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Epsilon series Military Sensor FS4M Design:
[001]~ Size
[002]~ Rapidly deployable
[003]~ Packing
[004]~ Additional Sensors
[005]~ Competitors or Partners
[006]~ Smart Bob for Military
[007]~ Tailored to sensor nuclear power stations
[008]~ Swarfing
[009]~ Shell
[010]~ Hypernate state
[011]~ Erased state
[012]~ Automatic and unmanned recharging
[013]~ Longer Period Sensing
[014]~ Relocating sensors
[015]~ Delivering new sensors
[016]~ 24/7 sensing
[017]~ Service
[018]~ Sensors run out
[019]~ Microphone
[020]~ Power
[021]~ Video camera
[022]~ Embedded Sensors
[023]~ Questions
[024]~ Sensors above ground
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[001] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Size
FS Sensor is designed to fit:
~ several sensors fit inside FC helicopter
~ FB base can store numerous sensors for it's helicopters
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[002] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Rapidly deployable
FS Sensor is designed to be rapidly deployable:
~ FC helicopter has FS sensors ready packed inside and FC helicopter itself can be rapidly deployed by fighter,for example
~ FS sensors are being dropped by FC helicopter
~ Once FS has reached the target (land,ice,water...) it starts to sensor it's environment
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[003] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Packing
FS Sensor is designed to be packed efficiently:
~ Several sensors can be packed inside FC helicopter
~ FS base may take a bunch of FS sensors for FC helicopters
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[004] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Additional Sensors
Additional Sensors can be dropped to target area:
~ New sensors may be dropped by FC helicopter either to replace old ones or to drop to new locations.
~ FB base may receive new sensors or SOH may deliver new sensors to base.
~ Sensors can easily plugged into FChelicopter. Sensor size may vary depending on sensor type.
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[005] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Competitors or Partners
FS Sensor is designed to fit:
~ Various potential competitors have been analyzed.
~ Their sensors are being deployed in different way than FS sensors, which are rapidly deployable and droppable.
Links:
~ Mulberry vehicle
~ flying sensor concept
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[006] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Smart Bob for Military (SB4M)
Smart Bob for Military (SB) concept:
~ SB is dropped by FC4M helicopter
~ SB is capable to communicate with FC helicopter
~ SB uploads sensor data to FC helicopter
~ SB downloads instructions,software from FC helicopter
~ SB communicates with FS4M sensor via line it uses to lay down FS4M sensor to the hole,water
~ FS sensor communicates with SB4M vial thether
~ SB connects itself to network which may be SB or sensor network
~ SB may also work as router in FS sensor network
~ SB embeds antenna, software radio and IP router
~ SB is solar powered with additional batteries
~ SB powers also FS sensor via tether
~ SB could act as server for sensor network
~ SB may be embedded into FB base
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[007] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Tailored to sensor nuclear power stations
Tailored to sensor nuclear power stations
~ FS2M is tailored to to sensor nuclear power stations in hostile countries
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[008] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Swarfing
FS Sensor collaborates with FCs,FBs and other FSs:
~ FC downloads software to FS and FS uploads sensor data to FC
~ FS communicates with other FSs in network
~ FB downloads software and uploads sensor data from FS sensors dropped around FB base
However, FS sensors do not swarf for example in the air; FC helicopter drops them.
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[009] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Shell
Shell in FS Sensor is designed for dropping :
~ FC drops sensors
~ FS can be dropped for example to ground and ice
~ head is the heaviest part of FS sensor
Links:
~ an example shell structure, material and cylinder design; PS700 Pressure Sensor;
~ outer diameter of just 22mm ; packaged in a durable 2205 stainless steel body
~ the front of the sensor has a 1/4" BSP thread
~ allowing the sensor to be mounted for pipeline monitoring,
~ whilst other typical applications include small bore hole and tank level monitoring.
