Optical gas sensor

Disclosed is an optical gas sensor. The optical gas sensor includes: a light source which emits light; a gas collector which includes a cavity to be filled with gas to be sensed; an optical wave guider which guides light emitted from the light source to be output to the cavity, and guides the output light to be output again to the cavity after passing through the cavity of the gas collector; and an optical detector which detects light output from the optical wave guider. Thus, a path of light exposed to the gas to be sensed is increased within the cavity, thereby achieving miniaturization and sensing gas of low-concentration.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to an optical gas sensor.

BACKGROUND ART

A medical examination performed in a hospital needs to collect blood or tissue from chronic illness patients and thus has disadvantages of putting the patients to a lot of inconvenience. Recently, there have been continued researches on a noninvasive method of diagnosing diseases, for example, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, pulmonary tuberculosis, lung cancer, diabetes, etc. based on a human-body respiratory gas analysis.

An optical gas sensor has been employed in analyzing a spectrum and diagnosing chronic diseases on the principle that various respiratory gases, for example, nitrogen monoxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO), acetone or the like gas which reflects a human body's physical conditions are different in wavelength of light absorbed therein while transmitting the light.

There has been disclosed an optical gas sensor (US 2013/0081447), in which a hollow optical waveguide having a diameter of about 2 mm is manufactured as folded or twisted to get a long optical path within a small space, and components of gas are detected by transmitting light through the optical waveguide internally filled with the gas to be sensed.

Such a conventional optical gas sensor additionally needs a pump for inhaling and exhausting the respiratory gas in a small and complicated optical waveguide, and thus has a limit to miniaturization and a complicated structure.

DISCLOSURE

Technical Problem

The present invention is conceived to solve the conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an optical gas sensor that can have a small and simple structure.

Another object of the present invention is to accurately sense gas having a low concentration since it is possible to increase an optical path within a small structure.

Technical Solution

There is provided an optical gas sensor to solve the technical problem of the present invention. The optical gas sensor including: a light source which emits light; a gas collector which includes a cavity to be filled with gas to be sensed; an optical wave guider which guides light emitted from the light source to be output to the cavity, and guides the output light to be output again to the cavity after passing through the cavity of the gas collector; and an optical detector which detects light output from the optical wave guider.

Thus, it is possible to miniaturize the optical gas sensor while effectively increasing an optical path.

The optical wave guider includes: an optical inlet which includes an entrance to which light emitted from the light source is input, and an exit from which the light input through the entrance is output to the cavity; at least one optical bypass by which light passed through the cavity is bypassed to be output again to the cavity; and an optical outlet which outputs light passed through the optical bypass to an outside.

The gas collector may be shaped like a barrel opened up and down.

The gas collector may be shaped like one of a cylinder and a rectangular box.

The optical wave guider may be formed on face-to-face surfaces of two or more substrates.

The optical wave guider may be formed on one surface of face-to-face surfaces of two or more substrates.

The gas collector may include two substrates, and the optical inlet and the optical bypass may be formed in one substrate and the optical outlet may be formed in the other adjacent substrate.

The gas collector may include three substrates, and the optical wave guider may be formed in a middle substrate among the three substrates.

The gas collector may include three or more substrates, and the optical inlet, the optical bypass and the optical outlet may be dispersedly formed throughout the three or more substrates.

The optical wave guider may have a cross section shaped like one of a quadrangle, a trapezoid, a hexagon, a triangle, a semicircle, a circle, a diamond and an octagon.

At least one of an optical entrance for an input to the cavity and an optical exit for an output from the cavity may be shaped like a funnel.

The optical exit may include a collimating lens.

The optical exit may include a condensing lens.

A distance between an optical entrance for an input to the cavity and an optical exit for an output from the cavity may be adjustable.

The quantity of light emitted from the light source may be varied depending on adjustment of the distance.

Advantageous Effects

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to miniaturize an optical gas sensor even while increasing an optical path, and accurately sense gas having a low concentration.

BEST MODE

Below, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to accompanying drawings. The following embodiments have to be considered as illustrative only, and it should be construed that all suitable modification, equivalents and/or alternatives fall within the scope of the invention. Throughout the drawings, like numerals refer to like elements.

