System to monitor the health of a structure, sensor nodes, program product, and related methods
    3.
    发明授权
    System to monitor the health of a structure, sensor nodes, program product, and related methods 有权
    系统监控结构的健康状况,传感器节点,程序产品及相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US07343265B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-11

    申请号:US11286792

    申请日:2005-11-23

    IPC分类号: G06F19/00

    摘要: A system to monitor the health of a structure, health monitoring sensor nodes, program product, and associated methods are provided. The system includes an array of health monitoring sensor nodes connected to or embedded within a structure to monitor the health of the structure. Each health monitoring sensor node includes sensor elements positioned to sense parameters of the structure and to provide data related to the parameters to a health monitoring sensor node interrogator. Each health monitoring sensor node has a tunable antenna arrangement individually tunable to minimize data collisions between each other of the health monitoring sensor nodes. Each health monitoring sensor node also includes a processor and memory in communication with the processor storing a parameter processing program product adapted to control tuning the antenna arrangement and providing data to the health monitoring sensor node interrogator.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种监测结构健康的体系,健康监测传感器节点,程序产品和相关方法。 该系统包括连接到或嵌入结构内的健康监测传感器节点阵列,以监测结构的健康状况。 每个健康监测传感器节点包括传感器元件,其定位成感测结构的参数,并将与参数有关的数据提供给健康监测传感器节点询问器。 每个健康监测传感器节点具有单独可调谐的可调谐天线布置,以最小化健康监测传感器节点的彼此之间的数据冲突。 每个健康监测传感器节点还包括处理器和与处理器通信的存储器,存储参数处理程序产品,该参数处理程序产品适于控制调谐天线装置并向健康监测传感器节点询问器提供数据。

    System to monitor the health of a structure, program product and related methods
    5.
    发明授权
    System to monitor the health of a structure, program product and related methods 有权
    系统监控结构健康状况,程序产品及相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US07571058B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-04

    申请号:US11430410

    申请日:2006-05-09

    IPC分类号: G01B3/44 G01B3/52

    CPC分类号: H04Q9/00 G01M5/0033

    摘要: A system to monitor the health of the structure, program product, and associated methods are provided. The system can include multiple health monitoring sensor nodes positioned to monitor parameters of a portion of the body of the structure. Sensor elements of the sensor nodes are spatially positioned along the body of structure at related or complementary locations to form a special correlative relationship between sensor nodes. The system can also include a data collector having a transceiver positioned to gather sensed parameter data from each of the sensor nodes, and a central computer including in memory, parameter process program product adapted to analyze the sensed parameter data, correlate the sensed parameter data to infer a state of health of the structure responsive to the correlation, and to detect or otherwise determine a type, severity, and/or location of damage to or incipient failure of the structure.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种监测结构,程序产品和相关方法的健康状况的系统。 该系统可以包括多个健康监测传感器节点,其定位成监测结构体的一部分的参数。 传感器节点的传感器元件沿着相关或互补位置处的结构体在空间上定位,以在传感器节点之间形成特殊的相关关系。 该系统还可以包括具有收发器的数据收集器,收发器被定位成从每个传感器节点收集所感测的参数数据,以及包括在存储器中的中央计算机,适于分析所感测的参数数据的参数处理程序产品将感测到的参数数据与 推测响应于相关性的结构的健康状况,并且检测或以其他方式确定结构的损坏或初始故障的类型,严重性和/或位置。

    Broad band energy harvesting system and related methods
    10.
    发明申请
    Broad band energy harvesting system and related methods 有权
    宽带能量采集系统及相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090167110A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-07-02

    申请号:US11398840

    申请日:2006-04-06

    IPC分类号: F03G7/08 H02N2/18

    CPC分类号: H01L41/1136 H02N2/188

    摘要: A broad band energy harvesting system to harvest energy from a structure and associated methods are provided. The system includes a structure carrying a plurality of environmentally produced vibration frequencies extending over a frequency range and an energy harvesting apparatus positioned in vibration receiving communication with the structure to harvest energy from the structure. Each energy harvesting apparatus includes broadly tuned energy harvesting generators having relatively low quality factor and corresponding relatively wide bandwidth. The energy harvesting generators collectively provide energy harvesting over multiple modes to thereby provide energy harvesting over a substantial portion of the frequency range. Each energy harvesting generator can include a cantilevered beam connected to a common backbone comprised of a resilient material configured to transfer energy between adjacent generators to further enhance energy harvesting.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种从结构和相关方法收集能量的宽带能量收集系统。 该系统包括承载在频率范围上延伸的多个环境产生的振动频率的结构,以及定位在振动中的能量收集装置,该振动接收与结构的通信以从结构收集能量。 每个能量收集装置包括具有相对较低质量因素和相应较宽带宽的广泛调谐的能量采集发生器。 能量收集发电机在多种模式下共同提供能量收集,从而在频率范围的大部分内提供能量收集。 每个能量收集发生器可以包括连接到公共骨架的悬臂梁,弹性材料构造成在相邻发电机之间传递能量以进一步增强能量收集。