Patent ID: 8708559

Claim:
A system for generating a thermal matrix to analyze the integrity of a poured structure that is formed by introducing a curable material into a cavity and the curable material solidifying in the cavity to form a formed structure, the system comprising at least one sensor string having a support line defining a string axis and a group of independent thermal sensors joined to the support line and spaced along the support line, each sensor of the group being joined to the support line at a fixed location forming gaps having known spacings therebetween, each thermal sensor being configured to measure temperature in a fixed sensor range extending around the thermal sensor and to operate independently of and generally simultaneously with other thermal sensors in the sensor group, each thermal sensor of the group of thermal sensors having a unique electronic identification code corresponding with the particular sensor and the known and fixed position of the particular sensor along the string axis, each thermal sensor being configured to produce temperature data of an associated curable material in the fixed sensor range independent of the temperature detection of other thermal sensors in the group of sensors and at the same time as the other thermal sensors in the group of sensors, the system further including a computing device configured to receive the individual temperature data and the unique electronic identification codes from thermal sensors in the group of thermal sensors and combine the independent data to calculate a thermal string matrix of thermal activity associated with the associated curable material from temperature data taken from multiple thermal sensors in the sensor group and temperature data generated by the multiple thermal sensors at generally the same time.