US 12,339,211 B2
Device for optimizing fluid sample volume and method of using the same
Andy Walker Brown, Charlotte, NC (US); Andrey Shtylenko, Charlotte, NC (US); Vikram Bhat, Charlotte, NC (US); Ratna Dinakar Tumuluri, Charlotte, NC (US); and Ethan Wang, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,572.
Claims priority of application No. 202111034487 (IN), filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0030075 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 15/0227 (2024.01); G01N 1/22 (2006.01); G01N 15/00 (2024.01)
CPC G01N 15/0227 (2013.01) [G01N 1/22 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2297 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0046 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0053 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid sampling device, the fluid sampling device comprising:
a fluid composition sensor configured to receive a fluid sample and capture a plurality of particles from the fluid sample at a collection media, wherein the fluid composition sensor is further configured to generate particle data associated with the plurality of particles using a particle imaging operation; and
a controller, the controller being configured to:
determine an optimal sample volume associated with a sample collection operation based at least in part on a particle load condition defined by the plurality of particles captured at the collection media during the sample collection operation;
wherein the optimal sample volume is determined based at least in part on an elapsed sample time and a flow rate of the fluid composition sensor; and
update one or more operational characteristics of the fluid composition sensor such that the sample collection operation is defined at least in part by the optimal sample volume.