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US 9,234,973 B2Granted
Deployable ground sensors
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDavid Scarlatti, David Esteban-Campillo, Javier Garcia
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Abstract
A method includes enabling a power supply of a ground sensor device to provide power to one or more components of the ground sensor device based on one or more rotations of a rotor of the ground sensor device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- enabling a power supply of a ground sensor device to provide power to one or more components of the ground sensor device based on one or more rotations of a rotor of the ground sensor device, wherein the components include a seismic sensor configured to detect seismic waves and to generate seismic data based on the detected seismic waves, and wherein enabling the power supply includes switching the power supply from inactive to active based on the one or more rotations of the rotor.
A ground sensor device comprising:
- one or more components including at least one sensor, wherein the at least sensor includes a seismic sensor configured to detect seismic waves and to generate seismic data based on the detected seismic waves;
- a power supply;
- and
- a rotor, wherein the power supply is configured to switch power from inactive to active for the one or more components based on one or more rotations of the rotor.
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A network comprising:
- a plurality of ground sensor devices, wherein at least one ground sensor device of the plurality of ground sensor devices comprises:
- one or more components including at least one sensor, wherein the at least sensor includes a seismic sensor configured to detect seismic waves and to generate seismic data based on the detected seismic waves;
- a power supply;
- and
- a rotor, wherein the power supply is configured to switch power from inactive to active for the one or more components based on one or more rotations of the rotor;
- and
- a base station comprising:
- a transceiver to receive signals corresponding to sensor data transmitted by one or more ground sensor devices of the plurality of ground sensor devices;
- and
- a processor to:
- process the signals received via the transceiver;
- and
- identify an event based on the processed signals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.