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Mold detecting device using sensor to measure pH of a surface

US11567012B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Seow Yuen Yee · Mountain View, US
Franz Laermer · Stuttgart, DE
Thomas Rocznik · Mountain View, US
Ning Wang · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 12, 2019
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 9, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T7/90
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A mold sensor is configured with an enclosed chamber in which a nutrient-treated substrate is positioned. The mold sensor includes a sensing system that is configured to measure a property of the substrate that corresponds to a pH value of the substrate. A controller operates the sensing system and is programmed to detect a presence of mold growing in the chamber by estimating the pH value from the measured property.

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