公开(公告)号：US20090204238A1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-13

申请号：US12363951

申请日：2009-02-02

Applicant: Steven E. Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr ,  Mark A. Conner ,  Rene A. Vazquez

Inventor： Steven E. Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr ,  Mark A. Conner ,  Rene A. Vazquez

IPC: G05B19/19

CPC classification number: G01C15/02 ,  G01S19/14

Abstract: A marking system may hold a container from which markers are dispensed to mark the presence or absence of an underground facility in a dig area. The container may identify a marker characteristic regarding the markers in the container. The marking system may receive activation of a trigger, dispense a marker from the container when the trigger is activated, and store the marker characteristic and time data when the trigger is activated. In other embodiments, the marking system may dispense a marker, determine location data and/or time data, and substantially simultaneously trigger the dispensing of the marker and logging of the location data and/or the time data. The location data identifies a geographic location where the marker is dispensed and the time data identifies the time when the marker is dispensed.

Abstract translation: 标记系统可以容纳从其分配标记物的容器，以在挖掘区域中标记地下设备的存在或不存在。 容器可以识别关于容器中的标记的标记特性。 标记系统可以接收触发器的激活，当触发器被激活时从容器分配标记，并且在触发器被激活时存储标记特征和时间数据。 在其他实施例中，标记系统可以分配标记，确定位置数据和/或时间数据，并且基本上同时触发标记的分配和记录位置数据和/或时间数据。 位置数据识别标记被分配的地理位置，并且时间数据识别标记被分配的时间。