Digital communication system for monitoring the structural integrity of a building and sensor therefor
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1. A system for monitoring structural integrity of a building, comprising:
- a sensor coupled to the building;
a gateway; and
a digital communication link communicatively coupling the sensor and the gateway, wherein the sensor awakens from a power-conserving sleep state and at least one of collects information respecting structural integrity of the building and reports information respecting structural integrity of the building to the gateway via the digital communication link.
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Digital communication system for monitoring structural integrity of a building and sensor therefor. The system includes a sensor that communicates structural integrity information to a gateway via a digital communication link. The digital communication link is preferably a bidirectional wireless link that supports packetized data transfer between the sensor and the gateway. Via the digital communication link, the sensor reports numerous types of structural integrity information upon interrogation by the gateway and may initiate transfer of structural integrity information interstitially upon an alarm threshold being surpassed.
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1. A system for monitoring structural integrity of a building, comprising:
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a sensor coupled to the building;
a gateway; and
a digital communication link communicatively coupling the sensor and the gateway, wherein the sensor awakens from a power-conserving sleep state and at least one of collects information respecting structural integrity of the building and reports information respecting structural integrity of the building to the gateway via the digital communication link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A sensor for monitoring structural integrity of a building, comprising:
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a sensing element adapted to collect structural integrity information;
a radio element adapted to transmit structural integrity information to a gateway via a digital communication link; and
a processing element operatively coupled with the sensing element and the radio element and adapted to regulate supply of power to at least one of the sensing element and the radio element based on at least one of a structural integrity information collection time and a structural integrity information reporting time. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for monitoring structural integrity of a building, comprising:
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awakening by a sensor from a power-conserving sleep state; and
while awake performing at least one of the steps of;
collecting by the sensor of structural integrity information; and
reporting by the sensor to a gateway via a digital communication link communicatively coupling the sensor and the gateway of structural integrity information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for monitoring at least moisture content, comprising:
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a sensor;
a gateway; and
a wireless digital communication link communicatively coupling the sensor and the gateway, wherein the sensor awakens from a battery-conserving sleep state and at least one of collects moisture content information and reports moisture content information to the gateway via the wireless digital communication link. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A sensor for monitoring at least moisture content, comprising:
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a sensing element adopted to collect moisture content information;
a radio element adapted to transmit moisture content information to a gateway via a wireless digital communication link; and
a processing element operatively coupled with the sensing element and the radio element and adopted to regulate supply of battery power to at least one of the sensing element and the radio element based on at least one of a moisture content information collection time and a moisture content information reporting time. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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