System and method for high-frequency remote surveying
OwnerBarney F. Gorininventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for high-frequency remote surveying. The system includes a penetrometer with a mounting interface. The penetrometer further includes a housing with seismic wave generators configured to generate high-frequency seismic waves, sensors capable of detecting the high-frequency seismic waves, a control unit for controlling the seismic wave generators and processing sensor data, and a battery for powering housing components. The penetrometer can also include a penetrator configured to facilitate entry of the housing into a subsurface.
Claims20
A penetrometer comprising:
- a mounting interface;
- a housing comprising:
- a seismic wave generator configured to generate high-frequency seismic waves,
- sensors capable of detecting the high-frequency seismic waves,
- a control unit for controlling the seismic wave generator and processing sensor data, and
- a battery for powering housing components;
- and
- a penetrator interface configured to facilitate entry of the housing into a subsurface.
A system for high-frequency remote surveying comprising:
- a local facility configured to map out an area for remote surveying;
- at least one penetrometer comprising:
- a mounting interface;
- a housing comprising:
- a seismic wave generator configured to generate high-frequency seismic waves,
- sensors capable of detecting the high-frequency seismic waves,
- a control unit for controling the seismic wave generator and processing sensor data, and
- a battery for powering housing components, and
- a penetrator interface configured to facilitate entry of the housing into a subsurface;
- a mobile unit configured to place the at least one penetrometer within the area for remote surveying;
- and
- a network configured to allow the local facility, at least one penetromer, and the mobile unit to communicate.
A method for remote surveying comprising:
- receiving, at a mobile unit, a first location for a predetermined area to be surveyed;
- placing, by the mobile unit, a first penetrometer at the first location;
- activating, at the first penetrometer, a seismic wave generator configured to generate impact forces for driving the first penetrometer into a subsurface of the first location;
- activating, at the first penetrometer, the seismic wave generator configured to generate high-frequency seismic waves;
- receiving, at the first penetrometer, reflected and refracted high-frequency seismic waves;
- transmitting high-frequency seismic wave data;
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- generating a survey report of the first location based on the high-frequency seismic wave data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.