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Buoyed sensor array communications system

  • US 5,663,927 A
  • Filed: 05/23/1996
  • Issued: 09/02/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1996
  • Status: Expired
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1. A buoyed sensor array communications system, comprising:

  • a signal transmission line;

    multiple sensor systems electrically connected to said signal transmission line, wherein one of said sensor systems at a time generates a data signal in response to receiving an address signal;

    a processor system electrically connected in parallel to said sensor systems for transmitting an address signal to enable any one of said sensor systems in a selectively accessed order, and for storing data encoded in each said data signal;

    a radio frequency transmitting system for transmitting said stored data;

    a negatively buoyant structure connected to said signal transmission line which sinks to the bottom of a body of water after being deployed;

    a positively buoyant structure for supporting said processor system and said radio frequency transmitting system; and

    a signal transmission line cutting system mounted in said positively buoyant structure for severing said signal transmission line upon receipt of a cutting system enablement signal generated by said processor system, whereupon said positively buoyant structure floats to the surface of said body of water.

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