US Patent:
20040186691, Sep 23, 2004
Inventors:
Ewart LeBlanc - Fairport NY, US
Matile D. Malimabe - Rochester NY, US
Jalal Rahimi - Pittsford NY, US
International Classification:
G01V003/00
Abstract:
A data acquisition system includes a product for shipment to an end user, a sensor system removably connected to the product for recording environmental conditions to which the product is exposed, and a computing device, which upon being connected to the product, is operable to retrieve the recorded environmental conditions. The product may be operable to control the operation of the sensor system, or the sensor system may be operable to record environmental conditions independent of the operation of the product.