System and a method for detecting, locating and discerning...

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2007-04-10

2007-04-10

Wu, Daniel (Department: 2612)

Communications: electrical

Condition responsive indicating system

Specific condition

C340S905000, C340S853100, C340S566000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11107647

ABSTRACT:
A system and a method for detecting, locating and identifying incidents of approaching a linear installation (e.g.—buried pipe line, railway, fence etc.), that includes plurality of sensing units positions in an array along the length of the linear installation, at a distance one from each other, wherein each unit includes at least one sensor for sensing seismic or acoustic interference or noise/s (in accordance with the configuration of the system, namely either as buried system or as an above the ground one), and the issuance of a suiting indicating signal; a signal processor for analyzing the signal and comparing it to a cache (data bank) of seismic or acoustic interference or noise signatures that is embedded in the sensor unit; and a communications device for transferring data from the sensor unit to a distant command and control center.

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