CN104049272A - Movable Vehicle Used For Serving Earthquake-related Data Acquiring Unit - Google Patents

Movable Vehicle Used For Serving Earthquake-related Data Acquiring Unit Download PDF

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CN104049272A
CN104049272A CN201410092918.3A CN201410092918A CN104049272A CN 104049272 A CN104049272 A CN 104049272A CN 201410092918 A CN201410092918 A CN 201410092918A CN 104049272 A CN104049272 A CN 104049272A
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The invention discloses an earthquake-related data acquiring unit and a method and a system used for serving the earthquake-related data acquiring unit. In one embodiment, the acquiring unit comprises a sensor, a storage battery and a data storing device. The acquiring unit also comprises a wireless communication unit and a wireless electric power unit. The wireless communication unit is configured to wirelessly transmit data from the data storing device to a control unit. The wireless electric power unit is configured to wirelessly charge the storage battery from an electric power supplying unit when being coupled to the electric power supplying unit.

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Be used to the removable vehicles of seismic data acquisition unit service
The cross reference of related application
The application requires right of priority and the rights and interests that March 15 in 2013, day header was the U.S. Provisional Application number 61/792,232 of " seismic data acquisition unit and for it method and system (Seismic Data Acquisition Units and Methods and Systems for Servicing Same) of service ".
Technical field
Technical field of the present invention relates generally to seismic prospecting, more particularly relates to seismic data acquisition unit and is the removable vehicles of seismic data acquisition unit service.
Background technology
Several different collecting units are used in seismic prospecting, comprising cable, connect collecting unit, wireless collection unit and autonomous node collecting unit.Although the detailed structure of collecting unit can depend on desired acquisition strategies at least in part, prior art collecting unit can be divided into interconnect cable and integral collecting unit generally.The Hawk that can obtain from INOVA Geophysical for instance, tMwith product comprises respectively unit, field station, and unit, described field station has the connector corresponding to outside accumulator and external sensor.Outside accumulator can be by one or more hole couplings to unit, field station, and described cable is connected to the electric connector on unit, field station.Similarly, external sensor can be connected to unit, field station by one or more cables, and described cable is connected to the sensor connector on unit, field station.Sensor and accumulator are connected provided dirigibility to the cable of unit, field station and are, can use the accumulator of different size and type and dissimilar sensor.But cable easily breaks down during being connected to seismic survey (if for example not suitably coupling), and may be corroded or damage.
Conventionally do not comprise that the another kind of collecting unit of any external interconnect cable is commonly referred to as integral type or integrated collecting unit.These integral type collecting units can not lock into the fault of External cable, but conventionally still need to be connected to by one or more lines the aerial lug of service module, so as for internal battery charge, from the internal storage device downloading data of collecting unit and/or upload the control parameter for the operation of described unit.In some cases, the same problem of External cable in puzzlement field also can affect aerial lug and with the wired connection of service module, such as unsuitable coupling, burn into pollute, damage etc.
In typical seismic survey, collecting unit may be under harsh condition, and this for example may be both, due to challenging environment (desert, snow etc.), may be also due to the manipulation of workman for equipment.In many seismic surveys, may arrange/fetch collecting unit several times to/from some diverse locations.For instance, collecting unit can be disposed in first object position, be collected, is returned central campsite to charge and Data Collection, and is re-arranged subsequently in the second target location, is collected and turns back to equally central campsite to charge and Data Collection.In addition, for large-scale seismic survey, target location potential range central authorities campsite is relatively far away, and may not be to be in the developed regions with road clearly that limit, that be easy to travel.These critical conditions may cause or aggravate previously described cable and aerial lug problem.As an example, fetching collecting unit, providing service and while being rearranged, workman may inadvertently damage aerial lug for it.As another example, storm or other abiogenous events may cause aerial lug that corrosion occurs or become with connector removing coupling etc.
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Figure 1A is the skeleton view of an example of collecting unit.
Figure 1B is the simplification calcspar of the collecting unit shown in Figure 1A.
