Patent ID: 6531965
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
An unattended ground sensor, comprising:an aerially deployable housing having bottom and top ends, the bottom end being configured to penetrate a target ground location to mitigate detection of the housing, the top end having a radially extending assembly sized and configured to expose the top end above the target ground location when the bottom end penetrates thereinto; a power source disposed within the housing; a communications module disposed within the housing; at least two sensor modules mechanically engaged to each other and disposed longitudinally within the housing between the bottom and top ends thereof; a mainframe module disposed within the housing and being operative to control the sensor modules and the communications module; and a common electrical bus in electrical communication with the power source, the communication module, the sensor modules, and the mainframe module; wherein the common electrical bus is operative to provide a communications pathway between the power source, the communications module, the sensor modules, and the mainframe module such that the mainframe module controls the operation of the unattended ground sensor through the common electrical bus.