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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshifumi Suehiro, Osaka, JP;
Toru Baba, Hyogo, JP;
Shin Okumura, Osaka, JP;
Takaaki Yoshihara, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/33 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/33 (2013.01); G01N 21/645 (2013.01); G01N 33/18 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6482 (2013.01);
Abstract
A functional water concentration sensor includes: a container used to contain functional water; a light source that emits ultraviolet light; a phosphor that emits fluorescence when excited by ultraviolet light emitted from the light source and transmitted through the container; and a light-receiving element that receives the fluorescence, wherein a peak wavelength of the ultraviolet light emitted from the light source is in a predetermined range that includes an absorption peak specific to the functional water.