Patent ID: 9551610
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G01H,G01V

Claim:
1. A sensor for enabling remote acoustic powering of underwater acoustic sensor networks (UASN), comprising: a harvesting unit (1), including at least one hydrophone (1.1); a power unit (2), including a DC Converter (2.1) and a capacitor (2.2); a control, sensing, and processing unit (3), configured for sensing and data processing; and a communication unit (4), including a data receiver (4.1), a data transmitter (4.2), and a transducer (4.3); wherein the power unit is connected to the harvesting unit, the control, sensing and processing unit, and to the communication unit; the at least one hydrophone (1.1) is selected according to the receiving voltage sensitivity (RVS) level at an acoustic transmission frequency of an external acoustic source remote from the sensor, wherein the external acoustic source is configured to provide power to the sensor.