Abstract:
A guided surface waveguide probe structure is described. In one example, the guided surface waveguide probe structure includes a charge terminal elevated to a first height above a lossy conducting medium and a phasing coil elevated to a second height above the lossy conducting medium, wherein the first height is larger than the second height. The structure further includes a non-conductive support structure to support the phasing coil and the charge terminal. The non-conductive support structure includes a truss frame secured to and supported over a substructure, and the truss frame supports the phasing coil at the second height above the lossy conducting medium. The non-conductive support structure also includes a charge terminal truss extension supported by the truss frame, and the charge terminal truss extension supports the charge terminal at the first height above the lossy conducting medium.
Abstract:
본 발명은 수중통신에 관한 것으로, 더욱 상세하게는 수중통신에서 저전력 제어가 이루어지도록 물리채널정보를 구성하여 전송하는 신호전송방법 및 장치에 관한 것이다. 본 발명은, 중앙집중형 수중통신 네트워크에서 순방향 통신이 이루어질 때, 수신노드 측에서 프리앰블의 조합을 통해서 자신에게 제공된 신호인지를 확인할 수 있도록 물리채널정보를 구성한다. 따라서 본 발명은 순방향 통신 과정에서 모든 수신노드가 항상 복조를 수행할 필요없이, 데이터 수신을 필요로 하는 해당 수신노드만이 복조 동작이 이루어지도록 제어된다. 이러한 과정을 통해서 순방향 통신 과정에서 많은 수신노드는 불필요한 복조동작을 수행하지 않게 되면서 불필요한 전력 소모를 방지하는 효과를 얻는다.
Abstract:
본 발명은 현장에서 작업하는 현장작업자와 현장을 벗어난 외부에서 작업하는 외부작업자 간의 양방향 통신을 중계하며, 외부로부터 현장으로 연장되게 설치하여 현장작업자가 외부로 이동시 이용할 수 있도록 된 라이트라인 시스템에 관한 것으로서, 현장작업자로부터 입력되는 음성을 중계신호로 변환하고, 외부작업자로부터 전송된 중계신호를 음성으로 변환하는 제1통신부와, 제1통신부와 통신을 수행하는 제2통신부와, 제2통신부로부터 전송된 현장작업자의 음성을 출력하고, 외부작업자로부터 입력된 음성을 제2통신부로 전송되게 처리하는 외부통신부와, 외부통신부와 제2통신부 사이에 접속되어 신호를 전달하는 통신부 및 통신부를 포위하여 외부로 노출되지 않도록 하는 포위부를 구비한다.
Abstract:
Apparatus for and method of transmitting an optical signal by a Free Space Optical, FSO, communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, by an optical signal transmitter (104), an optical signal (700) into at least part of a volume of an optical medium (302); and controlling, by a controller, the optical signal transmitter (104), to scan the at least part of the volume (302) using the optical signal (700) in a sequence of non-overlapping loops (704, 708). The sequence of non-overlapping loops (704, 708) may be a sequence of non-overlapping, concentric circular loops.
Abstract:
A pinless connector for subsea data communications comprises contactless connectivity data transmitter coupler, comprising one or more first solid state contactless connectivity data transmitters, and contactless connectivity data receiver coupler, comprising one or more first solid state contactless connectivity data receivers, which can allow for rapid collection and/or download data from subsea vehicles or sensors without having to plug in an external connector or physically remove the data recorder from the unit. Typically, these are operative at a low power level, e.g. less than or around 50 milliwatts, at an extremely high data transfer rate or around 5 GBits/second. The connectors may be incorporated into a subsea system comprising two subsea devices. A slip ring system may similarly comprise one or more first solid state contactless connectivity data transmitters and one or more first solid state contactless connectivity data receivers.
Abstract:
A signal generator generates an electrical signal that is sent to an amplifier, which increases the power of the signal using power from a power source. The amplified signal is fed to a sender transducer to generate ultrasonic waves that can be focused and sent to a receiver. The receiver transducer converts the ultrasonic waves back into electrical energy and stores it in an energy storage device, such as a battery, or uses the electrical energy to power a device. In this way, a device can be remotely charged or powered without having to be tethered to an electrical outlet.
Abstract:
A system includes a transmitter for use in conjunction with a horizontal directional drilling system that transmits a multi-bit symbol stream that characterizes sensor symbols for receipt by an aboveground portable device. The portable device receives the symbol stream for aboveground recovery of the sensor signals. The transmitter can precisely place the symbol frequencies at least to avoid a noise environment, as well as to avoid powerline harmonics, and can utilize wave shaping for transmitted symbols at least to provide for transmission power control, spectral content control and wideband antenna matching. The receiver can measure the noise environment to identify the symbol frequencies used by the transmitter. The noise can be scanned at an incremental resolution across a wide frequency bandwidth for display or automatic symbol frequency selection.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a system for processing of an audio signal relating to a diver in a deep diving environment. The system comprises an input device structured to receive the signal, a pitch changing module configured to change the pitch of the received signal, a plurality of processing modules collectively configured to process the pitch changed signal and produce a processed signal. The present invention is further directed to a method for processing of an audio signal relating to a diver in a deep diving environment.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed allowing for spatially separated nodes to transmit data to a single remote master receiver node in a synchronized way. Slave nodes can send acoustic data so that it travels through water and arrives at the master node exactly timed so that the data bit appears in a predetermined time slot. The next time slot could be a data bit coming from another remote or slave node in another direction and at a different distance. This can be repeated for many nodes and the incoming bits will be received in a time division multiplexed fashion at the receiver or master node. The senders address and bit meaning are implicit due to the time slot in which they arrive. The assumption is that all nodes have accurate synchronized time as well as the ability to accurately estimate sound travel time between itself and any master node.