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Title: Wireless boundary monitor system and method

Abstract

A wireless boundary monitor system used to monitor the integrity of a boundary surrounding an area uses at least two housings having at least one transmitting means for emitting ultrasonic pressure waves to a medium. Each of the housings has a plurality of receiving means for sensing the pressure waves in the medium. The transmitting means and the receiving means of each housing are aimable and communicably linked. At least one of the housings is equipped with a local alarm means for emitting a first alarm indication whereby, when the pressure waves propagating from a transmitting means to a receiving means are sufficiently blocked by an object a local alarm means or a remote alarm means or a combination thereof emit respective alarm indications. The system may be reset either manually or automatically. This wireless boundary monitor system has useful applications in both indoor and outdoor environments.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Knoxville, TN
  2. Kingston, TN
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
871269
Patent Number(s):
5696489
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
G - PHYSICS G08 - SIGNALLING G08B - SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
wireless; boundary; monitor; method; integrity; surrounding; housings; transmitting; means; emitting; ultrasonic; pressure; waves; medium; plurality; receiving; sensing; housing; aimable; communicably; linked; equipped; local; alarm; indication; whereby; propagating; sufficiently; blocked; remote; combination; emit; respective; indications; reset; manually; automatically; useful; applications; indoor; outdoor; environments; transmitting means; pressure waves; receiving means; pressure wave; useful application; wireless boundary; boundary monitor; emitting ultrasonic; alarm indications; alarm indication; /340/181/367/

Citation Formats

Haynes, Howard D, and Ayers, Curtis W. Wireless boundary monitor system and method. United States: N. p., 1997. Web.
Haynes, Howard D, & Ayers, Curtis W. Wireless boundary monitor system and method. United States.
Haynes, Howard D, and Ayers, Curtis W. Wed . "Wireless boundary monitor system and method". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/871269.
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abstractNote = {A wireless boundary monitor system used to monitor the integrity of a boundary surrounding an area uses at least two housings having at least one transmitting means for emitting ultrasonic pressure waves to a medium. Each of the housings has a plurality of receiving means for sensing the pressure waves in the medium. The transmitting means and the receiving means of each housing are aimable and communicably linked. At least one of the housings is equipped with a local alarm means for emitting a first alarm indication whereby, when the pressure waves propagating from a transmitting means to a receiving means are sufficiently blocked by an object a local alarm means or a remote alarm means or a combination thereof emit respective alarm indications. The system may be reset either manually or automatically. This wireless boundary monitor system has useful applications in both indoor and outdoor environments.},
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