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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2005
Ertugrul Berkcan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Emad Andarawis, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Robert Wojnarowski, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ertugrul Berkcan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Emad Andarawis, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Robert Wojnarowski, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A system to monitor the health of a structure, sensor nodes, program product, and associated methods are provided. The system includes an array of health monitoring sensor nodes connected to or embedded within a structure to monitor the health of the structure. The health monitoring sensor nodes include sensor elements positioned to sense parameters of the structure and to provide data related to the parameters to a health monitoring sensor node data collector. The sensor nodes can each include an energy harvester to harvest energy to power the sensor node. The system also includes an energy distributing node positioned to provide energy to the sensor nodes, through the structure being monitored, to be harvested by energy harvester of the sensor nodes.