System and method for monitoring a structure
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1. A system for monitoring a structure, comprising:
- a plurality of sensor modules coupled to the structure, each sensor module comprising;
a sensor operable to sense a characteristic of the structure; and
a communication device coupled to the sensor, the communication device operable to receive a signal from the sensor representative of the sensed characteristic and to transmit data representative of the sensed characteristic to one or more neighboring communication devices; and
a central repository operable to receive, from one of the communication devices, the data representative of each sensed characteristic.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for monitoring a structure includes a plurality of sensor modules coupled to the structure. Each sensor module includes a sensor operable to sense a characteristic of the structure and a communication device coupled to the sensor. The communication device is operable to receive a signal from the sensor representative of the sensed characteristic and to transmit data representative of the sensed characteristic to one or more neighboring communication devices. The system further includes a central repository operable to receive, from one of the communication devices, the data representative of each sensed characteristic.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a structure, comprising:
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a plurality of sensor modules coupled to the structure, each sensor module comprising;
a sensor operable to sense a characteristic of the structure; and
a communication device coupled to the sensor, the communication device operable to receive a signal from the sensor representative of the sensed characteristic and to transmit data representative of the sensed characteristic to one or more neighboring communication devices; and
a central repository operable to receive, from one of the communication devices, the data representative of each sensed characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for monitoring a structure, comprising:
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coupling a plurality of sensor modules to the structure, each sensor module comprising a sensor and a communication device;
sensing, by the sensors, respective characteristics of the structure;
receiving, by the communication devices, respective signals from associated sensors that are representative of the sensed characteristics;
transmitting data representative of the sensed characteristics to one or more neighboring communication devices; and
transmitting, from one of the communication devices, the data representative of each sensed characteristic to a central repository. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for monitoring a structure, comprising:
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a plurality of piconets, each piconet having one master sensor module and one or more slave sensor modules coupled to the structure;
each sensor module comprising;
a sensor operable to sense a characteristic of the structure; and
a communication device coupled to the sensor, each communication device comprising;
a sensor interface coupled to the sensor, the sensor interface operable to receive a signal from the sensor and condition the signal, the signal representative of the characteristic sensed by the sensor;
a processor coupled to the sensor interface, the processor operable to store the signal in a memory;
a transceiver operable to broadcast data representative of stored signals to neighboring communication devices, the transceiver further operable to receive, from the neighboring communication devices, data representative of signals associated with characteristics of the structure sensed by the neighboring communication devices; and
a baseband controller operable to process received data; and
a central repository operable to receive, from one of the master sensor modules of the plurality of piconets, the data representative of each sensed characteristic of the structure. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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