A Portable Lightning Detector System Using Programmable Logic Controller

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Patent Title : A Portable Lightning Detector System Using Programmable Logic Controller
Patent Registration No : MY135780A
Status : Pre-Commercial (?) R&D The invention is at the lab stage or proof concept stage

Pre-Commercial The invention is currently in the process of field testing

Ready For Market Invention is ready to be licensed out or sold

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Product Year : 2002

Description

The present invention generally relates to a portable detection device, for automatically detecting flashes of lightning. A photo-detector is applied to front-end of the system as sensing element for the lightning flash. The device uses fiber optic as its transmission system to tranmit the data from the photo-detector to the analog receiver at the other end of the fiber optic. A Programmable Logic Controller that is part of the system used to collect and store the data with the time and the date of occurrences and this data can be viewed or retrived through the personal computer. The system can be operated in two modes namely off-line and on-line modes. In the off-line mode, the system is operating independently to record the recording activity. The system will record the lightning activities for a predetermined period. After this period, the user can come and collect it. The Personal Computer is then connected to the system to retrieve the data. In the on-line mode, the system is linked to the server database directly via an Internet. Many systems can be linked to the server database.

Key Features

Target Market

Programmer, Fiber Optic Technician

Specification

 The data is recorded and compiled automatically and continuously to the server database.