US 12,455,156 B2
Sensor-enabled system and method for monitoring the health, condition, and/or status of pavement and vehicular infrastructure
Joseph Cavanaugh, Alpharetta, GA (US); Matthew Hammond, Alpharetta, GA (US); and John Wallace, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to Tensar International Corporation, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/796,808
Filed by Tensar International Corporation, Alpharetta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/016071
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/155364, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/030,485, filed on May 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/967,733, filed on Jan. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/967,736, filed on Jan. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0049699 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G01B 7/00 (2006.01); E01F 9/30 (2016.01); G01B 7/16 (2006.01); G01L 1/20 (2006.01); G01L 1/22 (2006.01); G01N 3/18 (2006.01); G01N 3/60 (2006.01); B61L 23/04 (2006.01); B61L 27/53 (2022.01)
CPC G01B 7/18 (2013.01) [E01F 9/30 (2016.02); G01L 1/205 (2013.01); G01L 1/22 (2013.01); G01N 3/18 (2013.01); G01N 3/60 (2013.01); B61L 23/048 (2013.01); B61L 27/53 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for pavement infrastructure monitoring, comprising:
a sensor enabled geogrid comprising at least a strain gauge, wherein the sensor enabled geogrid is placed within a pavement infrastructure;
a microcontroller equipped to receive signals from the sensor enabled geogrid;
a sensor pod configured to the sensor enabled geogrid, wherein the sensor pod contains the microcontroller; and
a communication network, wherein the communication network transmits the signals from the microcontroller to a computer network to process the signals with an infrastructure processing engine utilizing a feedback loop, wherein the signals comprise at least a base strain gauge measurement.