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Infrastructure monitoring system and method

  • US 9,934,670 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2015
  • Issued: 04/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An infrastructure monitoring system comprising:

  • a first monitoring device configured todetect and monitor at least a first condition of a first aspect of an infrastructure, andtransmit a data signal including data relating to the first condition and a first time stamp;

    a second monitoring device configured todetect and monitor the first condition of the first aspect,detect and monitor a second condition of a second aspect of the infrastructure, andtransmit a data signal including data relating to the second condition and data relating to the first condition comprising a second time stamp;

    a third monitoring device configured todetect and monitor at least a third condition of a third aspect of the infrastructure, andtransmit a data signal including data relating to the third condition; and

    an operations center communicatively coupled to each monitoring device, the operations center configured toreceive the data signal from each monitoring device,determine whether the data included in the data signal received from any one of the monitoring devices indicates a problem of at least one of contamination and corrosion within the infrastructure,subsequent to the determination of the indication of the problem of corrosion, determine a level of severity of the corrosion and whether the corrosion is severe enough to warrant fixing based on the level of severity of the corrosion, andsubsequent to the determination of the indication of the problem of contamination, determine an amount of the contamination, an approximate location of the contamination, a direction of contamination movement, and a speed of the contamination movement, wherein the direction and the speed of the contamination movement are based on the first time stamp from the first monitoring device and the second time stamp from the second monitoring device;

    wherein the first aspect, the second aspect, and the third aspect define corrosion, contamination, and another different aspect of the infrastructure.

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