In this specification, “have,” “may have,” “include,” “may include” or the like expression refer to presence of the corresponding features (e.g.: numerical values, functions, operations, or elements of parts, and does not exclude additional features.

In this specification, “A or B,” “at least one of A or/and B,” “one or more of A or/and B” or the like expression may involve any possible combination of listed elements. For example, “A or B,” “at least one of A and B,” or “at least one A or B” may refer all of (1) at least one A, (2) at least one B, or (3) both at least one A and at least one B.

In this specification, “a first,” “a second,” “the first,” “the second” or the like expression may modify various elements regardless of order and/or importance, and does not limit the elements. These expressions may be used to distinguish one element from another element. For example, a first user device and a second user device are irrelevant to order or importance, and may be used to express different user devices. For example, a first element may be named a second element and vice versa without departing from the scope of the invention.

If a certain element (e.g. the first element) is “operatively or communicatively coupled with/to” or “connected to” a different element (e.g. second element), it will be understood that the certain element is directly coupled to the different element or coupled to the different element via another element (e.g. third element). On the other hand, if a certain element (e.g. the first element) is “directly coupled to” or “directly connected to” the different element (e. g. the second element), it will be understood that another element (e.g. the third element) is not interposed between the certain element and the different element.

In this specification, the expression of “configured to” may be for example replaced by “suitable for,” “having the capacity to,” “designed to,” “adapted to,” “made to,” or “capable of” in accordance with circumstances. The expression of “configured to” may not necessarily refer to only “specifically designed to” in terms of hardware. Instead, the “device configured to” may refer to “capable of” together with other devices or parts in a certain circumstance. For example, the phrase of “the processor configured to perform A, B, and C” may refer to a dedicated processor (e.g. an embedded processor) for performing the corresponding operations, or a generic-purpose processor (e.g. a central processing unit (CPU) or an application processor) for performing the corresponding operations by executing one or more software programs stored in a memory device.

In this specification, terms may be used just for explaining a certain embodiment and not intended to limit the scope of other embodiments. A singular expression may involve a plural expression as long as it does not clearly give different meaning contextually. All the terms set forth herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meanings as those generally understood by a person having an ordinary skill in the art. Terms defined in a general-purpose dictionary may be construed to have the same or similar meanings as the contextual meanings of the related art, and should not be interpreted as ideally or excessively formal meanings. As necessary, even the terms defined in this specification may be not construed to exclude the embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 1is a perspective view of a gas sensing principle of an optical gas sensor100. Light emitted from a light source110passes through a gas chamber and is then detected in an optical detector140. Gas molecules1absorb light of specific wavelengths according to the kinds of gas. Therefore, it is possible to determine the kind of gas by detecting light passed through the gas and analyzing the wavelengths by a spectroscope.FIG. 2is a graph resulting from detecting and analyzing light passed through a gas, in which carbon dioxide (CO2) absorbs light having a wavelength of 4.26 μm, and carbon monoxide (CO) absorbs light having a wavelength of 4.6 μm.

Differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) uses the Beer-Lambert's law of establishing the following Expression 1.
I=Io×10−εcl[Expression 1]
where, I is intensity of transmitted light, Iois intensity of incident light, c is concentration, l is a length of an optical path, and ε is a light absorption coefficient.

According to the Beer-Lambert's law, an optical path has to become longer in order to not only more improve accuracy in gas detection but also more easily achieve the gas detection even under low concentration. However, the longer the optical path is, the bigger a gas sensing device is. Therefore, when the gas sensing device is designed to be portable, there is a need of reducing the size of the gas sensing device while making the optical path longer.

FIGS. 3 and 4are a perspective view and a cross-section view of an optical gas sensor100according to a first embodiment of the present invention, respectively. The optical gas sensor100includes a light source110for emitting light, a gas collector120having a cavity122opened up and down in a middle thereof for collecting gas to be sensed, an optical wave guider130formed in a wall124of the gas collector120, and an optical detector140for detecting light finally output from the optical wave guider130.

The light source110is materialized by one among a light emitting diode (LED), a xenon lamp, a metal halide lamp, a halogen lamp, a tungsten lamp, a ceramic metal lamp, a high-pressure sodium lamp, a fluorescent lamp, and sunlight.

