Sensor system for remote surveillance of cable systems under tension
AssigneeAnycomm Holdings Corporation Gold
InventorsRobert M. Praske, T. Allan Hamilton, Keith Scott
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Abstract
A device, system and method to provide remote surveillance of static cable systems under tension, for prediction and/or notification of tower or cable failure. The device includes a one or more processors and memory in a controller; a cable tension sensor; and a communications module for wireless bi-directional communication with a central monitoring system. The system includes a plurality of the devices and a central monitoring system for processing data and communicating with the device and outside entities.
Claims26
A device configured for attachment to a cable or wire under tension, the device comprising one or more processors;
- a tension sensor configured to measure tension in a cable or wire to which it is attached;
- and a communications module for wireless bi-directional communication with a central monitoring system, wherein the one or more processors is configured to execute computer readable instructions to receive a tension measurement from the tension sensor and communicate the tension measurement to the central monitoring system via the communications module.
A distributed networked computer system for remote monitoring of cable systems under tension, the distributed network computer system comprising:
- a central monitoring system comprising one or more centralized servers configured to execute computer readable instructions to receive, collect, store and analyze data related to the remote monitoring;
- a plurality of devices attached to a plurality of cables or wires under tension;
- each device comprising one or more processors;
- a tension sensor configured to measure tension in a cable or wire to which it is attached;
- and a communications module for wireless bi-directional communication with the central monitoring system, wherein the one or more processors is configured to execute computer readable instructions to receive a tension measurement from the tension sensor and communicate the tension measurement to the central monitoring system via the communications module.
A method executed by one or more computing devices for remote monitoring of cable systems under tension, the method comprising:
- receiving data from a plurality of devices attached to a plurality of cables or wires under tension;
- each device comprising one or more processors;
- a tension sensor configured to measure tension in a cable or wire to which it is attached;
- and a communications module for wireless bi-directional communication with a central monitoring system, wherein the one or more processors is configured to execute computer readable instructions to receive a tension measurement from the tension sensor and communicate the tension measurement to the central monitoring system via the communications module;
- storing the data received from the plurality of devices;
- aggregating the data received from the plurality of devices;
- determining whether the aggregated data are predictive or indicative of a failure mode in the cable system;
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- communicating an alert related to the failure mode to one or more human users authorized to receive the alert.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for remote monitoring of cable systems under tension, when executed by one or more computing devices of a distributed networked computer system, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to:
- receive data from a plurality of devices attached to a plurality of cables or wires under tension;
- each device comprising one or more processors;
- a tension sensor configured to measure tension in a cable or wire to which it is attached;
- and a communications module for wireless bi-directional communication with a central monitoring system, wherein the one or more processors is configured to execute computer readable instructions to receive a tension measurement from the tension sensor and communicate the tension measurement to the central monitoring system via the communications module;
- store the data received from the plurality of devices;
- aggregate the data received from the plurality of devices;
- determine whether the aggregated data are predictive or indicative of a failure mode in the cable system;
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- communicate an alert related to the failure mode to one or more human users authorized to receive the alert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.