Foundation monitoring system
OwnerThomas D. Selgas, Antonio Savareseinventors
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a system for monitoring the angular movement of a structure's foundation, wall, beam and/or column with one or more monitoring devices in communication with either a local computing device (a hub) that displays the current angular deviation and direction from an initialized state, a remote server capable of generating a web page display of the current angular deviation and direction from an initialized state, or both. Additionally, the hub can be connected to the internet where data from the monitoring devices it is in communication with can be shared with a remote monitoring service, off-site server or both.
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A system for periodically measuring the angle and bending of a structure's foundation, the system comprising:
- at least two monitoring devices attached at different locations on a building's structure to be monitored, so that each monitoring device moves as each said location on the structure moves;
- each monitoring device comprising of an angle sensor that detects its angular position in at least one measuring axis, a communication interface, random access memory (RAM), non-volatile storage and at least one indicator, all of which are connected to a micro controller (MCU);
- said monitoring devices being powered by at least one electric power source;
- said MCU on each monitoring device configured to periodically read angle data from the angle sensor, transmit and receive said data with another monitoring device thru their said communication interfaces, write said data to non-volatile storage, compare said data with historical data to separately calculate how much the building's structure has bent between monitoring devices and how much building's structure has tilted at each monitoring device, and activate an indicator when any said mode of movement reaches a preset limit.
A system for periodically measuring the angle, bending, and shifting of a structure's foundation, the system comprising:
- at least two monitoring devices attached at different locations on a building's structure to be monitored, so that each monitoring device moves as each said location on the structure moves;
- each monitoring device comprising of an angle sensor that detects its angular position in at least one measuring axis, a communication interface, random access memory (RAM), non-volatile storage and at least one indicator, all of which are connected to a micro controller (MCU);
- at least one monitoring device also comprising a targeting sensor connected to it's MCU, said targeting device having at least one other monitoring device in its view;
- all said monitoring devices being powered by at least one electric power source;
- said MCU on each monitoring device being configured to periodically read angle data from its angle sensor, transmit and receive said angle data thru said communication interfaces to a monitoring device having a targeting sensor;
- those MCUs on monitoring devices having a targeting sensor further configured to determine the position of another monitoring device in its view, write the angle and targeting data to non-volatile storage, compare said data with historical data to separately calculate how much the building's structure has bent between monitoring devices, how much said structure has tilted at each monitoring device, the amount of relative translation between said monitoring devices, and activate an indicator when any said mode of movement reaches a preset limit.
A system for periodically measuring the angle and bending of a structure's foundation, the system comprising:
- at least one computing device and at least two monitoring devices;
- each monitoring device attached at different points of a building's structure to be monitored, so that each monitoring device moves with said structure at its attached location;
- each monitoring device comprising of a micro controller (MCU) connected to an angle sensor and a communication interface;
- said angle sensor being a device that detects its angular position in at least one measuring axis;
- said computing device comprising of-random access memory, non-volatile storage, and communication interface;
- all of which are connected to a System on Chip (SoC);
- said computing device and each monitoring device being powered by an electric power source;
- each monitoring device being configured to periodically read angle data from its angle sensor and transmit said angle data along with the monitoring device's unique identifier to said computing device, wherein the computing device creates a separate record each time information is received from a monitoring device;
- said record comprising of angle data from at least one axis and the monitoring device's unique identifier;
- each said record being stored in a file resident in the computing device's non-volatile storage;
- said computing device comparing records created at different times to separately calculate how much the building's structure has bent between monitoring devices, and how much it has tilted at each monitoring device.
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