The gas collector120may be made of poly carbonate, Teflon, aluminum alloy, etc. The gas collector120may be manufactured as a barrel type, for example, a rectangular box or a cylinder, having the cavity122opened up and down in the middle thereof. Further, one of a top entrance and a bottom entrance opened in the cavity122of the gas collector120is used as an inhalation hole for the gas to be sensed, and the other one is used as an exhaust hole.

As shown inFIG. 4, the optical wave guider130includes optical waveguides OWG1˜8arranged to make light repetitively go zigzag in and out of the cavity122. The optical waveguide refers to a device for transmitting light in a specific direction with the minimum loss based on total reflection, which basically includes a core portion having a high refractive index and a cladding portion having a low reflective index and surrounding the core. The optical waveguide may be materialized as one among a non-planer type, a planer type, a buried-channel type, a strip-loaded type, a ridge type, a rib type, and a diffused type, or by combination thereof them.

The optical wave guider130includes a first optical waveguide OWG1that has a first entrance123-1to which light emitted from the light source110is incident, penetrates the wall124of the gas collector120, and has a first exit123-2formed on an inner wall of the cavity122for an output to the cavity122; a plurality of second optical waveguides OWG2˜7that make light exiting from the first exit123-2pass through the cavity122, be incident to second entrances126-1˜126-6formed on the inner wall, move within the wall124of the gas collector120, and return to the cavity through second exits127-1˜127-6formed in the inner wall; and a third optical waveguide OWG8that has a third entrance129-1formed in the inner wall to make light exiting from the final second exit127-6among the second exits be incident thereto via the cavity122, and a third exit129-2that penetrates the wall124of the gas collector120for an output to the outside.

The optical wave guider130includes the first optical waveguide OWG1for transmitting light from an outer left side of the gas collector120to a starting point of a first optical path L1via a topmost portion of the wall124, a second optical waveguide-1OWG2guiding an input to an ending point of the first optical path L1, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a second optical path L2; a second optical waveguide-2OWG3guiding an input to an ending point of the second optical path L2, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a third optical path L3; a second optical waveguide-3OWG4guiding an input to an ending point of the third optical path L3, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a fourth optical path L4; a second optical waveguide-4OWG5guiding an input to an ending point of the fourth optical path L4, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a fifth optical path L5; a second optical waveguide-5OWG6guiding an input to an ending point of the fifth optical path L5, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a sixth optical path L6; a second optical waveguide-6OWG7guiding an input to an ending point of the sixth optical path L6, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a seventh optical path L7; and the third optical waveguide OWG8guiding an input to an ending point of the seventh optical path L7and leading to the outside via the wall124. Here, a total length L of the optical path passing through the gas within the cavity122is the sum of the first path L1from the first exit123-2to the second entrance126-1, the second path L2from the second exit127-1to the second entrance126-2, the third path L3from the second exit127-2to the second entrance126-3, the fourth path L4from the second exit127-3to the second entrance126-4, the fifth path L5from the second exit127-4to the second entrance126-5, the sixth path L6from the second exit127-5to the second entrance126-6, the seventh path L7from the second exit127-6to the third entrance129-1. Like this, the optical path increases in such a manner that light emitted from the light source110repetitively goes in and out of the cavity122filled with gas, and it is thus possible to achieve miniaturization of the optical gas sensor100. In particular, it is possible to accurately measure gas by making the optical path longer even under environments of a small space and low gas concentration. InFIG. 4, the second optical waveguides are designed as six optical waveguides-1˜6OWG2˜7, but the number of second optical waveguides may be increased or decreased in consideration of the size or shape according to applied fields.

The optical detector140is configured to detect and convert an optical signal into an electric signal, and may generally include silicon, gallium arsenide, etc. As the optical detector140, there are a detector using a pyroelectric effect of converting an incident infrared ray into voltage to be detected, a semiconductor optical detector using a carrier generated in a semiconductor by absorption of light, etc.

