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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2006
Applicants:
Dale Keep, Walla Walla, WA (US);
Lance Doyle, Walla Walla, WA (US);
Inventors:
Dale Keep, Walla Walla, WA (US);
Lance Doyle, Walla Walla, WA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a surface sensor system comprising a wet/dry sensor assembly, an electrically isolated passive sensor assembly, a thermally adjustable active sensor assembly, at least one temperature sensor, and a data processing device coupled together as a unit positionable adjacent to a surface, such as an outdoor surface. The unit is configured to determine the presence a surface material containing water or a water-based mixture on the surface and the solid or liquid phase of the surface material.