Fig. 2 is the skeleton view of another example of collecting unit.
Fig. 3 is used to the top view of an example that is placed in the system on the vehicles of the collecting unit service of Fig. 1 and/or Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is used to the top view of another example that is placed in the system on the vehicles of collecting unit service.
It is the process flow diagram of an example of a plurality of collecting unit services that Fig. 5 shows by the removable vehicles.
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For example some examples of the connectorless collecting unit of seismic data acquisition unit and so on have been described here, and for extract some examples of the infrastructure of gathered data from described data acquisition unit.In some instances, described collecting unit can comprise a plurality of wave points, for example, be used to the first wave point of the charge in batteries of collecting unit, and/or for from/to collecting unit downloading data and/or upload the second wave point of controlling parameter.Described infrastructure can comprise the vehicles (for example truck, train, SUV, aircraft, boats and ships etc.) that move to another target location from a target location, and a plurality of collecting unit can be wirelessly coupled to the described vehicles.For instance, a plurality of collecting units can be wirelessly coupled to the described vehicles, to be the internal battery charging of collecting unit, download the geological data gathering from collecting unit, and the seismic survey that collecting unit is programmed and carried out for being about to.
Now with reference to accompanying drawing, Figure 1A and 1B show an example of data acquisition unit 100.Collecting unit 100 can comprise outer cover, and it can encapsulate one or more intrawares of (and can encapsulate completely in some instances) data acquisition unit 100 at least in part.Described outer cover can define a plurality of sides 101,102,103,104,105,106, and described each side together defines an internal chamber.In some instances, collecting unit 100 can be taked the shape of the parallelepipedon with sphering or level and smooth corner as shown in Figure 1A.In other examples, collecting unit 100 can have different shapes, such as right cylinder, cube, extrude hexagon etc.As a rule, collecting unit 100 and outer cover thereof can be taked any suitable shape.Still with reference to Figure 1A, in some instances, the top of collecting unit 100 and bottom sides 101,102 can be greater than other sides 103,104,105 conventionally, 106(for example has more high surface area), to for example make it tend to land with top or bottom sides 101,102 one of them when dropping collecting unit at a certain angle.In addition, in some instances, the weight distribution of collecting unit 100 can obtain similar effect.
Collecting unit 100 may be suitable for being buried underground completely, part is buried underground, is placed on earth's surface, is placed under water and/or is suspended in water body.
Data acquisition unit 100 can comprise a plurality of wave points 110,112, can be wirelessly coupled to other objects, such as service unit or truck by described wave point data acquisition unit 100.Wave point can be any interface without cable and/or connector, and it transmits certain content (for example data, electric charge) by another kind of mode on the contrary, such as transmitting data by electromagnetic radio waves, passing through time-varying magnetic field transmission charge etc.A wave point can be wireless communication unit 110, data acquisition unit 100 can be wirelessly coupled to another device by described wireless communication unit, and data acquisition unit can be sent data (geological data for example observed) and/or be received data (for example order) by described wireless communication unit.Another wave point can be wireless power unit 112, by described wireless power unit, can be data acquisition unit 100 wireless chargings.Wave point 110,112 can substitute traditional aerial lug and operate, thereby makes data acquisition unit 100 not comprise any aerial lug.Owing to reducing or having eliminated aerial lug fault, therefore by not thering is any aerial lug, can improve reliability and the performance of data acquisition unit 100.In addition, owing to not thering is aerial lug, can also allow data acquisition unit 100 to be used in different environment, such as using in deep water, and may be exposed to high pressure at deep water peripheral connector, and its fault may be catastrophic.
