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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

May. 20, 2021
Applicant:

3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Aloka Khanna, Woodbury, MN (US);

Deepti Pachauri, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Michael L. Munson, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/42 (2006.01); G01N 15/0205 (2024.01); G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 15/075 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/06 (2013.01); G01N 15/0205 (2013.01); G01N 15/075 (2024.01);
Abstract

A method and system of determining air quality are disclosed. In examples, a method comprises identifying one or more aerosol particle types based on an absorbance spectra of aerosol particles captured on a filter and determining a mass concentration of each of the one or more aerosol particle types based on the absorbance spectra and the aerosol particle type. The method further comprises detecting a median particle size of each of the one or more aerosol particle types based on a rate of change of the absorbance spectra and the aerosol particle type. The method further comprises determining an air quality metric based on the identified one or more aerosol particle types, the determined mass concentration of each of the one or more aerosol particle types, and the determined median particle size of each of the one or more aerosol particle types.


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