Although it is not separately illustrated and described, the present invention may further include an analysis device (or a computer) for analyzing the detected light. Based on the foregoing Lambert's law, the analysis device calculates concentration of gas based on the quantity of light measured by the optical detector140. In other words, the analysis device may include a look-up table where concentration values of gas are tabulated corresponding to the wavelength and quantity of light detected by the optical detector140, and analyzes a concentration value of gas based on the quantity of light detected in a light receiver. Further, the analysis device may have an expression for calculating concentration of gas based on the wavelength and quantity of light detected by the optical detector140, and use the expression to analyze a concentration value of gas based on the wavelength and quantity of the detected light.

FIG. 4is a cross-section view of showing a pattern of the optical wave guider130of the optical gas sensor100according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown therein, the light emitted from the light source110enters the first entrance123-1and goes into the cavity122through the first exit123-2. The light passed through the cavity goes into the second entrance126-1and comes out to the cavity at the second exit127-1, thereby entering the second entrance126-2. Then, the light comes out to the cavity122at the second exit127-2and goes into the second entrance126-3; comes out to the cavity122at the second exit127-3and goes into the second entrance126-4; comes out to the cavity122at the second exit127-4and goes into the second entrance126-5; comes out to the cavity122at the second exit127-5and goes into the second entrance126-6; and comes out from the second exit127-6, passes through the cavity, goes into the third entrance129-1, and exits from the third exit129-2to the outside.

FIG. 5is a cross-section view of an optical gas sensor100according to a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown therein, the optical wave guider130includes a first optical waveguide OWG1for transmitting light from an outer left side of the gas collector120to a starting point of a first optical path L1of the cavity122via a topmost portion of the wall124, a second optical waveguide-1OWG2guiding an input to an ending point of the first optical path L1, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a sixth optical path L6; a second optical waveguide-2OWG3guiding an input to an ending point of the sixth optical path L6, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a third optical path L3; a second optical waveguide-3OWG4guiding an input to an ending point of the third optical path L3, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a fourth optical path L4; a second optical waveguide-4OWG5guiding an input to an ending point of the fourth optical path L4, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a fifth optical path L5; a second optical waveguide-5OWG6guiding an input to an ending point of the fifth optical path L5, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a second optical path L2; a second optical waveguide-6OWG7guiding an input to an ending point of the second optical path L2, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a seventh optical path L7; and a third optical waveguide OWG8guiding an input to an ending point of the seventh optical path L7and leading to the outside via the wall124.

The optical wave guider130according to the second embodiment can reduce an optical loss since the second optical waveguides-1,2,5,6OWG2˜3and6˜7arranged within the wall124of the gas collector120have a greater curvature than that of the first embodiment except the second optical waveguides-2and3OWG3˜4.

FIG. 6is a cross-section view of an optical gas sensor100according to a third embodiment of the present invention. As shown therein, the optical wave guider130includes a first optical waveguide OWG1for transmitting light from an outer left side of the gas collector120to a starting point of a first optical path L1of the cavity122via a topmost portion of the wall124, a second optical waveguide-1OWG2guiding an input to an ending point of the first optical path L1, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a seventh optical path L7; a second optical waveguide-2OWG3guiding an input to an ending point of the seventh optical path L7, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a second optical path L2; a second optical waveguide-3OWG4guiding an input to an ending point of the second optical path L2, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a sixth optical path L6; a second optical waveguide-4OWG5guiding an input to an ending point of the sixth optical path L6, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a third optical path L3; a second optical waveguide-5OWG6guiding an input to an ending point of the third optical path L3, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a fifth optical path L5; a second optical waveguide-6OWG7guiding an input to an ending point of the fifth optical path L5, moving within the wall124, and leading to a starting point of a fourth optical path L4; and a third optical waveguide OWG8guiding an input to an ending point of the fourth optical path L4and leading to the outside via the wall124. In this case, the third optical waveguide OWG8has to be not on the same plane as but formed above or below (with respect to the surface of the accompanying drawing) the second optical waveguide-1OWG2, the second optical waveguide-3OWG4, and the second optical waveguide-5OWG6so as to avoid an overlapping pathway.

The optical wave guider130according to the third embodiment can reduce an optical loss since the second optical waveguides-1˜5OWG2˜6arranged within the wall124of the gas collector120have a greater curvature than that of the first embodiment except the second optical waveguide-6OWG7.

