Patent ID: 9606001
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G01J

Claim:
1. A method of monitoring ultraviolet (UV) light intensity within an environment, the method comprising: detecting, with a plurality of UV detection nodes at spaced apart node locations, a UV light intensity within the environment; generating a plurality of respective UV intensity signals with the plurality of UV detection nodes, wherein each of the plurality of respective UV intensity signals is indicative of the respective UV light intensity at a respective one of the plurality of spaced apart node locations; transmitting, with a plurality of respective transmitters, the plurality of respective UV intensity signals from the plurality of UV detection nodes to a data analysis system; receiving, with a receiver, the plurality of respective UV intensity signals; determining, with the data analysis system, the respective UV light intensity at the plurality of spaced apart node locations based, at least in part, on the plurality of respective UV intensity signals; calculating, with the data analysis system, a UV light intensity map of the environment, wherein the calculating is based, at least in part, on the respective UV light intensity detected at the plurality of spaced apart node locations; tracking, with a manufactured component tracking system, a location of a manufactured component within the environment; correlating, with the data analysis system, the UV light intensity map with the location of the manufactured component within the environment; and determining, with the data analysis system, a UV dose experienced by the manufactured component based, at least in part, on the tracking and the correlating.