KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE & MINERAL RESOURCES Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140291064 | EARTHQUAKE MONITORING SENSOR AND EARTHQUAKE MONITORING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An earthquake monitoring sensor based on an asymmetrical shape of facilities and an earthquake monitoring system including the same. The earthquake monitoring sensor is provided to facilities having an asymmetrical shape vulnerable to an earthquake and provides a rapid earthquake response with regard to an earthquake-vulnerable direction of the facilities, thereby enabling establishment of effective countermeasures to the earthquake. The earthquake monitoring sensor for facilities includes a north-to-south component vibration measuring device sensing a north-to-south direction vibration signal; and an east-to-west component vibration measuring device sensing an east-to-west direction vibration signal, wherein a vibration signal sensing direction of one of the north-to-south component vibration measuring device and the east-to-west component vibration measuring device is set to match a vulnerable direction of corresponding facilities, and monitoring data output from the vibration measuring device set to match the vulnerable direction is provided as vulnerable direction data of the corresponding facilities. | 10-02-2014 |
20130285828 | SUBMARINE DATA RELAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a submarine data relay system that enables smooth and stable wired data relay without interruption of data transmission even in harsh undersea conditions. The system includes: a main system placed on the water, generating control data and transmitting the control data into water, and collecting data generated in water; a plurality of relay devices placed at different depths, delivering control data from the main system to corresponding sensor units to support measurement, and collecting measurement data from the sensor units and transmitting the measurement data to the main system; an operational line connecting the main system and the relay devices in series for data transmission and power delivery; and an emergency line connecting the main system and every second relay devices, wherein when a break occurs at a section of the operational line, the broken section thereof is replaced with the emergency line. | 10-31-2013 |
20130258816 | EARTHQUAKE MONITORING DEVICE AND INSTALLATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an earthquake monitoring device and a method of installing the same, which can permit stable and efficient installation and operation on any ground surface with free-field conditions including level and sloped ground conditions, and can provide precise monitoring results of earthquakes. The earthquake monitoring device includes a sensor for sensing vibration; and a base having an upper surface formed into a leveled surface, wherein the sensor is secured to the upper surface, and the base is placed on an excavated ground such that the upper surface of the base is positioned on a ground surface or the sensor on the upper surface of the base intersects the ground surface. | 10-03-2013 |
20130169280 | ELECTRICAL PROBING ELECTRODE - An electrode for electric survey includes a first electrode rod having a tip portion at one end thereof; and a second electrode rod connected to a side surface of the first electrode rod. The second electrode rod is formed at one end thereof with a removing/hook portion perpendicularly connected to the side surface of the first electrode rod, and at the other end thereof with a wire connecting portion for connection with an electric wire, and has a bent portion between the removing/hook portion and the wire connecting portion. The electrode allows convenient connection of electric wires, ensures good contact with the electric wires so as to prevent easy separation of electric wires therefrom, can reduce a time for installation and removal of the electrode and measurement error, and does not necessitate use of electrical tape in installation of the electrode to thereby reduce environmental contamination due to waste tape. | 07-04-2013 |
20120298440 | EXCITATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DOWNHOLE SEISMIC TESTING USING THE SAME - An excitation device for downhole seismic testing, includes an excitation hammer, a holding arm connected at one end thereof to the excitation hammer to allow the excitation hammer to rotate about the other end thereof, a support post having the other end of the holding arm rotatably coupled to an upper end thereof to support the excitation hammer and the holding arm at a certain height, and an excitation source configured to allow the support post to stand upright on the upper side thereof and which generates a seismic wave when struck by the rotated excitation hammer. The support post is formed at a lower end thereof with a securing section detachably inserted into a groove for the support post formed on the upper side of the excitation source such that the support post, the holding arm, the excitation hammer and the excitation source can be separated from each other. | 11-29-2012 |
20120212228 | PORTABLE UNMANNED AIRSHIP FOR MAGNETIC-FORCE SURVEYING AND A MAGNETIC-FORCE SURVEYING SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - Disclosed are a portable unmanned airship for magnetic survey and a magnetic survey system using the same. The portable unmanned airship includes a fuselage using buoyancy of gas and propelled by motive power of the fuselage itself; an auto-flight unit automatically guiding the fuselage; a magnetometer disposed in the fuselage and measuring magnetic force of a stratum or a surface of the earth; a wireless communication unit transmitting magnetic data obtained by the magnetometer outside; and a control module controlling operations of the auto-flight unit and the magnetometer. With this configuration, it is possible to increase total operation time and a payload capacity of the unmanned airship. | 08-23-2012 |
