US 12,228,447 B2
System and method for sensing high-frequency vibrations
Eric Oleg Bodnar, San Francisco, CA (US); and Jacob Van Reenen Pretorius, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Velvetwire, LLC, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed by Velvetwire LLC, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/349,932.
Application 18/349,932 is a continuation of application No. 16/735,659, filed on Jan. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,698,293.
Application 16/735,659 is a continuation of application No. 15/608,965, filed on May 30, 2017, granted, now 10,527,487.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/343,832, filed on May 31, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0011826 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G01H 11/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/04 (2006.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01)
CPC G01H 11/08 (2013.01) [H04N 5/04 (2013.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for reporting events of interest in a structure comprising:
an apparatus configured to be securely adhered to a surface of the structure;
a flexible portion of the apparatus which conforms to a shape of the surface of the structure;
the flexible portion containing a high frequency soft polymer sensor to measure low and high frequency vibration data for a period of time;
the flexible portion further containing conductive traces to connect the sensor to electronics, the electronics to capture and buffer a signal output by the sensor;
the apparatus to transmit the captured signal to a computational element;
the computational element to analyze the captured signal over time to identify the events of interest, wherein the low and high frequency vibration data is used to distinguish the events of interest from aerodynamic vibrations.