FIG. 7illustrates shapes of an entrance126and an exit127in an optical wave guider OWG according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. To transmit light from the exit127to the entrance126without any loss in the cavity, the exit127may be shaped like a funnel that becomes gradually wider, and the entrance126may be shaped like a funnel that becomes gradually narrower. Of course, the exit127and the entrance126may be shaped symmetrically or asymmetrically to each other, and may have an elliptical, polygonal or concave shape as well as a circular shape.

A lens refers to a device made by processing a surface of glass or the like material having high transmissivity of light to thereby focus or disperse light. To reduce the optical loss in the cavity, a collimating lens150is mounted to one end of the exit127and makes exiting light go parallel into the entrance without dispersing the exiting light, and a condensing lens160is mounted to one end of the entrance126and makes received light converge upon each optical waveguide. Here, the collimating lenses are lenses for making the light go parallel without dispersion, and the condensing lens are lenses for making the light converge. The exit127and the entrance126may employ optical antennas instead of the lenses. To have these effects, a single lens may be provided, or many lenses may be combined.

FIG. 8is an exploded perspective view of the optical gas sensor ofFIG. 3, in which two substrates, i.e. a first substrate120-1and a second substrate120-2are combined. As shown therein, the first substrate120-1is formed with a first cavity122-1shaped like a groove recessed on one surface thereof and collecting gas to be sensed, and an optical wave guider130. The second substrate120-2is formed with a second cavity122-2corresponding to the first cavity122-1of the first substrate120-1. In this case, the optical wave guider130provided as a groove recessed on the first substrate120-1may be used as it is, or an optical fiber200may be inserted in the optical wave guider130.

FIG. 9illustrates an example of an optical fiber200used in the optical wave guider130used according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown therein, when an optical fiber is used for the optical wave guider130, opposite ends of each optical fiber170may be fabricated to have a proper shape for emitting and receiving light. For example, the optical fiber170includes a light transmitter172, and the light transmitter172includes a first connecting portion174for connecting with the collimating lens150ofFIG. 7at one end thereof corresponding to the light exit, and a second connecting portion176for connecting with the condensing lens160ofFIG. 7at the other end thereof corresponding to the light entrance.

FIG. 10is an exploded perspective view of an optical gas sensor100according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, which includes two substrates. As shown therein, the first substrate120-1is formed with a first cavity122-1for collecting gas to be sensed on one surface thereof, and a groove recessed corresponding to an optical wave guider130-1. The second substrate120-2is formed with a second cavity122-2and a second optical wave guider130-2which are symmetric with the first cavity122-1and the first optical wave guider130-1of the first substrate120-1. According to the fourth embodiment, the first substrate120-1having the first cavity122-1and the first optical wave guider130-1and the second substrate120-2having the second cavity122-2and the second optical wave guider130-2are assembled into the optical gas sensor100.

FIG. 11is an exploded perspective view of an optical gas sensor100according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, which includes two substrates. As shown therein, the first substrate120-1is formed with a first cavity122-1shaped like a groove recessed on one surface thereof and collecting gas to be sensed, and an optical wave guider130-1. In this case, the first substrate120-1does not include the third optical waveguide OWG8to avoid an overlapping pathway with the second optical waveguide-1OWG2, the second optical waveguide-3OWG4and the second optical waveguide-5OWG6. Instead, the third optical waveguide OWG8is formed on an opposite face of the second substrate120-2. Further, a second exit127-6of the second optical waveguide-6OWG7is designed to face toward a third entrance129-1of the third optical waveguide OWG8. Such an upward and downward arrangement may be more easily designed by using the optical fiber ofFIG. 9.