Data acquisition unit 100 can comprise one or more in the middle of the following: data storage device 114, accumulator 116, processor 118, AD converter (ADC) 120, sensor 122 and timing/positioning unit 124.Data storage device 114 can be solid-state, flash memory, hard disk drive, volatile data storage type etc., and can comprise observed geological data and/or for control the operating parameter of data acquisition unit 100 during seismic survey.Accumulator 116 can be the accumulator of any type, the disposable power supply that for example rechargeable battery of lithium ion or other types, or single is used, and can there is any suitable capacity.Processor 118 can be coupled to other assemblies 110,112,114,116,120,122,124 of data acquisition unit 100, and can for example, in response to the programming (being stored in data storage device 114 and/or the integrated configuration parameter being stored in processor 118) that is provided for processor 118, control the operation of described other assemblies.Sensor 122 can be the seismic sensor of any type, such as motion or pressure transducer.For instance, sensor 122 can be one or more simulations and/or digital 1C, 2C or 3C motion sensor, for example 1C geophone, the 3C accelerometer based on MEMS or the sensor based on optical fiber.
Regularly/positioning unit 124 can comprise internal clocking and/or GPS or other positioning systems.In general, data collection module 110 can comprise any one or more assemblies, and this depends on the expectation of data acquisition unit 100 or anticipates and determine purposes.
In some instances, the one or more inside that can be rigidly attached to outer cover in the middle of the assembly 110,112,114,116,118,120,122,124 of data acquisition unit 100.In general, one or more assemblies 120,122,124,126,162,172 can be coupled to by any suitable mode the outer cover of data acquisition unit 100, and therefore the details that how to be coupled to outer cover about described assembly is not shown in Figure 1B.In addition, for the sake of clarity, the electrical interconnection between assembly 110,112,114,116,118,120,122,124 is not shown in the simplification calcspar of Figure 1B.In some instances, data acquisition unit 100 and all aspects thereof can be reinforced, to reduce the failure rate of unit 100 while being arranged in field.
In some instances, data acquisition unit 100 can also comprise removable spike 126, to improve the coupling on 100Yu ground, unit in the wild during installation data collecting unit 100.For example can from the outer cover 151 of sensor assembly 150, optionally remove spike 153 by screw.
Get back to the wireless communication unit 110 shown in Figure 1B, this unit 110 can comprise the communication system of one or more types that are configured to from data storage device 114 to control module (for example control module Fig. 3 346) wirelessly transmitting data.For instance, wireless communication unit 110 can comprise short distance (being for example 1-10 rice in some instances), high bandwidth (being for example that 10Mbps is to 10Gbps in some instances) receiver and/or forwarder, such as WiFi antenna and associative processor or Bluetooth antenna and associative processor.In some instances, for example, in the situation that data acquisition unit 100 will be wirelessly coupled to the central station in field, can also comprise long distance, low bandwidth receiver and/or forwarder.Wireless communication unit 110 can also comprise identification information, and it for example can comprise a sequence number or part number, or can comprise that the RFID that identifies uniquely each data acquisition unit 100 is for following the tracks of object.In operation, wireless communication unit 110 can receive order and data by the corresponding wireless communication unit from the service module of for example describing in further detail in the back, and the geological data that can alarm is provided and observe to it.For instance, wireless communication unit 110 can receive for the order of the state (wherein for example comprising accumulator level, current configuration parameter etc.) of inspection data acquisition unit 100, for transmit order of a part of earthquake data etc. to data storage device.Wireless communication unit 110 can also provide the response for received order, the geological data that it for example can provide a part to observe to data storage device.
Referring again to wireless power unit 112, it can be configured to when this wireless power unit 112 is coupled to electric power supply unit for example, is accumulator 116 wireless chargings from electric power supply unit (electric power supply unit Fig. 3 342).Described wireless power unit can come by the wireless charging of any type for charge in batteries, for example inductive charging (for example Qi standard), electromagnetic induction, electrodynamic induction, electrostatic induction, capacitive couplings, electromagnetic radiation, near field charging or common any type of wireless charging.
