High-velocity mobile imaging system
Disclosed are various embodiments for a high-velocity mobile imaging system. The system can include a tube, which may have at least one wire coil extending for a least a portion of a length of the tube. The system can further include a carriage that is movable along an interior of the tube. The carriage can include a permanent magnet, a sensor, a network communications interface, a processor, a memory, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to capture a reading using the sensor and report the reading to a remote computing device through the network communications interface.
1. A system, comprising:
a tube comprising:
at least one wire coil extending for at least a portion of a length of the tube; and
a translucent or transparent section extending lengthwise continuously along the tube;
a carriage movable along an interior of the tube, the carriage comprising:
a permanent magnet;
a sensor aligned with the translucent or transparent section of the tube;
a network communications interface;
a processor;
a memory; and
machine readable instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, cause the carriage to:
capture a reading using the sensor; and
report the reading to a remote computing device through the network communications interface.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the machine readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the system to receive a command through the network communications interface, the command comprising an instruction to capture the reading using the sensor.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a microphone.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a photographic camera.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a video camera.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the tube is a flexible tube.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the machine readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the system to receive a command through the network communications interface, the command comprising an instruction to apply a current to a wire, thereby inducing a magnetic field in a respective wire coil that propels the carriage.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the machine readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the system to receive a command through the network communications interface, the command comprising an instruction to apply an electric current to a wire coil to slow the carriage or bring the carriage to a stop.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the machine readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the system to receive a command through the network communications interface, the command comprising:
an instruction to apply an electric current to a wire coil to slow the carriage or bring the carriage to a stop; and
an instruction to capture the reading using the sensor.