Patent ID: 9683953
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G01N,G08C

Claim:
1. An x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer, comprising: a. a housing; b. an x-ray source and an x-ray detector attached to the housing, wherein: c. a microphone and an electronic-processor attached to the housing, wherein: d. the electronic-processor is configured to wirelessly-transmit the initial signal to a remote-processor attached to a handheld electronic device; e. the handheld electronic device is physically separate from and independently movable from the XRF analyzer; f. the electronic-processor is configured to receive a wirelessly-transmitted return signal from the remote-processor, the return signal including a program, selected by the remote-processor, and based on the initial signal; g. the electronic-processor is configured to operate the XRF analyzer based on the program.