System and method for on-site instant seismic analysis

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9465121-B2
Application number	US-201213587115-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2012
Priority date	Aug 19, 2011
Publication date	Oct 11, 2016
Grant date	Oct 11, 2016

Abstract

A system and method instantly on-site analyze seismic acceleration signals measured from a primary wave of an earthquake and at a detecting site. The system includes an embedded computing host and a signal preprocessing module. Hardware preprocessing is executed on the seismic acceleration signals; and whether the earthquake is a seismic event is able to be determined according to a seism determining logic. Seismic acceleration signals are converted into ground velocities and ground displacements to obtain a peak ground displacement. A seismic fracture time parameter is calculated through the ground velocities and ground displacements and then a seismic magnitude of the earthquake is obtained. According to the peak ground displacement and the seismic magnitude, an epicentral distance is further calculated. Then a peak ground acceleration of the earthquake's shear wave at the detection site is able to be obtained through the seismic magnitude and the epicentral distance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for on-site instantly analyzing a primary wave of an earthquake measured at a detecting site to predict a shear wave of the earthquake about to arrive at the detecting site, the system comprising:
a signal preprocessing module, receiving a plurality of seismic acceleration signals of the primary wave measured at the detecting site and executing a hardware preprocessing procedure on the seismic acceleration signals; and
an embedded computing host, receiving the seismic acceleration signals preprocessed by the signal preprocessing module to calculate a peak ground acceleration (PGA) of the shear wave;
wherein, after the hardware preprocessing procedure, the seismic acceleration signals are converted into a plurality of ground velocities and ground displacements of the primary wave, to obtain a peak ground displacement within a first duration;
wherein the embedded computing host further calculates a seismic fracture time parameter according to the ground velocities and the ground displacements within a second duration, thereby calculating a seismic magnitude of the earthquake at the detecting site;
wherein the embedded computing host further calculates an epicentral distance according to the peak ground displacement and the seismic magnitude, and then calculates the peak ground acceleration of the shear wave at the detecting site according to the seismic magnitude and the epicentral distance;
wherein the system compares the data of the peak ground acceleration PGA with a predetermined intensity classification, and issues an earthquake pre-alarm for the on-site area at the detecting site if the system determines that the data of the peak ground acceleration PGA exceeds the predetermined intensity classification, thereby triggering a disaster evacuating procedure or a damage control procedure.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the signal preprocessing module comprises a filter circuit and an offset removing circuit, the filter circuit executing a hardware filtering procedure on the seismic acceleration signals, and the offset removing circuit executing a hardware offset-removing procedure on the seismic acceleration signals.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the signal preprocessing module comprises an integrator circuit, the integrator circuit executing a hardware integration procedure on the seismic acceleration signals, to convert the seismic acceleration signals into the ground velocities and the ground displacements of the primary wave.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the embedded computing host executes an integration computing procedure to convert the seismic acceleration signals into the ground velocities and the ground displacements of the primary wave.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the embedded computing host comprises at least a computing processor, the computing processor executing at least an algorithm procedure in the environment of a firmware on the computing processor or a disk operation system to analyze the earthquake.

6. A method for on-site instantly analyzing a primary wave of an earthquake measured at a detecting site to predict a shear wave of the earthquake about to arrive at the detecting site, the method comprising:
executing a hardware preprocessing procedure on a plurality of seismic acceleration signals of the primary wave measured at the detecting site;
converting the seismic acceleration signals into a plurality of ground velocities and ground displacements of the primary wave;
obtaining a peak ground displacement within a first duration;
calculating a seismic fracture time parameter according to the ground velocities and the ground displacements within a second duration, thereby calculating a seismic magnitude of the earthquake at the detecting site;
calculating an epicentral distance according to the peak ground displacement and the seismic magnitude;
according to the seismic magnitude and the epicentral distance, calculating a peak ground acceleration (PGA) of the shear wave of the earthquake arriving at the detecting site;
comparing the data of the peak ground acceleration PGA with a predetermined intensity classification, and issuing an earthquake pre-alarm for the on-site area at the detecting site if the system determines that the data of the peak ground acceleration PGA exceeds the predetermined intensity classification, thereby triggering a disaster evacuating procedure or a damage control procedure.

7. The method according to claim 6 further comprising a step of determining whether the earthquake is a seismic event according to a seism determining logic, the seism determining logic comprises an Optimized STA/LTA Method (Optimized Short Term Averaging over Long Term Averaging Method).

8. The method according to claim 6 further comprising a step of supplementing required data for the seismic acceleration signals within the first duration to complete a complete period of the primary wave, so as to amend a Fourier Amplitude-Frequency Curve of the primary wave and obtain an estimated seismic main frequency of the shear wave.

9. The method according to claim 6 further comprising a step of mirroring the seismic acceleration signals within the first duration to supplement the required data for the complete period of the primary wave.

10. The method according to claim 6 further comprising a step of utilizing the Fourier Amplitude-Frequency Curve with a ½ frequency of the primary wave as an estimated Fourier Amplitude-Frequency Curve of the shear wave, so as to obtain the estimated seismic main frequency of the shear wave.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first duration is defined as a full period or a ½ period of the primary wave.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the second duration is defined as a full period of the primary wave.

Assignees

• Lin Pei-Yang
• Chang Tao-Ming
• Lin Tzu-Kang
• Huang Shieh-Kung
• Chiang Hung-Wei
• Shen Zhe-Ping
• Nat Applied Res Laboratories

Inventors

• Lin Pei-Yang
• Chang Tao-Ming
• Lin Tzu-Kang
• Huang Shieh-Kung
• Chiang Hung-Wei
• Shen Zhe-Ping

Classifications

• G01V1/008 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01V1/28

  Processing seismic data, e.g. for interpretation or for event detection (G01V1/48 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01V1/22

  Transmitting seismic signals to recording or processing apparatus · CPC title

• G01V1/003

  Seismic data acquisition in general, e.g. survey design (G01V1/3808, G01V1/42 take precedence) · CPC title

• G01V1/01 Primary

  Measuring or predicting earthquakes · CPC title