Patent ID: 7688198
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G01N,G08B

Abstract:
1. A portable apparatus, comprising: a sensor operable to measure one or more hazardous materials; a memory operable to store measured amounts of the one or more hazardous materials generated by the sensor; a tracking system operable to identify a location of the apparatus through information provided by the tracking system using at least one beacon broadcast in an industrial processing facility as the apparatus is moved within the industrial processing facility, wherein the sensor and the tracking system are configured to provide information to an external system operable to track trends related to how one or more hazardous materials move in the industrial processing facility; an interface operable to transmit data from the sensor, the data associated with the measured amounts of the one or more hazardous materials; a control operable, when manually operated, to trigger measurement of the one or more hazardous materials by the sensor; a display operable to present information to a user, the information comprising: the measured amounts of the one or more hazardous materials, one or more units of measurement for the measured amounts of the one or more hazardous materials, and an identification of any upper and lower thresholds violated by the measured amounts of the one or more hazardous materials; a controller configured to trigger an alarm in response to any thresholds violated by the measured amounts of the one or more hazardous materials; and a waterproof housing containing the sensor, the tracking system, the interface, the control, the display, and the controller, wherein the housing comprises an attachment operable to couple the housing to a moveable object.