Take electromagnetic induction charged system as example, and data acquisition unit 100 can have one or more sides 101,102,103,104,105,106, and described side can have one or more inductive coils.Described inductive coil (invisible in Figure 1A) can with charging surface (for example surface in Fig. 3 336) on corresponding inductive coil wireless coupling, to realize wireless charging.For electromagnetic induction charged, the Electromagnetic Field when inductive coil on charging surface can cause, when described, Electromagnetic Field causes electric current in the inductive coil of collecting unit 100, thereby is accumulator 116 chargings.In some instances, the single side of data acquisition unit 100 can comprise one or more inductive coils; In other examples, two or more of collecting unit 100 or even all sides can comprise inductive coil, and in general, if there is enough corresponding charging surfaces, inductive coil is more, and unit 100 is more quickly position accumulator 116 chargings just.Certainly, for the wireless charging of other types, collecting unit 100 can comprise the assembly that other are suitable.
Referring now to Fig. 2, wherein show another example of data acquisition unit 207.Data acquisition unit 207 is similar to the collecting unit 100 shown in Figure 1A and 1B generally, its difference is, data acquisition unit 207 in Fig. 2 comprises removable modules or unit 208, and its hatch 207A being adapted in data acquisition unit 207 receives.In some instances, hatch 207A can also comprise that breech lock or other mechanisms are in position to be used for a removable modules or unit 208.Removable modules or unit 208 can provide and be similar to Figure 1A and 1B(does not for example have aerial lug) shown in the benefit of connectorless data acquisition unit 100, but can also be provided as dirigibility and the diversity of the traditional seismic data acquisition unit operation with interconnect cable as described in background parts.Removable modules 208 for example can allow to use different assemblies in different seismic surveys.
Still with reference to Fig. 2, in an example, removable modules 208 can define the outer cover of encapsulation accumulator 116, and it can be accumulator 116 chargings by the main body of data acquisition unit 207 that removable modules 208 can be configured to make, and/or make accumulator 116 for example, for the main body (being processor 118) of data acquisition unit 207, to provide electric power.In another example, data storage device 114 can be accommodated in removable unit 208, and removable unit 208 can be wirelessly coupled to the main body of data acquisition unit 100.In this embodiment, data storage device 114 can receive electric power from the subject radio of data acquisition unit 100, and can from the main body of data acquisition unit 100, be received order and provide response and data to the main body of data acquisition unit 100 by wireless mode.In another example, removable modules 208 can be timing unit, it can allow in a seismic survey (for example wherein GPS observability is better) to use the timing unit based on GPS, and (for example wherein GPS observability is poor) used high precision, low shifting oscillator in follow-up seismic survey.In other examples, removable modules 208 can be removable sensor module.In general, any one or more assemblies 110,112,114,116,118,120,122,124 can be packed or be embodied in removable modules or unit 208.
Referring now to Fig. 3, wherein show an example of the removable vehicles 330 that are used to data acquisition unit (data acquisition unit 100,207 in Fig. 1 and 2) service.The vehicles 330 can be truck in some instances, but can be also the vehicles of boats and ships, aircraft, the outer cover being carried by animal, motorcycle, tractor, trailer or any other type.The vehicles 330 can comprise feeder 332, and it can be placed near the rear end of the vehicles.Feeder 332 can operate to receive a plurality of data acquisition units, and can it be sorted out and/or be placed it on a surface, than first surface 336 as shown in Figure 3.First surface 336 during transportation (for example, when the vehicles 330 move to another position from a position) keeps described a plurality of data acquisition unit 100,207, and can be the induction charging surface 336 with a plurality of inductive coils in some instances, described inductive coil is configured to be coupled to the corresponding inductive coil in collecting unit 100,207, just as previously described.In some instances, surface 336 can comprise the many places depression that collecting unit 100,207 can be assemblied in wherein, and in other examples, surface 336 can be smooth substantially.In some instances, the vehicles 330 can comprise that clamp or other mechanisms are in position by data acquisition unit 100,207, and prevent that it is during transportation shifted.The vehicles 330 for example can also comprise, in order to optionally to remove the system (mechanical arm) of defective data acquisition unit 100,207 from first surface 336.Or when defective data acquisition unit 100,207 being detected, can send alarm, thereby prompting user manually removes defective data acquisition unit 100,207.Similarly, the vehicles 330 can not comprise feeder 332 in some instances, and in this case, user can manually be placed into data acquisition unit 100,207 on surface 336.
