US 12,406,178 B2
Apparatus and method for heat source localization and peak temperature estimation
Jingzhou Zhao, East Longmeadow, MA (US); and Feng Ye, Beavercreek, OH (US)
Assigned to WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY, Springfield, MA (US)
Filed by Western New England University, Springfield, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/533,092.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/714,991, filed on Aug. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0042870 A1, Feb. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. G06N 20/10 (2019.01); G06F 17/11 (2006.01); G06N 3/065 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G11C 5/02 (2006.01); H10N 10/01 (2023.01); H10N 10/17 (2023.01)
CPC G06N 3/065 (2023.01) [G06F 17/11 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); H10N 10/01 (2023.02); H10N 10/17 (2023.02)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat source sensor, comprising:
a plurality of first wires extending in a first direction;
a plurality of second wires extending in a second direction different from the first direction and crossing the plurality of first wires, the plurality of first wires and the plurality of second wires arranged in a wire mesh configuration;
a plurality of nodes, each node defined by a direct connection of a first wire of the plurality of first wires to a second wire of the plurality of second wires;
wherein each node of the plurality of nodes defines a measurement point of the heat source sensor, with a difference in thermoelectric electromotive forces between two nodes of the plurality of nodes is utilized to calculate a temperature difference between the two nodes, the temperature difference is utilized to identify a location of a heat source; and
wherein the first wire is welded to the second wire at each node.