20120029825 | SYSTEM FOR STREAMER ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY SURVEY AND METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF UNDERGROUND STRUCTURE BELOW A RIVERBED - A system for measuring electrical resistivity survey checks a border of bedrock or a thickness of a sedimentary layer in a riverbed of a river or lake within a short time. A method for analysis of an underground structure of a riverbed using the same is also provided. The system for streamer electric resistivity survey using a survey boat comprises a streamer cable connected to the survey boat and having a plurality of electrodes attached thereto; a multi-channel resistivity meter loaded on the survey boat to measure electric resistivity from the plurality of electrodes; a first RTK GPS (Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System) loaded on the survey boat to measure a position of the survey boat in real time; and a second RTK GPS installed to a tail of the streamer cable to measure a position of the tail in real time. | 02-02-2012 |
20110074408 | PROTON PRECESSION MAGNETOMETER SENSOR MEASURABLE IN ALL DIRECTION - A “proton precession magnetometer sensor capable of all-direction measurement” according to the present invention, in which frequency of current induced in a coil by flowing and then breaking current in the coil is measured to calculate strength of an external magnetic field, is characterized in that the coil is a toroid coil. Alternatively, the coil may be achieved by two solenoid coils connected perpendicularly, or N solenoid coils connected in the form of a polygon, where N is an integer of 3 or more. The proton precession magnetometer sensor is capable of measuring the external magnetic field in all directions since there is no dead band, and is convenient since there is no need of adjusting the sensor to a certain direction when measuring magnetic force. Further, the present invention will bring accumulation of key original technology applicable to various cases in practice through development of improved impedance matching and power consumption optimization in future practice. | 03-31-2011 |
20100315103 | METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF THE GROUND REINFORCEMENT EFFECT USING 4-D ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY MONITORING - Disclosed is a method of evaluating a ground reinforcement effect using 4-D electrical resistivity monitoring, wherein the ground reinforcement is made up on an underground cavity through cement mortar grouting, the method including: (a) installing a survey line for measuring electrical resistivity in a ground reinforcement zone; (b) measuring the electrical resistivity of the ground reinforcement zone through the survey line before grouting mortar, and imaging three-dimensional electrical resistivity distribution in the ground reinforcement zone by applying a three-dimensional electrical resistivity inversion to the measured results; (c) measuring the electrical resistivity of the ground reinforcement zone through the survey line while or after grouting the mortar, and imaging the three-dimensional electrical resistivity distribution in the ground reinforcement zone by applying the three-dimensional electrical resistivity inversion to the measured results; and (d) calculating a change ratio of the electrical resistivity measured while or after the grouting in (c) to the electrical resistivity measured before the grouting in (b), and evaluating the ground reinforcement effect by imaging the three-dimensional electrical resistivity distribution in the ground reinforcement zone on the basis of the change ratio. | 12-16-2010 |
20100259269 | SYSTEM FOR STREAMER ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY SURVEY AND METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF UNDERGROUND STRUCTURE BELOW A RIVERBED - A system for measuring electrical resistivity survey checks a border of bedrock or a thickness of a sedimentary layer in a riverbed of a river or lake within a short time. A method for analysis of an underground structure of a riverbed using the same is also provided. The system for streamer electric resistivity survey using a survey boat comprises a streamer cable connected to the survey boat and having a plurality of electrodes attached thereto; a multi-channel resistivity meter loaded on the survey boat to measure electric resistivity from the plurality of electrodes; a first RTK GPS (Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System) loaded on the survey boat to measure a position of the survey boat in real time; and a second RTK GPS installed to a tail of the streamer cable to measure a position of the tail in real time. | 10-14-2010 |
20100231247 | ELECTRICAL SPECIFIC RESISTIVITY PROBING ROBOT - The present invention relates to an electrical specific resistivity probing robot, and it is directed to automatically measuring a three-dimensional electrical specific resistivity structure of an underground shallow region by installing a plurality of probing electrodes at regular intervals along a robot-moving caterpillar to measure difference of potentials of the electrodes at a ground plane. The electrical specific resistivity probing robot of the present invention includes a frame ( | 09-16-2010 |
20090198476 | 4-D Inversion Of Geophysical Data And 4-D Imaging Method Of Geological Structure Using It - The method for 4-D inversion of geophysical data for calculating distribution of subsurface material properties from geophysical data includes (a) defining measured data into space-time coordinates, and defining a reference space-time model vector (U) composed of many reference space model vectors (U) for a plurality of pre-selected reference times to simulate a space-time model vector (P) that is a geologic structure continuously changing in time; (b) approximating a numerical modeling for a geologic structure space model at an arbitrary time using Taylor series of numerical modeling for the reference space models, defining an objective inversion function to constrain each inversion in space and time domains, and obtaining a reference space-time model vector (U) from the measured data defined in space-time coordinates using the objective inversion function; and (c) obtaining a space-time model vector (P) from the reference space-time model vector (U) to calculate distribution of subsurface material properties changing in time. | 08-06-2009 |
20090105493 | PREPARATION OF IRON (II) ACETATE POWDER FROM A LOW GRADE MAGNETITE - The present invention relates to a preparation of iron(II) acetate powder from low grade magnetite and comprises the following steps: (a) adding organic acid to low grade magnetite powder to obtain iron solution; (b) adding hydroxide to the iron solution to obtain iron hydroxide; and (c) adding acetic acid to the iron hydroxide, thereby obtaining iron(II) acetate. | 04-23-2009 |