Patents Assigned to ALOXY NV
  • Monitoring an operating state of a valve
    Patent number: 11236843
    Abstract: A device is configured to monitor a state of a rotatable handle of a valve when the device is attached to the rotatable handle. The device comprises a vector magnetometer configured to measure a magnetic field. The device comprises a processing unit configured to obtain from the vector magnetometer measurements of the magnetic field when the handle is rotated; calculate a change in the state of the rotatable handle based on a difference between the measurements of the magnetic field; and report the change in the state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN, IMEC VZW, ALOXY NV
    Inventors: Maarten Weyn, Jan Coppens