FIG. 12is an exploded perspective view of an optical gas sensor100according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention, which includes three substrates120-1,120-2and120-3. As shown therein, a first substrate120-1includes a first cavity122-1for collecting gas to be sensed on one surface thereof, and grooves recessed corresponding to the first optical waveguide OWG1and the second optical waveguide1OWG2. A second substrate120-2includes a second cavity122-2for collecting gas to be sensed on one surface thereof, and grooves recessed corresponding to the second optical waveguide-2OWG3and the second optical waveguide-3OWG4. In this case, a second exit127-1of the second optical waveguide-1OWG2formed in the first substrate120-1has to face toward a second entrance126-2of the second optical waveguide-2OWG3of the second substrate120-2. A third substrate120-3includes a third cavity122-3for collecting gas to be sensed on one surface thereof, and grooves recessed corresponding to the second optical waveguide-4OWG5, the second optical waveguide-5OWG6, the second optical waveguide-6OWG7and the third optical waveguide OWG8. In this case, a second exit127-2of the second optical waveguide-3OWG4formed in the second substrate120-2has to face toward a second entrance126-3of the second optical waveguide-4OWG5of the third substrate120-3. Such an upward and downward arrangement may be more easily designed by using the optical fiber ofFIG. 9. The optical wave guiders OWG1˜8partially divisionally patterned on the first to third substrates are not limited to the pattern shown inFIG. 12, but may be variously patterned.

The optical gas sensor100shown inFIG. 8,FIG. 10,FIG. 11andFIG. 12is fabricated to include two or three substrates, but may include four or more substrates.

FIG. 13is a perspective view of an optical gas sensor according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention. The optical gas sensor100is shaped like a rectangular box, and the optical wave guider130is formed within a wall124of a rectangular box-shaped gas collector120.

FIG. 14is a perspective view of an optical gas sensor according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention. An optical gas sensor100has a cylindrical shape, and an optical wave guider130is formed within a wall124of a cylindrical gas collector120.

The optical gas sensors100shown inFIGS. 13 and 14are shaped like a box and a cylinder, respectively. Alternatively, the optical gas sensor may be shaped like an elliptical barrel, a polygonal barrel, an amorphous barrel, and the like barrel.

FIG. 15is a cross-section view of various optical wave guides130in an optical gas sensor100according to embodiments of the present invention. The cross-section of the optical waveguide130may be shaped like one of a quadrangle, a trapezoid, a hexagon, a triangle, a semicircle, a circle, a diamond, and an octagon.

FIG. 16is a perspective view of an optical gas sensor100according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention, which shows an example that an optical path is adjustable between L1and L2. The gas collector120includes a first gas collector120-1and a second gas collector120-2which are slidably movable and coupled to each other. Of courses, there may be various examples of making the optical path adjustable besides the example shown in the embodiment ofFIG. 15. When gas to be sensed has low concentration, the optical path is extended to L2. When the optical path is extended, intensity of light may be increased.

FIG. 17is a perspective view of an optical gas sensor200according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention, which includes first and second optical wave guiders230-1and230-2fabricated separately from a gas collector220having a cavity222for collecting gas. As shown inFIG. 17, the gas collector220is shaped like a rectangular box to be filled with gas at the center thereof, but there are no limits to the shape of the rectangular box. The first and second optical wave guiders230-1and230-2are coupled to the cavity of the gas collector220, leaving a predetermined distance therebetween. Thus, the gas collector220and the optical wave guiders230-1and230-2are not integrally but separately fabricated and then coupled to each other.

The optical gas sensor according to the present invention may be used for sensing air pollution, sensing respiratory gas for medical examination, or sensing gas under a specific environment such as inside a manhole, etc. As diseases diagnosed based on a human-body respiratory gas sensed by the optical gas sensor, there are a chronic pulmonary disease, asthma, chronic cough, bronchiectasis, pulmonary tuberculosis, lung cancer, thyroid cancer, apnea (asphyxia), a kidney disease, diabetes, smoking, drinking, etc.

The optical gas sensor according to the present invention may be provided as a laptop type, or mounted to or manufactured integrally with a mask, a cellular phone, a phone accessory, a nipple, a straw, a headphone, a Bluetooth earphone, a necklace, smart glasses, a pen for a smart phone, etc.

Although the present invention has been described with the limited and exemplary embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the foregoing exemplary embodiments, and various changes and modifications can be made from these descriptions by a person having an ordinary skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

Therefore, the scope of the invention has to be defined in the appended claims and their equivalents without limitations to the described exemplary embodiments.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The optical gas sensor according to the embodiments of the present invention may be employed as a diagnosis device for diagnosing health conditions of a human body.