Wireless sensor data processing systems

• US 7,224,642 B1
• Filed: 01/26/2006
• Issued: 05/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommWorks Solutions, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Bao Q. Tran
• Inventors: Tran, Bao Q.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hellner, Mark
• Application Number:
  US11/340,733
• Time in Patent Office: 488 Days
• Field of Search: 367/77, 702/79, 702/14, 319/88.13, 455/456.6, 370/338
• US Class Current: 367/77
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/003 Seismic data acquisition in general, e.g. survey design G01V1/3808, G01V1/42 take precedence

Abstract

A wireless network includes a plurality of sensors; and a wireless station adapted to communicate with the plurality of sensors, each wireless station having a positioning system to provide 3D coordinates, each wireless station being part of a mesh network and each wireless station automatically determining the 3D coordinates of each sensor based on the mesh network.

Claims

1. A wireless network, comprising:

a plurality of sensors; and

a wireless station adapted to communicate with the plurality of sensors, each wireless station having a positioning system to provide 3D coordinates, each wireless station being part of a mesh network providing node to node communication and each wireless station automatically determining the 3D coordinates of each sensor based on the mesh network, wherein one of the sensors comprises a MEMS sensor that outputs 24-bit or 32-bit seismic signals.

2. A wireless network, comprising:

a plurality of sensors; and

a wireless station adapted to communicate with the plurality of sensors, each wireless station having a positioning system to provide 3D coordinates, each wireless station being part of a mesh network providing node to node communication and each wireless station automatically determining the 3D coordinates of each sensor based on the mesh network, wherein one of the sensors comprises a spring-mass sensor that uses relative motion between a mass and a coil to generate an analog output signal.

3. The wireless network of claim 2, wherein the sensors comprise geophones.

7. The wireless network of claim 2, wherein the sensor comprises a transmitter compatible with one of:

802 protocol, cellular protocol, Bluetooth protocol, Zigbee protocol.

8. The wireless network of claim 2, wherein the wireless station comprises a transmitter compatible with one of:

802 protocol, cellular protocol, Bluetooth protocol, Zigbee protocol.

9. The wireless network of claim 2, wherein the wireless station comprises a transmitter compatible with one of:

WiFi protocol, WiMAX protocol, 3G cellular protocol, 4G cellular protocol.

10. The wireless network of claim 2, wherein the wireless station comprises a transmitter compatible with one of:

802.X protocol, cellular protocol, Bluetooth protocol, Zigbee protocol.

11. The wireless network of claim 2, comprising a smart antenna coupled to the wireless station.

12. The wireless network of claim 2, comprising a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna coupled to the wireless station.

13. The wireless network of claim 2, comprising a WiMAX transceiver coupled to the wireless stations to transmit seismic data.

14. The wireless network of claim 13, comprising one of:

a smart antenna, a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna, each coupled to the WiMAX transceiver.

15. The wireless network of claim 2, comprising a truck having a transceiver to communicate with the wireless stations.

17. The wireless network of claim 2, comprising a fuel cell to power the wireless station.

18. The wireless network of claim 2, wherein the sensors communicate over the mesh network and self-assemble upon wireless station command.

19. The wireless network of claim 2, wherein time of arrival data is used to determine sensor location.

20. The wireless network of claim 2, comprising a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna coupled to the wireless station and wherein the wireless station comprises a multi-cluster multi-hop wireless ad hoc network formed without pre-existing infrastructure.

4. A wireless network, comprising:

a plurality of sensors; and

a wireless station adapted to communicate with the plurality of sensors, each wireless station having a positioning system to provide 3D coordinates, each wireless station being part of a mesh network providing node to node communication and each wireless station automatically determining the 3D coordinates of each sensor based on the mesh network, wherein the sensor comprises a wireless transmitter to transmit seismic data.

5. The wireless network of claim 4, comprising a smart antenna coupled to the wireless transmitter to transmit seismic data.

6. The wireless network of claim 4, comprising a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna coupled to the wireless transmitter.

16. A wireless network, comprising:

a plurality of sensors; and

a wireless station adapted to communicate with the plurality of sensors, each wireless station having a positioning system to provide 3D coordinates, each wireless station being part of a mesh network providing node to node communication and each wireless station automatically determining the 3D coordinates of each sensor based on the mesh network, wherein each wireless station comprises a processor to pre-process and to remove noise from seismic data.