1. A system for detecting an analyte, the system comprising:
absorption channels positioned along a surface of an object, wherein the absorption channels are configured to trap an analyte; and
a sensor embedded in the object and configured to detect the presence of the analyte, the sensor comprising:
a light source configured to transmit light;
a detector configured to detect a change in an intensity of light transmitted by the light source; and
a cable configured to connect the light source to the detector, wherein the cable comprises detection regions, and wherein the detection regions comprise a portion of the cable exposed to the analyte in the absorption channel.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the absorption channels are chemically coated with a material to attract the analyte, and wherein the material is selected to promote at least one of physisorption or chemisorption.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the material is at least one of sulfur, aluminum doped grapheme, activated carbon, or a zeolite mineral.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the analyte is at least one of carbon monoxide, acetone, or cyclohexane.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the object comprises a mobile phone case, and wherein the absorption channels are positioned along an outer surface of the mobile phone case.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor further comprises a 1:2 optical coupler disposed between the light source and the detector, wherein the 1:2 optical coupler is configured to transfer light from the light source to the cable and a reference cable.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor further comprises a reference cable, wherein the reference cable connects the light source to the detector and is protected from the absorption channels.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the detection regions are exposed in a different absorption channel.
9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a processor coupled to the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive data from the sensor, wherein the data comprises the intensity of light transmitted through the cable detected by the sensor; and
compare the intensity of light transmitted through the cable detected by the embedded sensor to a calibration curve.
10. A method of detecting an analyte, the method comprising:
transmitting, by a light source, light through a cable;
propagating, by the cable, the light via internal reflection as the light is transmitted through the cable;
emitting, by detection regions of the cable, an evanescent wave into absorption channels in response to the internal reflection; and
detecting, by a detector, a change in an intensity of light transmitted through the cable, wherein the change in the intensity of light transmitted through the cable indicates the presence of an analyte in the absorption channels.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting, by the light source, light through a reference cable.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the evanescent wave is configured to excite a fluorophore or biological tag in Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein the change in the intensity of light transmitted through the cable corresponds to an amount of the evanescent wave that is absorbed by the analyte in the absorption channels.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein detecting the change further comprises detecting a reduction in an intensity of the light transmitted through the cable.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein the detector is configured to detect the change in the intensity, P(x), of light transmitted through the cable, wherein P(x) is defined as:
P(x)=Poe\u2212\u03b1r\u03bcL
wherein Po is a transmittance in an absence of absorbing gas (initial power), \u03b1 is an absorption coefficient of gas in free space, r is a ratio of intensity of the evanescent wave to that of a propagating wave, L is a length of the detection region of the cable, and \u03bc is a gas concentration.
16. The method of claim 10, wherein detecting the change in the intensity of light transmitted through the cable further comprises comparing the light detected from a reference cable to the light detected from the cable.
17. The method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting, by the detector, the change in the intensity of light transmitted through the cable to a processor.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
comparing, by the processor, the change in the intensity of light transmitted through the cable to a calibration curve; and
generating, by the processor, a notification in response to comparing the change in the intensity of light transmitted through the cable to the calibration curve.
19. A method of preparing a chemical sensor, the method comprising:
forming absorption channels along a surface of an object, wherein the absorption channels are configured to trap an analyte; and
embedding a sensor in the object, wherein the sensor is configured to detect the presence of the analyte, the sensor comprising:
a light source configured to transmit light;
a detector configured to detect a change in an intensity of light transmitted by the light source; and
connecting the light source to the detector via a cable, wherein the cable comprises detection regions, and wherein the detection regions comprise a portion of the cable exposed to the analyte in the absorption channel.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising chemically coating at least one absorption channel with a material, wherein the material is selected to promote at least one of physisorption or chemisorption.
21. The method of claim 19, further comprising disposing a 1:2 optical coupler between the light source and the detector, wherein the 1:2 optical coupler is configured to transfer light from the light source to the cable and a reference cable.
22. The method of claim 19, further comprising connecting the light source to the detector via a reference cable, wherein the reference cable is protected from the absorption channels.
23. The method of claim 19, wherein each of the detection regions are exposed in a different absorption channel.
24. The method of claim 19, further comprising coupling a processor to the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive data from the sensor, wherein the data comprises the intensity of light transmitted through the cable detected by the sensor; and
compare the intensity of light transmitted through the cable detected by the embedded sensor to a calibration curve.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system for routing a communication event in a call center having routing provided by a computer-telephony intergration (CTI) server, the event initiated by an originator at a computerized workstation outside the call center, comprising:
a software-enabled session initiation protocol (SIP) mechanism operable on the workstation by the originator to prepare and send an SIP-protocol routing request along with an event initiation; and
a software enabled reformatting mechanism in the call center receiving and processing the SIP-protocol routing request;
characterized in that the reformatting mechanism converts the SIP routing request into non-SIP protocol understood by the CTI server, and sends the resulting non-SIP request to the CTI-server for processing and response, and the CTI server determines and returns a routing for the communication event.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the communication event arrives at the call center from a data packet network.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the data-packet-network comprises the Internet network.
4. The system of claim 3 wherein the Internet network further connects to a loca area network (LAN) network.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the CTI server controls routing within the call center.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein the communication events are received from clients of the call center and routed to agents or automated systems at work within the center.
7. A method for routing a communication event in a call center having routing provided by a computer-telephony intergration (CTI) server, the event initiated by an originator at a computerized workstation outside the call center, comprising the steps of:
a) preparing and sending a session initiation protocol (SIP) routing request along with the initiated event by a software-enabled SIP mechanism operable on the workstation by the originator;
b) receiving end processing the SIP-protocol routing request by a software enabled reformatting mechanism in the call center;
c) converting the SIP routing request into non-SW protocol understood by the CTI server by the reformatting mechanism;
d) sending the non-SIP request to the CTI-server for processing and response; and
e) determining a routing for the communication event by the CTI-server.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein the communication event arrives at the call center from a data packet network.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the data packet network comprises the Internet network.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the Internet network further connects to a local area network (LAN) network.
11. The method of claim 7 wherein the (CTI) server controls routing within the call center.
12. The method of claim 7 wherein the communication events are received from clients of the call center and routed to agents or automated systems at work within the center.