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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2008
Joseph Matteoni, St. Charles, MO (US);
Jeffery P. Bertram, St. Louis, MO (US);
Wayne K. Moore, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Daniel B. Nickell, Vienna, VA (US);
Joseph Matteoni, St. Charles, MO (US);
Jeffery P. Bertram, St. Louis, MO (US);
Wayne K. Moore, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Daniel B. Nickell, Vienna, VA (US);
DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for detection of an airborne contaminant in a atmospheric environment. The method comprises capturing an air sample from the atmospheric environment; separating candidate particles of interest from particles of non interest in the air sample; generating an image of the candidate particles; identifying a contaminant from among the candidate particles by comparing the image of candidate particles with a plurality of stored reference images, each of which reflects a respective identified contaminant; and notifying a remote third party in response to detecting a contaminant from among the candidate particles.