SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED REMOTE SENSOR
First Claim
1. A remote sensing device comprising a plurality of components including at least an inductor and a capacitor arranged to form a resonant electrical circuit, at least one component of the plurality of components having elements distributed among regions of an area of interest, the elements arranged so that a resonant characteristic of the resonant circuit is modifiable by an external event affecting an element associated with a region.
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Abstract
A remote sensing device includes a plurality of components arranged to form a resonant electrical circuit. The plurality of components includes at least one sensing component having sensing elements distributed among regions of an area of interest. The sensing elements are arranged so that a resonant characteristic of the resonant circuit is modifiable by an external event affecting an element associated with a region. The sensing component may be a capacitor having spatially distributed capacitive elements or an inductor having spatially distributed inductive elements.
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30 Claims
- 1. A remote sensing device comprising a plurality of components including at least an inductor and a capacitor arranged to form a resonant electrical circuit, at least one component of the plurality of components having elements distributed among regions of an area of interest, the elements arranged so that a resonant characteristic of the resonant circuit is modifiable by an external event affecting an element associated with a region.
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14. A method for sensing external events using a remote sensing device having components including at least an inductor and a capacitor forming a sensing circuit having a resonant frequency, at least one component of the remote sensing device comprising a number of sensing elements, the method comprising:
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respectively associating the sensing elements with regions of an area of interest; and modifying the resonant frequency of the circuit based on an external event affecting a sensing element associated with a region. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A remote sensing system, comprising:
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a device comprising a plurality of components including at least an inductor and a capacitor arranged to form a sensing circuit having a resonant characteristic, at least one component of the plurality of components comprising elements respectively associated with regions of an area of interest, the elements arranged so that a resonant characteristic of the sensing circuit is modifiable by an external event affecting an element associated with a region; and an interrogator configured to detect the resonant characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for sensing external events affecting regions of an area of interest, comprising:
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means for producing signal based on the resonant frequency of a resonant circuit having at least one component comprising elements distributed among the regions; and means for modifying the signal responsive to an external event affecting an element associated with a region. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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