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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Emad Andarawis, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ertugrul Berkcan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
C. Scott Sealing, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Robert Wojnarowski, Ballston, NY (US);
Eladio Delgado, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Richard H. Coulter, Lancaster, CA (US);
Emad Andarawis, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ertugrul Berkcan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
C. Scott Sealing, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Robert Wojnarowski, Ballston, NY (US);
Eladio Delgado, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Richard H. Coulter, Lancaster, CA (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A distributed monitoring system for monitoring one or more operating conditions of a structure includes: one or more sensor nodes coupled to the structure, each sensor node including: a power supply adapted to scavenge energy directed at the power supply; a sensor operably coupled to the power supply for sensing one or more operating conditions of the structure in the environment; and a communications interface operably coupled to the power supply and the sensor for communicating the sensed operating conditions of the structure; a communication network operably coupled to the sensor nodes; one or more controllers operably coupled to the communication network for monitoring the sensor nodes; and an energy radiator positioned proximate the structure adapted to radiate energy at the power supplies of the sensor nodes.