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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2005
Ákos Lédeczi, Nashville, TN (US);
Miklós Maróti, Szeged, HU;
Gyula Simon, Nashville, TN (US);
György Balogh, Nashville, TN (US);
Ákos Lédeczi, Nashville, TN (US);
Miklós Maróti, Szeged, HU;
Gyula Simon, Nashville, TN (US);
György Balogh, Nashville, TN (US);
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A system for locating an acoustic source from an acoustic event of the acoustic source. In one embodiment, the system includes a sensor network having a plurality of spatially separated sensor nodes each located in a predetermined position encountering acoustic waves generated by an acoustic event passing proximate to the plurality of spatially separated sensor nodes, where the plurality of spatially separated sensor nodes are synchronized to a common time base such that when the acoustic event is detected, information of the acoustic waves from each of the plurality of spatially separated sensor nodes is obtained and broadcasted through the sensor network. The system further includes a base station for receiving information of the acoustic waves broadcasted from the sensor network and processing the received information of the acoustic waves so as to locate the acoustic source of the acoustic event.