Patent ID: 9285341
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G01M,G01N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus that monitors abnormalities in a system including a plurality of components or products disposed in an enclosed or semi-enclosed space, wherein the plurality of components or products respectively includes a plurality of types of capsules, wherein each of the types of capsule releases a unique one of a plurality of marker chemical substances, and each type of capsule releases its unique marker chemical substance due to a specific predetermined cause, and each of the plurality of marker chemical substances has a unique spectrum, the apparatus comprises: a sensor that is capable of detecting the spectrums of the plurality of marker chemical substances by sampling air in the space, a database that includes information of a relationship among the unique spectrums of the plurality of marker chemical substances, the plurality of marker chemical substances, the plurality of components or products, and the specific predetermined cause associated with each of the plurality of marker chemical substances; and a unit that determines an abnormal state of one of the plurality of components or products based on the spectrum detected by the sensor, and the predetermined specific causes registered in the database.