Sensing device for determining a rain rate
US6936985B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 21, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S318/02
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sensing device includes a piezoelectric vibration sensor mounted to a surface for producing an analog signal proportional to raindrops striking the surface, an amplifier, an analog-to-digital converter, and a processor for calculating the rain rate based on an exponential probability density function of a first order point process.
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