Patent Document ID: 10054534
Application ID: 15156954
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for calibrating fine airborne particle sensors, the system comprising: a calibration chamber that comprises: a plurality of fine airborne particle sensors comprising: one or more candidate fine airborne particle sensors to be calibrated; and at least one reference fine airborne particle sensor, wherein the at least one reference fine airborne particle sensor is pre-calibrated; and a particle excitation system configured to disperse fine airborne particles throughout the calibration chamber at controllable levels to thereby change a fine airborne particle concentration state of the calibration chamber; and a calibration server that is in communication with the plurality of fine airborne particle sensors and the particle excitation system, wherein: the plurality of fine airborne particle sensors comprise circuitry for reporting their respective fine airborne particle readings to the calibration server; and the calibration server is programmed to: control the particle excitation system to expose the plurality of fine airborne particle sensors to known and measured fine airborne particle concentration states across a dynamic range, wherein the fine airborne particle concentration states are measured by at least one of the plurality of fine airborne particle sensors; for each of the one or more candidate fine airborne particle sensors, classify the candidate fine airborne particle sensors into two or more classes based on the fine airborne particle readings from at least the one or more candidate fine airborne particle sensors, wherein the two or more classes comprise an unacceptable class and an acceptable class; and for each of the one or more candidate fine airborne particle sensors classified as acceptable: determine calibration values for the one or more acceptable candidate fine airborne particle sensors, wherein the calibration values are determined based on the fine airborne particle readings from the one or more acceptable fine airborne particle sensors and the at least one reference fine airborne particle sensor; and transmit the calibration values to the one or more acceptable candidate fine airborne particle sensors.