In some instances, the vehicles 330 can comprise gatherer 334, and it is used for the data acquisition unit 100,207 of receiving (receive) serve, and preparation is rearranged in target location.Second surface 338 can be between first surface 336 and gatherer 334, and can receive the data acquisition unit 100,207 of serving.In an example, first surface 336 can be inclined upwardly when for data acquisition unit 100,207 charging, thereby gravity makes data acquisition unit 100,207 slide to second surface 338, thereby vacate first surface 336 to receive next group data acquisition unit 100,207.
The vehicles 330 also comprise charging, control and download website 340, and it has for a plurality of assemblies with data acquisition unit 100,207 interfaces.Standing 340 for example can comprise electric power supply unit 342, the in the situation that it being configured to can electromagnetic induction occur on surface 336,338 to surface 336 and/or surface 338 electric power is provided, to be that accumulator 116 in data acquisition unit 100,207 charges.Charging, control and download website 340 also comprise control module 346, and it is configured to other parts of charging, control and download website 340 and also to a plurality of data acquisition units 100,207 that are positioned on one of them or whole two surfaces 336,338, provides order.For instance, described control module can be carried out the operation of charging, control and the download website 340 described with reference to Fig. 5 below.Charging, control and download website 340 can also comprise the wireless communication unit 344 with antenna 345, by described antenna 345, can between the wireless communication unit 344 of the vehicles and the wireless communication unit 110 in each data acquisition unit 100, set up wireless data link.Wireless communication unit 344 can also be set up high bandwidth, Short range data link, and it can be protected in some instances encrypted or by other means.
Charging in the vehicles 330, control and download website 340 can also comprise that storage transmission is from the data storage cell 348 of the data of a plurality of data acquisition units 100,207, and can comprise in order to transmission is implemented to the QC unit 350 of quality control from the data of a plurality of data acquisition units 100,207.By there is QC unit 350 on the vehicles 330, can allow to implement efficient Quality Control Analysis in the wild, the reason due to computational resource implements unpractical analysis in independent data acquisition unit 100,207, and the analysis of preferably implementing during gathering at least in part (rather than exploration is carried out quality control outside scene at server zone or computer cluster place after finishing by the time).
The removable vehicles 330 shown in Figure 3 and described here can be known as rolling (rolling) truck, and may be efficient especially aspect serving the seismic data acquisition unit 100,207 that being used in rolling distribution (rolling spreads), that is to say in seismic survey, during surveying, with certain systematicness, collecting unit 100,207 is moved to new position to gather target under different earth's surfaces.In such seismic survey, the removable vehicles 330 can allow workman that accumulator has been exhausted and the data acquisition unit 100,207 that wherein stores geological data drops in feeder 332 fast, and move to another target location from a target location.
When data acquisition unit 100,207 is transported to next target location, charging, control and the download website 340 that is arranged in the vehicles 330 can be accumulator 116 chargings of data acquisition unit 100,207, from data acquisition unit 100,207, download geological data and the status information of observing, and/or provide control (for example acquisition parameter being programmed into wherein) to data acquisition unit 100,207.In this manner, the vehicles can no longer need that data acquisition unit 100,207 is returned to central campsite and download to carry out charge in batteries and data, thereby due to " stopping using " time of collecting unit 100,207 still less, totally rollably earthquake survey can be more efficient.In other words, to allow workmans to utilize the shipping time between the first and second target locations be data acquisition unit 100,207 services for the vehicles 330.
In addition, because data acquisition unit 100,207 is wirelessly coupled to vehicles 330(so that for example for charge in batteries and downloading data), therefore on data acquisition unit 100,207, not existing may be due to jolting and aerial lug that other landform that out-of-flatness or the vehicles 330 run into come loose in road.On the contrary, even also can carry out Wireless Data Transmission under the condition of jolting very much, similarly, (for example) is that accumulator 116 charging can allow collecting unit 100,207 that some occur to move and can not cause materially affect to charging process by inductive charging.
