Real-time in-situ sub-surface imaging
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1. A real-time in-situ sub-surface imaging system comprised of:
- a plurality of wireless sensor nodes and a plurality of wired sensor nodes, wherein each sensor node comprises;
a processor in communication with a memory;
a communication module;
an energy source;
a sensor; and
a sensor interface board; and
a mesh network comprised of the wireless and wired sensor nodes, wherein the plurality of wireless sensor nodes communicate wirelessly with other wireless sensor nodes and the plurality of wired sensor nodes communicate through wires to other wire sensor nodes and wherein the plurality of wireless and wired sensor nodes sense geophysical signals, self-form and self-adapt to form the mesh network for communication among the plurality of sensor nodes,wherein distributed data processing and sub-surface imaging computing are performed in the mesh network of sensor nodes in real-time.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of real-time in-situ sub-surface imaging are described herein.
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18 Claims
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1. A real-time in-situ sub-surface imaging system comprised of:
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a plurality of wireless sensor nodes and a plurality of wired sensor nodes, wherein each sensor node comprises; a processor in communication with a memory; a communication module; an energy source; a sensor; and a sensor interface board; and a mesh network comprised of the wireless and wired sensor nodes, wherein the plurality of wireless sensor nodes communicate wirelessly with other wireless sensor nodes and the plurality of wired sensor nodes communicate through wires to other wire sensor nodes and wherein the plurality of wireless and wired sensor nodes sense geophysical signals, self-form and self-adapt to form the mesh network for communication among the plurality of sensor nodes, wherein distributed data processing and sub-surface imaging computing are performed in the mesh network of sensor nodes in real-time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of real-time in-situ sub-surface imaging comprising:
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sensing geophysical data, by a sensor node in a mesh network comprised of a plurality of wired and a plurality of wireless sensor nodes, wherein the wireless sensor nodes communicate wirelessly with other wireless sensor nodes and the wired sensor nodes communicate through wires to other wire sensor nodes; and performing a portion of real-time sub-surface imaging computation based at least in part on data received by the sensor node. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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