| US 7,574,910 B2 | ||
| Non-contact condensation detecting method and non-contact condensation detecting apparatus | ||
| Junji Manaka, Aichi (Japan); and Kazutoshi Nagai, Aichi (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 28, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/73,013. | ||
| Application 12/073013 is a division of application No. 11/481097, filed on Jul. 06, 2006, granted, now 7,360,416. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-198744 (JP), filed on Jul. 07, 2005; application No. 2005-241959 (JP), filed on Aug. 24, 2005; and application No. 2006-147865 (JP), filed on May 29, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0154518 A1, Jun. 26, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01F 1/68 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 73—204.26 | 14 Claims |
| 6. A non-contact condensation detecting apparatus, comprising:
a measurement unit disposed at two or more locations, near an object surface and distant from the object surface, the measurement
unit including
a temperature/humidity sensor configured to measure temperature and humidity of gas of an atmosphere surrounding the object
surface, and
a flowsensor configured to measure one of a flow direction and flow velocity of the gas of the atmosphere surrounding the
object surface; and
a processing unit configured to
determine distribution of the atmosphere with respect to the object surface and a transportation state of the atmosphere based
on measurement results of the temperature/humidity sensor and the flowsensor, and
detect a behavior of the gas adhering and aggregating onto the object surface, and a behavior of aggregated liquid transpiring
from the object surface.
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