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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takaaki Sato, Amagasaki, JP;
Junzo Hirono, Amagasaki, JP;
Assignees:
Agency of Industrial Science & Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Ministry of International Trade & Industry, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364497 ; 364550 ; 73 2321 ; 73 2334 ; 738657 ; 73 3105 ;
Abstract
A method for discriminating a chemical/physical quantity comprises exposing a sensor array consisting of a plurality of sensor members exhibiting differing response ranges with respect to a chemical/physical quantity to stimulation and discriminating the cause of the stimulation from the order in which the sensor members produce lowest significant (discriminable) output levels.