Patent ID: 7069798

Claim:
A profiling system for obtaining a characterization of a medium under a surface, said profiling system comprising a plurality of system components exchanging messages through a communication interface, said system components comprising: a. an energy impulse generator for transferring an energy pulse to said surface and comprising generator communication means for exchanging said messages with other system components; b. a sensing assembly including sensors, each one of said sensors comprises an accelerometer for detecting an acceleration on said surface resulting from said energy pulse and producing a signal representative of said acceleration, each one of said sensors comprises an interface communication means for transmitting said signal representative of said acceleration and exchanging said messages with other system components through said communication interface; and c. a user-computing interface comprising interface communication means for receiving said signal representative of said acceleration and exchanging said messages with other system components through said communication interface, and an interface processor for processing said received signal representative of said acceleration to produce said characterization of said medium under said surface.