic.

A digital sensor network is overlaid on an integrated circuit for identifying and mapping hotspots in the integrated circuit. The digital sensor network may include a plurality of digital sensors distributed within an area of an integrated circuit component of an integrated circuit. Each of the plurality of digital sensors may include a ring oscillator and may be configured to output a counter value of a ring oscillator counted over a designated period. A sensor network control unit may be provided that is communicatively connected to the plurality of digital sensors via a communication circuit. The sensor network control unit may be configured to receive a plurality of counter values including the counter value from each of the plurality of digital sensors and identify a hotspot within the area of the integrated circuit.

Disclosed examples relate to a method and system for applying automated calibration (i.e., autocalibration) to distributed temperature sensing (DTS) measurements. In some examples, there is provided a method for automated calibration of distributed temperature sensing (DTS) measurements, comprising receiving, at a switching unit, sequence increment data from a DTS module used for acquiring DTS measurements in a downhole well; identifying, at the switching unit, a next entry in a sequence-channel listing stored in the switching unit; adjusting a switching configuration of the switching unit to couple the identified input temperature channel to an output interface of the switching unit, the output interface being coupled to the DTS module; and transmitting calibration temperature data through the switching unit from the at least one temperature sensor to the DTS module to allow automatic calibration of the DTS measurements by the DTS module.

Systems and methods for identifying a location of a thermal event detected by a temperature sensing tape are provided. In some embodiments, the temperature sensing tape can include a resistive ladder with parallel resistors between a plurality of temperature sensing elements to create voltage dividers, and unique analog output voltages can correspond to different ones of the plurality of temperature sensing elements being activated. In some embodiments, pulses injected into and reflected by the temperature sensing tape can be used detect a distance to a location where a triggering event is detected.

Methods, systems, and devices for quantifying geothermal heat flux using shallow subsurface temperature measurements are provided. A method can include deploying vertical temperature probes with fiber optic sensors, strain sensors, and advective sensors at measurement sites. Time-series temperature data is then recorded, processed to determine equilibrium temperature profiles, and corrected for climate-driven signals, strain, and advection effects. Geothermal heat flux is calculated by combining the corrected temperature gradient with subsurface thermal conductivity, and a heat flux map can be generated to identify geothermal energy resources.

The invention is directed at a catalyst bed comprising a temperature sensor array. The catalyst bed comprises a reactor chamber for being filled with a catalyst material, the reactor chamber having a bottom and one or more side walls defining an interior of the reactor chamber. The temperature sensor array comprises at least one first optical fiber part comprising at least two fiber grating sensors. Each of the at least two fiber grating sensors provides a temperature sensor of the temperature sensor array. The first optical fiber part is fixed to the reactor chamber in at least two mounting positions along a length of the first optical fiber part, such that the first optical fiber part between the two mounting positions extends through the interior of the chamber. The fixing of the first optical fiber part is such that the first optical fiber part is tensioned between the mounting positions, such that each of the at least two fiber grating sensors is located at a predefined sensing position in the interior of the chamber.

A temperature sensing assembly configured for a fire detection system for an aircraft, wherein the temperature sensing assembly includes: a plate of material having a thermal conductivity at least 200 W / (m·K), and a plurality of thermocouples arranged on the plate. A controller is configured to receive the temperatures measured by the thermocouples and determine if one or more of the measured temperatures complies with at least one predetermined criterion.

A measurement device can be used by a patient or user to scan a tissue site to generate a thermal image of the scanned tissue site. The device can measure and collect temperature data and position data using one or more thermal and position sensors. The data can be used to generate a thermal image of the scanned tissue. The thermal image can be used to monitor various tissue sites and determine location and severity of inflammation. The thermal field scanner can help patients in avoiding formation of ulcers and other dangerous medical conditions.

A method for detecting a faulty temperature sensor out of a plurality of temperature sensors in a battery assembly for a vehicle. Each of the plurality of temperature sensors is arranged in an associated location. The method includes obtaining a plurality of data items (DI), where each data item (DI) is associated with a temperature sensor out of the plurality of temperature sensors and where each data item (DI) is indicative of a temperature and a location of the associated temperature sensor. The method further includes comparing the data items (DI) with respect to the associated temperatures and / or the associated locations. Moreover, the method includes determining, based on the comparing, one or more outlier data items (DI) out of the plurality of data items (DI) and inferring the one or more temperature sensors associated with the one or more outlier data items (DI) to be faulty.