System and method for measuring soil properties characteristics using electromagnetic propagation
AssigneeVayyar Imaging Ltd.
InventorsHarel Golombek, Shachar Shayovitz
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Abstract
A system and methods for measuring soil properties characteristics, the system comprising: at least one probe configured to be inserted into the soil, the probe comprising a plurality of antennas; a radio link characterization unit for transmitting a radio signal from at least one of the antennas and receiving a propagated radio signal from at least one of the antennas to yield at least one radio link; and a processor for converting the radio link characteristics into the soil properties characteristics.
Claims16
A system for measuring soil properties, the system comprising:
- a device comprising at least two rigidly connected probes and at least one Radio Frequency (RF) antenna array configured to be inserted into said soil, said at least one RF antenna array comprising a plurality of transmitting antennas for transmitting RF signals in the soil and a plurality of receiving antennas for receiving the RF signals, wherein the plurality of transmitting antennas and receiving antennas are on different probes of said at least two rigidly connected probes;
- a radio link characterization unit configured and operable to:
- transmit the RF signals from the plurality of transmitting antennas;
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- receive a propagated radio signal at the plurality of receiving antennas to yield at least one radio link, said radio link comprising a radio frequency propagation in said soil;
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- at least one processing unit configured and operable to convert said radio link characteristics into data relating to said soil properties characteristics.
A method for measuring soil properties characteristics, the method comprising:
- transmitting one or more Radio Frequency (RF) signals from an antenna array, said antenna array comprising a plurality of transmitting antennas;
- receiving one or more propagated RF radio signals at a plurality of receiving antennas of said antenna array, to yield a plurality of radio links between the plurality of receiving and transmitting antennas, wherein the plurality of transmitting antennas and receiving antennas are on different probes of at least two rigidly connected probes;
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- converting said plurality of radio links characteristic into soil properties characteristics by at least one processing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.