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Remote sensing and communication system

US7292143B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 20, 2005
Grant dateNov 6, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 7, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B13/149
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A remote sensing system and method for instrumenting the entries to manhole enclosures, in order to provide a platform and means for sensing environmental parameters within and around the enclosures and wirelessly transmitting those parameters to a distant site. The system comprises a housing with sensor for monitoring environmental parameter in the vicinity of the manhole. A microcontroller in the housing sends the parameters to a radio module, which transmits the parameters to a communication device for alerting a user that a manhole has been tampered with.

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