Patent ID: 9201088
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G01B,G01P,G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a plurality of fans, wherein each of the fans is configurable to run at a unique fan speed that is different from fan speeds of other fans from the plurality of fans, wherein each of the plurality of fans runs at a different unique fan speed during a predefined period of time during initialization of the system; a hardware controller, wherein physical locations of all of the plurality of fans are known to the hardware controller; a plurality of variable-positioned devices, wherein the plurality of variable-positioned devices are capable of being positioned at various locations within the system, and wherein each of the plurality of variable-positioned devices is physically positioned such that airflow from one of the plurality of fans strikes a particular variable-positioned device; a plurality of anemometers, wherein each of the anemometers is connected to a particular variable-positioned device, from the plurality of variable-positioned devices, for measuring airflow across the particular variable-positioned device, and wherein the anemometers are capable of transmitting airflow readings that describe the airflow across each of the multiple variable-positioned devices; and a system controller, wherein the system controller contains location information that determines a physical position within the system of each of the plurality of fans, and wherein the system controller utilizes airflow readings received from each of the anemometers to determine a physical location of each of the plurality of variable-positioned devices by matching known physical locations of the fans to measured airflow across the variable-positioned devices.