Intelligent/autonomous thermocline mapping and monitoring for marine and freshwater applications
US10120103B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/18
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for mapping a thermocline in a body of fluid includes a thermocline detection and monitoring module, a persistent data storage module; and a plurality of distributed sensors, including intelligent sensors, connected with the at least one thermocline detection and monitoring module and the persistent data storage module by one or more control-level programming and communication methods. The thennocline detection and monitoring module can monitor the thermocline at sampling intervals to collect and fuse measurement data from the plurality of sensors to capture thermocline changes as events, correlate measurement data and events, store measurement data in the persistent data storage module along with previously acquired measurement data for comparison and tracking, characterize the thermocline as a function of spatial location, depth, and time, create and maintain reports that describe the thermocline characteristics, status, trends, and provide multimodal notifications of events to different users.
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