Deploying sensor arrays

• Main Authors: HADFIELD PETER, GREENBERG IKE, HENSHAW MICHAEL, CHURCHILL JOHN, EISENHOWER FRANK L, MLUFF RICHARD EDWARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 30.05.2012
• Subjects: CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINEDOPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING

There is described an apparatus and method for deploying a sensor array comprising a plurality of sensors (5) joined together by connection cables (6) in one or more chains, and connected to an input/output device (8). An input/output connection unit (7, 15) is provided on a carrier (10), and the sensors are held on or in deployment devices (14a - 14e) mounted to the carrier with their connection cables (6) connected to the input /output connection unit (7, 15). The input /output device (8) may also be mounted to the carrier, and connected to the connection unit (7, 15). The carrier (10), sensors, and input/output device (8) may be delivered as a single package to the area where the sensor array is to be deployed. The sensors are then moved from the carrier to their final positions.; The deployment devices (14a - 14e) may be detached from the carrier and moved sequentially to the sensor positions, and a sensor may be removed from the deployment device at each sensor position.