In the scope of present disclosure, about the removable vehicles 330 shown in Fig. 3, there are many possible modification.For instance, feeder 332 can serve as divider or ranker, and it is placed on a plurality of different positions each data acquisition unit 100,207 as required.If wireless communication unit 344 is inquired about data acquisition units 100,207 and received, showing that its accumulator is in extremely low-level response, can be charge in batteries thereby this data acquisition unit 100,207 can be placed on surface 336.If wireless communication unit 344 another data acquisition units 100,207 of inquiry and receiving show that its accumulator approaches and be full of electricity completely but it has the response that observed geological data will be transferred to the vehicles 330, feeder 332 can be placed on another position (not shown in Fig. 3) this data acquisition unit 100,207.
About specific data acquisition unit 100,207 being placed on to determine (thereby also relevant for will this data acquisition unit 100,207 being implemented to determining of which kind of operation) where, can also depend on forward-looking acquisition plan.For instance, if described acquisition plan is data acquisition unit 100,207 will to be transported to the second target location not far from one another, the position picked with unit 100,207, and the accumulator 116 of unit 100,207 is still relatively full, control module 346 can only make to download the geological data of observing from first object position, but can by electric power supply unit 342, be not accumulator 116 chargings.
In addition, now specifically with reference to Fig. 2, data acquisition unit 207 comprises in the example of one or more removable modules 208 therein, feeder 332 can operate to come removable modules 208 and the main body of data acquisition unit 207 are separated, and different parts are directed to zones of different on the vehicles to carry out different services.The data acquisition unit 207 with removable battery module 208 of take is example, the vehicles 330 can have and are used to removable battery module 208 to carry out a region of inductive charging, and for placing another region of the main body of data acquisition unit 207, if being removed, described removable battery module may need this another region to carry out induction type power supplying (but not necessarily carrying out inductive charging).But in another example, can come for removable battery module 208 chargings with common surface 336, and provide electric power to therefrom download the geological data of observing to the main body of data acquisition unit 207.
Referring now to Fig. 4, shown in it and described another examples of the removable vehicles 431.The vehicles 431 can be similar to the vehicles 330 shown in Fig. 3, and its difference is, the vehicles 431 in Fig. 4 comprise in order to receive a plurality of frames 437 of one or more data acquisition units 409 with one or more aerial lugs.In some instances, frame 437 can comprise the individual Docking station for data acquisition unit 409, and described Docking station can have the shape conforming to collecting unit 409.Similarly, the vehicles 431 comprise the electric power supply unit 442 that is used to the corresponding charge in batteries in corresponding data acquisition unit 409, and are configured to to/from the vehicle communication unit 447 of the opposite communication unit transmission data within each in the middle of a plurality of data acquisition units 409.But wherein one or more data acquisition units 409 can by one or more wired connections be coupled to one or more frame 437(be for example coupled to data acquisition unit 409 on the line of aerial lug electric coupling).In this manner, the vehicles 431 can be traditional integral type earthquake data acquisition unit 409 services effectively, and do not need to return position, central campsite.On the contrary, the same with the vehicles 330 shown in Fig. 3, the vehicles 431 shown in Fig. 4 can utilize haulage time between the first and second target locations from having traditional data collecting unit 409 downloading datas of one or more aerial lugs, and are charge in batteries wherein.Also should be mentioned that, in some instances, the vehicles can be associated with the feature from the vehicles 330,431 shown in Fig. 3 and 4 simultaneously, and for example the frame in Fig. 4 437 can double as inductive charging surface, and communication unit 447 can additionally comprise radio transmitter.In this manner, the vehicles 431 can be served traditional data acquisition unit 409, also can serve the data acquisition unit 100,207 without any aerial lug.
