System, method and computer-readable medium for locating physical phenomena
First Claim
1. A method of locating deformation of a structure, comprising:
- baselining a defined energy transmitting characteristic for each of a plurality of laterally adjacent conductors attached to a structure, each of the plurality of conductors including a plurality of segments coupled in series and having an associated unit value representative of the defined energy transmitting characteristic, the plurality of laterally adjacent conductors including a plurality of identity groups, each identity group including at least one of the plurality of segments from each of the plurality of conductors;
monitoring each of the plurality of conductors for a difference in the defined energy transmitting characteristic when compared with a baseline energy transmitting characteristic for each of the plurality of conductors; and
calculating a location of the deformation along the structure from one of the plurality of identity groups when the difference exceeds a threshold.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer product for detecting the location of a deformation of a structure includes baselining a defined energy transmitting characteristic for each of the plurality of laterally adjacent conductors attached to the structure. Each of the plurality of conductors includes a plurality of segments coupled in series and having an associated unit value representative of the defined energy transmitting characteristic. The plurality of laterally adjacent conductors includes a plurality of identity groups with each identity group including at least one of the plurality of segments from each of the plurality of conductors. Each of the plurality of conductors are monitored for a difference in the defined energy transmitting characteristic when compared with a baseline energy transmitting characteristic for each of the plurality of conductors. When the difference exceeds a threshold value, a location of the deformation along the structure is calculated.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of locating deformation of a structure, comprising:
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baselining a defined energy transmitting characteristic for each of a plurality of laterally adjacent conductors attached to a structure, each of the plurality of conductors including a plurality of segments coupled in series and having an associated unit value representative of the defined energy transmitting characteristic, the plurality of laterally adjacent conductors including a plurality of identity groups, each identity group including at least one of the plurality of segments from each of the plurality of conductors; monitoring each of the plurality of conductors for a difference in the defined energy transmitting characteristic when compared with a baseline energy transmitting characteristic for each of the plurality of conductors; and calculating a location of the deformation along the structure from one of the plurality of identity groups when the difference exceeds a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for locating deformation of a structure, comprising:
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a network configured for attachment to a structure including a plurality of laterally adjacent conductors, each of the plurality of conductors including a plurality of segments having an associated unit value representative of a defined energy transmission characteristic, the plurality of laterally adjacent conductors including a plurality of identity groups, each identity group including at least one of the plurality of segments from each of the plurality of conductors, wherein each segment within an identity group exhibits an associated unit value such that the unit values of each identity group may be represented by a concatenated digit string of the unit values and wherein each identity group exhibits a unique concatenated digit string relative to each other identity group; and a computing system configured to baseline a defined energy transmitting characteristic for at least two of the plurality of laterally adjacent conductors until measurements are within a variation tolerance, iteratively measure the defined energy transmitting characteristic for at least two of the plurality of conductors attached to the structure, store a plurality of measurements for each iteration of said measuring of at least two of the plurality of conductors, average the plurality of measurements of at least two of the plurality of conductors to define the baseline energy transmitting characteristic for at least two of the plurality of conductors, monitor at least two of the plurality of conductors fora difference in the defined energy transmitting characteristic when compared with the baseline energy transmitting characteristic for at least two of the plurality of conductors, and calculate a location of the deformation along the structure from one of the plurality of identity groups when the difference exceeds a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for locating a deformation of a structure, the instructions for performing the acts of:
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providing a plurality of laterally adjacent conductors attached to a structure, each of the plurality of conductors including a plurality of segments coupled in series and having an associated unit value representative of the defined energy transmitting characteristic, the plurality of laterally adjacent conductors including a plurality of identity groups, each identity group including at least one of the plurality of segments from each of the plurality of conductors; baselining a defined energy transmitting characteristic for at least two of the plurality of laterally adjacent conductors until measurements are within a variation tolerance, wherein baselining further includes iteratively measuring the defined energy transmitting characteristic for at least two of a plurality of laterally adjacent conductors, storing a plurality of measurements for each iteration of said measuring of at least two of the plurality of conductors, and averaging the plurality of measurements of at least two of the plurality of conductors to define the baseline energy transmitting characteristic for at least two of the plurality of conductors; monitoring at least two of the plurality of conductors for a difference in the defined energy transmitting characteristic when compared with the baseline energy transmitting characteristic for at least two of the plurality of conductors; and calculating a location of the deformation along the structure when the difference exceeds a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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