Patent ID: 9435782
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G01N

Claim Text:
1. A gas-monitoring device transportable by a user within a geographic area to monitor gas emissions within the geographic area, the gas-monitoring device comprising: a handheld computing component having: an emission-detecting component separate from the handheld computing component and wirelessly coupled therewith so as to communicate information to the handheld computing component, the emission-detecting component being configured to sample surrounding air in a first mode of operation as the gas-monitoring device is moved along a predetermined path within the geographic area so as to monitor the gas emissions within the geographic area, wherein the predetermined path is a path for walking; wherein the handheld computing component further comprises a mode changing component that, upon actuation, initiates sampling of the surrounding air via the emission-detecting component in a second mode of operation for diverting from the predetermined path and determining of the geographic location via the location detecting component; wherein the handheld computing component is configured to plot the predetermined path on the display for a user to follow during emission detection; and wherein the handheld computing component is configured to associate monitored gas emissions information wirelessly received from the emission-detecting component with corresponding geographic location information provided by the location detecting component so as to provide gas emissions data for the geographic area.