Systems and method for lagrangian monitoring of flooding conditions
AssigneeKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology
InventorsChristian CLAUDEL, Atif SHAMIM, Muhammad Fahad FAROOQUI
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Abstract
A traffic monitoring system and method for mapping traffic speed and density while preserving privacy. The system can include fixed stations that make up a network and mobile probes that are associated with vehicles. The system and method do not gather, store, or transmit any unique or identifying information, and thereby preserves the privacy of members of traffic. The system and method provide real-time traffic density and speed mapping. The system and method can further be integrated with a complementary flood monitoring system and method.
Claims23
A Lagrangian probe, comprising:
- a transmitter chip for generating a signal;
- an antenna for transmitting the signal;
- memory with a unique identification;
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- a controller circuit, integrating the transmitter chip, the antenna, and the memory, for controlling functions of the Lagrangian probe.
A flood sensor network, comprising:
- a plurality of flood sensors distributed throughout a geographic area;
- one or more Lagrangian probes;
- wherein the flood sensor network is configured to autonomously release the one or more Lagrangian probes.
A method of monitoring flooding, comprising:
- detecting flooding conditions with a sensor network;
- autonomously releasing one or more Lagrangian probes upon detecting a prerequisite flooding condition;
- measuring flooding conditions based on tracking the one or more Lagrangian probes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.