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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2001
Michael C. McVay, Gainesville, FL (US);
Victor H. Alvarez, Gainesville, FL (US);
Charles S. Broward, III, Melrose, FL (US);
Sidney L. Schofield, Gainesville, FL (US);
Sastry Putcha, Tallahassee, FL (US);
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
A system for the determination of pile parameters includes at least one structure for measuring pile data. The structure for measuring pile data is disposed within a measurement range from a pile. A wireless transmitter is communicably connected to the structure for measuring pile data, the wireless transmitter for transmitting the pile data to at least one remotely located receiver. Pile data is preferably encoded in the transmitted data signal. The remotely located receiver is communicably connected to a device for determining at least one pile parameter from the pile measurement data. A method for driving piles includes the steps of wirelessly transmitting pile data to at least one remote receiver, determining at least one pile driving process parameter from the pile data, and driving the pile using the determined pile driving parameter.