CPC G08B 21/12 (2013.01) [G01N 33/0031 (2013.01); G01N 33/0062 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A personal air quality monitor, comprising:
a housing suitable for physical association with a person;
an air inlet capable of providing air flow from an environment outside the housing to at least one chamber within the housing;
a plurality of sensors resident within the at least one chamber, suitable for receiving the airflow and measuring air quality factors associated with the airflow;
a user interface configured to be cognizable to the person; and
a communication system suitable for processing the air quality factor measurements and communicating the processed air quality factor measurements to the user interface cognizable to the person;
wherein the user interface comprises a plurality of alerts regarding the processed air quality factor measurements, characterized in that the user interface is configured to convey different ones of the plurality of alerts for different aspects of air quality comprised of at least levels of CO, CO2, NO2, O3, and particulates, wherein the different aspects for which the different alerts are conveyed to the person are selectable by the person, such that only the selected aspects have corresponding ones of the alerts conveyed.
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