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US 9,432,130 B2Granted
Footwear seismic communication system
AssigneeElbit Systems Ltd.
InventorZvi Zlotnick
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Abstract
A footwear seismic communication unit is provided herein. The unit includes footwear attachable to a foot or feet of a user, including at least one sole portion for placing on a ground and at least one seismic transducer device located within said at least one sole. The unit further includes a processing module, a transmitting interface module, and a receiving interface module.
Claims15
A device comprising:
- a footwear attachable to a foot or feet of a user, including at least one sole portion for placing on a ground;
- at least one seismic transducer device located within the at least one sole;
- a processing module;
- a transmitting interface module;
- and
- a receiving interface module,
- wherein the at least one seismic transducer device includes:
- a container defining a chamber filled with a medium having controllable physical properties;
- and a hydrophone disposed in the medium and affixed to the container,
- wherein at least a portion of the container, being a membrane, is controllable in terms of tension level over the membrane,
- wherein the seismic transducer is configurable in both a transmitter configuration and a receiver configuration,
- wherein in the transmitter configuration, the seismic transducer is arranged to transmit seismic waves having a specified pattern into a second medium coupled to the membrane, and
- wherein in the receiver configuration, the seismic transducer is arranged to receive seismic waves having a specified pattern propagating through a second medium coupled to the membrane.
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A method comprising:
- providing footwear attachable to a foot or feet of a user, the footwear including at least one sole portion for placing on a ground, at least one seismic transducer device located within said at least one sole, a processing module, a transmitting interface module, and a receiving interface module;
- wearing the footwear on a foot or feet of the user;
- receiving seismic signals by said at least one seismic transducer device and the receiving module;
- and
- processing the seismic signals by the processing module,
- wherein the at least one seismic transducer device includes:
- a container defining a chamber filled with a medium having controllable physical properties;
- and a hydrophone disposed in the medium and affixed to the container,
- wherein the seismic transducer is configurable in both a transmitter configuration and a receiver configuration,
- wherein in the transmitter configuration the seismic transducer is arranged to transmit seismic waves having a specified pattern into a second medium coupled to the membrane, and
- wherein in the receiver configuration the seismic transducer is arranged to receive seismic waves having a specified pattern propagating through a second medium coupled to the membrane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.