Title: Real-time predictive sensor network and deployable sensor

Abstract

Deployable, predictive sensor systems may form a sensor network configured to provide environmental data in real-time or near-real-time. The sensors may be deployable sensors that can be launched and/or airdropped in areas that may be contaminated or otherwise unsafe for humans to enter. The predictive sensor network may include sensor tetrapods that may include anemometers for measuring wind speed, radiation sensors, gaseous contaminant sensors, biological sensors, and/or any other desired sensor type. These sensors may inform wind, transport and dispersion models in real-time. The sensor tetrapods may be satellite-linked, linked via a cellular network, linked via RF line-of-sight, a wireless communication link, and/or another compatible wireless network to a wind, dispersal, and deposition model that provides a dispersion pattern, a deposition pattern, and a wind pattern to enable a high-quality remote assessment of the changing scene in real-time.

Inventors:

Hehlen, Markus; Brown, Michael; Frigo, Janette; Priedhorsky, William

Issue Date:

2019-05-14

Research Org.:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

1568352

Patent Number(s):

10291711

Application Number:

15/868,517

Assignee:

Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01D - MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01D - MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE

G01D21/00 - Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
G01D9/00 - Recording measured values

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

H04L67/12 - {adapted for proprietary or special purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in a car or remote metering networks

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04Q - SELECTING

H04Q2209/25 - using a mesh network, e.g. a public urban network such as public lighting, bus stops or traffic lights
H04Q2209/40 - using a wireless architecture
H04Q2209/826 - where the data is sent periodically
H04Q2209/86 - Performing a diagnostic of the sensing device
H04Q2209/883 - where the sensing device enters an active or inactive mode
H04Q9/02 - Automatically-operated arrangements

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

H04W4/38 - for collecting sensor information
H04W52/0258 - {controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day}
H04W84/18 - Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

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DOE Contract Number:  

AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:

Patent

Resource Relation:

Patent File Date: 01/11/2018

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English