Brian L Price

US Patent:

6476610, Nov 5, 2002

Filed:

Apr 24, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/840694

Inventors:

Roy F. Wiegert - Panama City FL
Brian L. Price - Panama City Beach FL

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

International Classification:

G01V 308

US Classification:

324345, 324225, 324247, 324326

Abstract:

A system and method for sensing magnetic anomalies uses a gradiometer having at least one pair of triaxial magnetometer-accelerometer (TMA) sensors. Each TMA sensor has X, Y, Z magnetic sensing axes and X, Y, Z acceleration sensing axes that are parallel to one another and to the X, Y, Z magnetic sensing and acceleration axes of all other TMA sensors. Each TMA sensor outputs components (B , B , B ) of local magnetic fields and components (A , A , A ) of local gravitational acceleration fields. The components (B , B , B ) and (A , A , A ) output from each TMA sensor are processed to generate motion-compensated components (B , B , B ) of local magnetic fields. A difference is generated between the motion-compensated components (B , B , B ) for each pair of TMA sensors thereby generating differential vector field components (B , B ,B ). For improved accuracy, the differential vector field components (B , B , B ) are adjusted using the local gravitational acceleration field components and motion-compensated local magnetic field components in order to compensate for gradiometer motion. Gradient components are generated using the differential vector field components (B , B , B ).

US Patent:

8482405, Jul 9, 2013

Filed:

Mar 15, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/798167

Inventors:

Eric C. Pierce - Panama City Beach FL, US
Jeffery Blankenship - Panama City FL, US
Brian L. Price - Panama City Beach FL, US
Eric Tuovila - Panama City FL, US
Ronald S. Peterson - Panama City Beach FL, US

Assignee:

United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

International Classification:

G08B 1/08

US Classification:

34053912, 340 101, 340332, 3405731, 3405736, 34053913, 34053926, 340984, 441 80, 441 88, 441 89, 34235722

Abstract:

The invention is a health monitoring system that determines the spine stress dose value for an individual on a high speed boat. The boat can produce impact injury from whole-body vibration embedded with multiple shocks. The system includes an RFID tag; a GPS; a display; a RFID reader; a multi-axis sensor unit that is an accelerometer which enables the determination of impact, vibration and shock, impact and vibration; and a central data acquisition apparatus. The apparatus includes processors in communication with the GPS, the sensor unit, and the RFID reader. The apparatus samples the RFID reader frequently, confirming the status of all individuals having RFID tags as being onboard or overboard. An application records a GPS location and time if an individual is overboard, and generates a course to the GPS location. The display illustrates a ride roughness graphically, in terms of injury potential at a particular speed and heading.