Abstract: A Method and Apparatus for identifying and distinguishing fluids and for recognizing contamination of a fluid, which method and apparatus utilizes spectrographic analysis of control samples of known fluids and then spectrographic analysis of unknown fluids to generate optical signatures, finger prints and/or profiles of data and processed data relating to the relative intensities of light at selected wavelengths; and then, through comparison of the various signatures, fingerprints and/or profiles, provides determinative information as to contamination or non-contamination of the unknown fluids; after which appropriate operation control is effected and/or exercised.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 16, 1989
Date of Patent:
March 26, 1991
Assignee:
International Integrated Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Jerry G. Ingrum, Douglas J. Littlejohn, Douglas Modlin
Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying and distinguishing fluids and for recognizing contamination of a fluid, which method and apparatus utilizes spectrographic analysis of control samples of known fluids and then spectrographic analysis of unknown fluids to generate optical signatures, finger prints and/or profiles of data and processed data relating to the relative intensities of light at selected wavelengths; and then, through comparison of the various signatures, fingerprints and/or profiles, provides determinative information as to contamination or non-contamination of the unknown fluids; after which appropriate operation control is effected and/or exercised.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 8, 1989
Date of Patent:
March 12, 1991
Assignee:
International Integrated Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Douglas J. Littlejohn, Douglas Modlin, Jerry G. Ingrum, Brian R. Devlin