An exemplary operation flow process of describing corresponding to the operation of the vehicles 330 in conjunction with data acquisition unit 100 now with reference to Fig. 5.In operation 502, workman can be placed into one or more data acquisition units 100 in the feeder 332 of the removable vehicles 330.In operation 504, control module 346 can data query collecting unit 100 to determine its state and by data link wireless coupling with it, to for example determine whether or whether to need for any charge in batteries to download any observed geological data.If feeder 332 can be placed into data acquisition unit 100 on the surface 336 of the vehicles 330.In operation 506, electric power supply unit 342 can be initiated the wireless charging for the accumulator 116 of data acquisition unit 100, and in operation 508, wireless communication unit 344 and/or control module 346 can be initiated from data acquisition unit 100 wireless transmission to the geophysical data of the data storage cell 348 of the vehicles 340 by described data link.In some instances, other business also can trigger described wireless charging or Wireless Data Transmission, for instance, if there is weight sensor (not shown in Fig. 3) on surface 336, weight sensor can detect data acquisition unit 100 be placed on surface 336 on, and weight sensor can to control module 346 or to electric power supply unit 342 transmitted signals to initiate described processing.
In operation 510, control module 346 can be initiated the self-test of one or more data acquisition units 100 in some instances.Described self-test can be for example the performance of testing sensor 122, and how many drifts have occurred test timing unit 124, level of test accumulator 116 etc.In operation 512, control module 346 can be initiated the programming of data acquisition unit 100.Described programming can be for example the drift that regulates the timing unit 124 gathering, set positional parameter, regulate the sensitivity of sensor 122, regulate the threshold value that triggers alarm or specific operation, regulate internal timing unit, and/or set for example acquisition parameter of gain setting, sample interval and recording dispatching table and so on.
After wireless charging, Wireless Data Transmission, self-test and/or programming operation, seismic data acquisition unit 100 can be moved to gatherer 334, and user can fetch at this place unit 100 for being arranged in next earthquake target location.
With reference to its specific embodiment, described according to the equipment of present disclosure and the method that is associated so that its principle of operation to be described above.Therefore, description is above illustrative and nonrestrictive.According to the instruction here, those skilled in the art will recognize that the various modifications and changes for described embodiment.Those skilled in the art for example can be susceptible to many systems, setting and method, although its here clearly do not illustrated or described, its specific implementation described principle and therefore drop on the spirit and scope of present disclosure within.
As a modification example, although Figure 1A, 1B and 2 show the data acquisition unit 100,207 of the aerial lug without any type, in some instances, but collecting unit can comprise the aerial lug of a type not comprise another kind.For instance, collecting unit can not comprise electric power/charging aerial lug and therefore can be by service vehicle wireless charging, but described collecting unit can comprise data transmission aerial lug, or vice versa.As another example, although Fig. 3 and 4 shows an example for the field service vehicle of the data acquisition unit 100,207 shown in Figure 1A, 1B and 2, but in some instances, still can the data acquisition unit 100,207 shown in Figure 1A, 1B and 2 be transported and get back to central campsite (for example not using the vehicles 330 or the vehicles 431) according to traditional approach, and can at place, central campsite, be alternatively data acquisition unit 100,207 services.As another, revise example, many operations as described herein (for example 504 in Fig. 5,506,508,510,512) can be without data acquisition unit 100,207 physical transport were carried out in the situation that in the removable vehicles.Correspondingly, all these type of changes, the variants and modifications of the disclosed embodiments all drop in the scope of present disclosure.
In suitable situation, for common structure and method characteristic, use common reference word.But for descriptive object, for similar or identical structure or method element, used exclusive reference word.Therefore, for similar or identical structure or method element, use common or different reference word to be not intended to show to exceed similarity or the difference outside scope as described herein.
In the method for here directly or indirectly setting forth, in a kind of possible sequence of operation, each step and operation have been described, but those skilled in the art will recognize that, can reset, replace or remove described step and operation and not necessarily can deviate from the spirit and scope of the disclosed embodiments.
