Patent ID: 9666071
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G08G

Claim:
1. A monitoring arrangement for monitoring atmospheric air using moving vehicles, comprising: a plurality of vehicles each configured to move on land to different locations upon control of an occupant of the vehicle: a plurality of locating systems, each of said locating systems being arranged at least partly on a respective one of said vehicles and being configured to provide location data about the respective one of said vehicles during movement of the respective one of said vehicles: a plurality of sensor systems, each of said sensor systems being arranged on a respective one of said vehicles, each of said sensor systems being configured to analyze air and detect presence of at least one chemical in air exterior of and around the respective one of said vehicles at a location at which the respective one of said vehicles is situated when said sensor system is analyzing air; a monitoring facility; and a plurality of communication systems, each of said communication systems being arranged at least partly in a respective one of said vehicles and coupled to said sensor system and said locating system on the respective one of said vehicles; said communication system in each of said vehicles being configured to generate and transmit at least one signal based on data provided by said sensor system coupled to said communication system about the detected presence of at least one chemical in the air exterior of and around the respective one of said vehicles and on the location data provided by said locating system coupled to said communication system and direct the at least one signal to said monitoring facility; data provided by said sensor systems and sent via said communication system systems to the monitoring facility being analyzed at said monitoring facility in association with the location data about said vehicles provided by said locating systems to obtain an indication of where the chemical is present in ambient air in an area through which the plurality of vehicles are moving, wherein the vehicles are automobiles.