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US 12,650,529 · App. 18/156,760 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Method of determining earthquake by time series intersection of a plurality of seismographs

Inventors: Hung-Wei Chiang (Taipei, TW); Hsiu-Hsien Wang (Taipei, TW); Pei-Yang Lin (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: P-WAVER INC.
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Patent No.
US 12,650,529
App. No.
18/156,760
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An earthquake detection method is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a first signal and at least a second signal, wherein the first signal is triggered in response to a first vibration state of a main detection site, and the at least a second signal is triggered in response to at least a second vibration state of at least a backup detection site; determining whether a quantity of those being enabled among the at least a second signal satisfies a quantity ratio condition, and determining whether the first signal and the quantity of the at least a second signal are both enabled at a specific time point, wherein the first and the quantity of the at least a second signals respectively have a first and at least a second initial enabled time points; and determining there is a real earthquake event when an interval between the first and the at least a second signal satisfies a time relationship.

Claims (18)

1 . An earthquake detection method, comprising the following steps:

receiving a first signal and at least a second signal, wherein the first signal is triggered in response to a first vibration state of a main detection site, and the at least a second signal is triggered in response to at least a second vibration state of at least a backup detection site;

determining whether a quantity of those being enabled among the at least a second signal satisfies a quantity ratio condition, and determining whether the first signal and the at least a second signal are both enabled at a specific time point, wherein the first signal and the at least a second signal respectively have a first and at least a second initial enabled time points; and

determining there is a real earthquake event when an interval between the first and the at least a second signal is within a specific time length,

wherein the at least a second signal has a first enabled quantity and a second disabled quantity, and the quantity ratio condition is a condition that the first enabled quantity is larger than or equal to the second disabled quantity.

2 . The earthquake detection method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a step of:

when the interval is within the specific time length, a timeliness judgment signal is triggered.

3 . An earthquake detection method, comprising the following steps:

receiving a first signal and at least a second signal, wherein the first signal is triggered in response to a first vibration state of a main detection site, and the at least a second signal is triggered in response to at least a second vibration state of at least a backup detection site;

determining whether a quantity of those being enabled among the at least a second signal satisfies a quantity condition, and determining whether the first signal and the at least a second signal are both enabled at a specific time point, wherein the first signal and the at least a second signal respectively have a first and at least a second initial enabled time points; and

determining there is a real earthquake event when an interval between the first and the at least a second signal satisfies a time relationship,

wherein the time relationship is that the interval between the first initial enabled time point and the at least a second initial enabled time point is within a specific time length; and

wherein the at least a second signal has a first enabled quantity and a second disabled quantity, and the quantity condition is a condition that the first enabled quantity is larger than or equal to the second disabled quantity.

4 . The earthquake detection method as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a step of providing an enabled signal and a timeliness judgment signal, wherein:

when the quantity satisfies the quantity condition, the enabled signal is triggered;

the enabled signal has a third initial enabled time point; and

when an interval between the first initial enabled time point and the third initial time point is within the specific time length, the timeliness judgment signal is triggered.

5 . An equipment, device, system, or architecture using the earthquake detection method of claim 3 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2023
From: CHIANG, HUNG-WEI; WANG, HSIU-HSIEN; LIN, PEI-YANG
To: P-WAVER INC.
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Continuity (1)
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