All relative directions with reference to (comprising: top, below, upwards, downward, left and right, left, to the right, top, bottom, side, on, under, the place ahead, middle part, rear, vertical, level etc.) all provide as an example, to help reader understanding's specific embodiment as described herein.Unless done in claims clearly, set forth, otherwise described direction is with reference to not being interpreted as requirement or the restriction especially in regard to position of the present invention, sensing or use.Connect with reference to (for example attached, coupling, connect, in conjunction with etc.) should broadly be explained, and can comprise relatively moving between the intermediate member of element between connecting and element.Therefore, unless done in claims clearly, set forth, otherwise connect with reference to might not meaning the direct connection of two elements and thering is each other fixed relationship.

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1. be removable vehicles for data acquisition unit service, it comprises:
For receiving the feeder of a plurality of data acquisition units;
For during transportation keeping the surface of described a plurality of data acquisition units;
Be used to the electric power supply unit of the corresponding accumulator wireless charging in corresponding data acquisition unit; And
Vehicles wireless communication unit for the corresponding wireless communication unit wirelessly transmitting data within each in the middle of described a plurality of data acquisition units.
2. the removable vehicles claimed in claim 1, wherein, the acquisition plan that described feeder is configured to based on forward-looking is placed on one or more data acquisition units on described surface automatically.
3. the removable vehicles claimed in claim 1, it also comprises for receiving the data acquisition unit of serving and the gatherer of preparing the data acquisition unit of serving to be arranged in target location.
4. the removable vehicles claimed in claim 1, it also comprises for fixing described a plurality of data acquisition units and prevents that described data acquisition unit from the clamp of displacement during transportation occurring.
5. the removable vehicles claimed in claim 1, its also comprise in order to from described surface selectivity remove the system of defective data acquisition unit.
6. the removable vehicles claimed in claim 1, one of them of outer cover, motorcycle, tractor or the trailer that wherein, the described removable vehicles are trucies, carried by animal.
7. the removable vehicles claimed in claim 1, it also comprises quality control unit, described quality control unit is used for implementing quality control treatments to be transferred to the data of the data storage cell of the vehicles from data acquisition unit, and/or for data acquisition unit is implemented to status checking.
8. the removable vehicles claimed in claim 1, wherein, the inductive charging surface of described electric power supply unit is coupled in the definition of described surface.
9. the removable vehicles claimed in claim 1, wherein, the described removable vehicles are to be adapted to one or more data acquisition units to be transported to the vehicles based on land of the second place from primary importance, described electric power supply unit is corresponding charge in batteries at one or more data acquisition units when primary importance is transported to the second place, and described wireless communication unit when one or more data acquisition units are transported to the second place from primary importance to/from the corresponding data collecting unit wirelessly transmitting data in the middle of described one or more data acquisition units.
10. the removable vehicles claimed in claim 1, wherein, each in the middle of described a plurality of data acquisition units comprises:
Sensor;
Accumulator;
Data storage device;
The communication unit that is configured to the transmission data from data storage device to vehicles wireless communication unit; And
Power unit, it is configured to when described power unit is coupled to the electric power supply unit of the removable vehicles is charge in batteries from described electric power supply unit.
11. 1 kinds is the method for data acquisition unit wireless service, and described method comprises:
In the feeder of the removable vehicles, receive a plurality of collecting units;
Received a plurality of collecting units are placed on automatically on one or more surfaces of the removable vehicles;
Via wireless data link, initiate from the transmission of the geophysical data of the one or more data storage cells to the removable vehicles in the middle of described a plurality of collecting units; And
Initiation is for the wireless charging of the accumulator within each in the middle of described a plurality of collecting units.
Method described in 12. claims 11, wherein, the transmission of described geophysical data and/or the wireless charging of accumulator continue when the described removable vehicles sail to the second target location from first object position row.
Method described in 13. claims 11, it also comprises the programming of initiating for described a plurality of collecting units, described programming comprises one or more in the middle of the following: regulate the drift of the timing unit gathering, set positional parameter, regulate the sensitivity of seismic sensor, and/or set acquisition parameter.
Method described in 14. claims 11, it also comprises the one or more self-test of initiating data acquisition unit, described one or more self-test comprises one or more in the middle of the following: testing sensor performance, test timing unit, and/or test accumulator level.
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