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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2003
Brent W. Pankey, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Colin John Byrne, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Mark S. Ackerman, Howell, MI (US);
Mitchell M. Rohde, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William J. Williams, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brent W. Pankey, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Colin John Byrne, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Mark S. Ackerman, Howell, MI (US);
Mitchell M. Rohde, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William J. Williams, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
AGC America, Inc., Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Abstract
A sensing device includes a piezoelectric vibration sensor mounted to a surface for producing an analog signal proportional to raindrops striking the surface, an amplifier, an analog-to-digital converter, and a processor for calculating the rain rate based on an exponential probability density function of a first order point process.