Abstract:
A method for distributing geophones around a seismic data source includes distributing a first geophones each including a first piezoelectric system in a first region in which the seismic data source is located then distributing second geophones each including a solar cell in a second region surrounding the first region. The second geophones further include a housing, a spike provided on a bottom surface of the housing, a sensor configured to sense seismic data; a processor configured to process the seismic data, a transceiver configured to transmit the processed seismic data and receive radio frequency (RF) signals wirelessly; and a power device. The power device is coupled to the sensor, the processor and the transceiver. The power device is configured to harvest energy from an environment where the geophone is located. The power device includes a solar cell provided on a top surface of the housing, a piezoelectric system provided on an edge of the housing adjacent to the top surface, and a thermoelectric generator provided on a bottom surface of the housing and a surface of the spike.
Abstract:
A system and method and non-transitory computer readable medium method for filtering signals representative of microseismic events with an infinite impulse response (IIR) Wiener filter which precludes the need for statistics or prior knowledge of the signal of interest. The second-order statistics of the noise and the noisy data are extracted from the recorded data only. The criteria used to optimize the filter impulse response is the minimization of the mean square error. The IIR Wiener filter was tested on synthetic and field data sets and found to be effective in denoising microseismic data with low SNR (−2 dB).
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses are provided for channel equalization in a communication system. The method includes initializing, using processing circuitry, filter coefficients of an adaptive decision feedback equalizer randomly in a predetermined search space. Further, the method includes updating, using the processing circuitry, the filter coefficients. The filter coefficients are updated using a least mean square recursion when the filter coefficients are stagnant. The filter coefficients are updated using a particle swarm optimization procedure when the filter coefficients are not stagnant. Further, the updating step is repeated until a predetermined stopping criteria is met. Further, the method includes, filtering, using the processing circuitry, a received signal using the filter coefficients.
Abstract:
A method for determining a safe distance between a seismic source and an installation location of a nuclear reactor is disclosed. The method includes obtaining seismic data from a seismic sensor network located proximate the seismic source. The seismic sensor network includes a plurality of geophones each having seismic data receiver and configured to record seismic signals received from a geological formation under the installation location of the nuclear reactor. The plurality of geophones is communicatively coupled with a seismic data processor. The method includes processing seismic data with the seismic data processor to obtain an instantaneous frequency component from each of the geophones, comparing each of the instantaneous frequency components with a fundamental horizontal frequency of a substructure of nuclear reactor to determine a matching instantaneous frequency component, and determining safe distance between seismic source and installation location of the nuclear reactor based on matching instantaneous frequency component.
Abstract:
A system, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium that perform blind signal estimation for single-input multiple-output systems. The method can include receiving, by the two or more receiver antennas of the receiver, an observed signal comprising the input signal and an additive noise term. The method can then form a data matrix using the observed signals from the two or more receiver antennas. The method can also include computing a singular value decomposition of the data matrix. The singular value decomposition can then be used to generate a parameter matrix. The method can then form a Toeplitz signal matrix using the parameter matrix. The method can estimating the input signal using the Toeplitz signal matrix.
Abstract:
A system, computer-readable storage medium and method of reflection seismic survey in a wireless seismic network within a survey area is described. The method includes detecting, in each of a plurality of wireless seismic sensor nodes, seismic reflection signals from a seismic energy source; recording, in each of a plurality of wireless geophones, detected seismic signals; transmitting, by the geophones, the recorded seismic signals as digital data, using a combination of Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), to a central data receiving device; changing the seismic energy source location for seismic reflection; and repeating the detecting, recording and transmitting a number of times for each change in seismic energy source.
Abstract:
A device, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium that for two-dimensional blind single-input multiple-output channel identification for image restoration. The method includes receiving, by a receiver having independent channels, a two-dimensional image data matrix then transforming the received two-dimensional image data matrix to a one-dimensional image vector. Channel parameters can then be estimated using the one-dimensional image vector. The method can then construct a restored image using the estimated channel parameters and the two-dimensional image data matrix.
Abstract:
An antenna is disclosed. The antenna includes a transparent substrate, a first square patch antenna element with a square lattice structure, a second square patch antenna element and a low profile transparent passive decoupling strip. The first square patch antenna element is disposed on the transparent substrate. The first square patch antenna element includes horizontal conductive wires and vertical conductive wires. The horizontal conductive wires and the vertical conductive wires cross each other and are equally spaced to form square spaces between. The second square patch antenna element is disposed on the transparent substrate. The second square patch antenna element has a structure identical to the structure of the first square patch antenna element. The first and the second square patch antenna elements are spaced apart from each other. The low profile transparent passive decoupling strip is disposed between the first and the second square patch antenna elements.
Abstract:
A method for temperature control for magnetic fluid hyperthermia includes delivering therapeutic nanoparticles to a tumor site in a patient, exciting the therapeutic nanoparticles with a magnetic field, and regulating the temperature of the tumor with a controller. The controller is configured to constantly measure the temperature of the tumor site and increase or decrease the strength of the magnetic field to maintain the temperature of the tumor site within a therapeutic temperature range for a therapeutic time period. Further, the controller utilizes a sliding mode nonlinear control technique to regulate temperature. The sliding mode nonlinear control technique is derived from a state space representation of a system.
Abstract:
A device, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium that for two-dimensional blind single-input multiple-output channel identification for image restoration. The method includes receiving, by a receiver having independent channels, a two-dimensional image data matrix then transforming the received two-dimensional image data matrix to a one-dimensional image vector. Channel parameters can then be estimated using the one-dimensional image vector. The method can then construct a restored image using the estimated channel parameters and the two-dimensional image data matrix.