Electricity: measuring and testing – Impedance – admittance or other quantities representative of... – Lumped type parameters
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-26
2005-04-26
Nguyen, Vincent Q. (Department: 2858)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Impedance, admittance or other quantities representative of...
Lumped type parameters
C324S688000, C324S690000, C073S073000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06885201
ABSTRACT:
There is described a portable device (1) including in particular a case (2) closed by a glass (3) and containing device for detecting the presence of water (22) in contact with an external region of the assembly formed by the case and the glass. In a preferred embodiment, the device for detecting the presence of water include a plurality of capacitive sensors (20) arranged in a peripheral region of the device (1) so as to undergo a variation in their respective capacitances when the latter is immersed in water. Thus, a quantity characteristic of the capacitance value of each sensor (20) is periodically measured and stored. After each measurement, the new value obtained is compared to the preceding one to detect any variation in the corresponding capacitance. When a part of the capacitive sensors (20) simultaneously see their respective capacitances vary considerably between two measurements, detection of the presence of water is validated.
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Berseth Vincent
Born Jean-Jacques
Germiquet Christophe
Asuiab S.A.
Nguyen Vincent Q.
Sughrue & Mion, PLLC
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