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[010] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Hypernate state
FS Sensor may hypernate to save energy:
~ Sensoring time and period is reprogrammable
~ Sensor may hypernate after a period or FC helicopter may command sensor to hypernate due to enemy or other reason
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[011] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Erased state
FS Sensor is designed to be erasable:
~ FC helicopter may send erase command to sensor
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[012] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Automatic and unmanned recharging
Automatic and unmanned recharging:
~ Smarter sensor may use solar power to recharge itself
~ However, FC is capable to drop more sensors to area and therefore
~ cheaper sensors just sensor the area as long as batteries last
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[013] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Longer Period Sensing
Longer Period Sensing:
~ Sensors with fuel cells and hydrogen would be able to sensor are for long periods
~ Although tehcnology is there, there seems to be very little interest to hydrogen powered sensors.
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[014] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Relocating sensors
Relocating sensors:
~ Sensors have to stay where they are dropped
~ Only FC helicopter and FB base know sensor location
~ Only the FC helicopter which dropped the sensor may communicate with it
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[015] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Delivering new sensors
Delivering new sensors:
~ FC may drop a new sensor to a location where sensor has stopped to respond
~ New sensors may also be dropped by FC to achieve better coverage
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[016] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: 24/7 sensing
FS Sensor is designed to operate 24/7:
~ However, FC helicopter may command sensor to shut down due to enemy or other threat
~ FC helicopter masters several sensors it has dropped and collects data periodically.
~ Sensor can be programmed to sensor 24/7 but FC helicopter may command a new sensoring schedule
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[017] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Service
FS Sensor Service:
~ Military has it's own service personnel trained to fix sensors.
~ Sensors around FB base might be typical sensors to be fixed.
~ Instead, sensors dropped by FC helicopter are typically in hostile locations.
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[018] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Sensors run out
Handling the situation when FS sensors run out:
~ FC monitors sensors it has dropped and may drop new one.
~ FB monitors the sensors around it and may command FC heli to drop more sensors.
~ Command and control center may send command to FB base and FB base then commands it's FC helis to drop more sensors.
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[019] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Microphone
Microphone is treated as a sensor:
Links:
~ microphone type sensor can be used to survey target area
~ DARPA SENSIT
~ cheap, smart devices with multiple on-board sensors,
~ networked through wireless links and the Internet, deployable in large numbers
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[020] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Power
FS Sensor is powered to last:
~ Smart Bob and smarter sensors may use solar power
~ Hydrogen powered sensors are also possible; they do not loose power if sensor is in sleep mode
~ Battery powered sensors also have power management like cellular phones to save power just for sensoring
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[021] FS4M Design Military Sensor: Video camera
FS Sensor might be a special Video camera:
~ Droppable sensors are designed to be able to record after dropping
~ Wireless ad hoc sensor network
~ In sensor networks, each node may be equipped with a variety of sensors,
~ such as acoustic, seismic, infrared, still/motion videocamera
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[022] FS4M Design Military Sensor: Embedded Sensors
Embedded Sensors:
~ FC helicopter embeds FS sensors.
~ FB base embeds FS sensors.
~ Smart Bob embeds sensors.
Links:
MoteIV;
~ Integrated Humidity, Temperature, and Light sensors!
~ Integrated onboard antenna with 50m range indoors / 125m range outdoors
Keiser
~ Carlsbad, part of Rockwell Ccollins company
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[023] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Questions
Questions arised during design phase:
~ What kind of sensors there exist ? What data do they collect?
~ Do you always have to install sensors manually to sensor ? Other choices,what?
~ What would be the size with a power to last 30 days,for example ?
~ How much energy do they consume ?
~ How big are the batteries and power source ?
~ Would solar panel help ?
~ How rugged are sensors ?
~ Would it possible for FC heli to drop sensors without parachute (so that sensor would go uder ground at leat partly ?
~ What features are missing in existing sensors ?
~ Problems known with sensors at the moment ?
~ Data communication used with sensors ?
~ Current sensor demand ?
~ Application for sensors ?
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[024] FS4M Design ~ Military Sensor: Sensors above ground
FS Sensor is droppable i.e. not left in the air:
~ These kind of sensors Small & Smart leaves to other companies.
~ FC heli drops FS sensors and at the same time sensors the air space.
~ FB sensors it's surrounding with sensors and
~ it sensors large area by masteing FC helicopters using the base and it collaborates with command and control center.
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