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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2002
Guy F. Cooper, Ventura, CA (US);
John H. Williams, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Mark Leach, Ventura, CA (US);
Dave J. Grace, Port Hueneme, CA (US);
William E. Vonwicklen, Oxnard, CA (US);
Guy F. Cooper, Ventura, CA (US);
John H. Williams, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Mark Leach, Ventura, CA (US);
Dave J. Grace, Port Hueneme, CA (US);
William E. Vonwicklen, Oxnard, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A sensor system for monitoring for the presence of contamination with one or more contaminating biological, chemical and/or radioactive agents on a terrain surface, and creating a contamination map thereof. The sensor system includes a plurality of sensor pods, a ground station, an airborne dispensing portion, and an airborne monitoring portion. The sensor pods include a pod housing, a descent slowing airfoil, a detector unit for detection of the contaminating agent and outputting contaminating agent data, a processor for processing the contaminating agent data, a GPS unit for determining the position of the sensor, and a transmitter for transmitting contamination agent data and position data to the airborne monitoring portion. The airborne monitoring portion receives the transmitted data from the sensor pods, and relays the data to the ground station, where the contamination map is made available.