Underground Utility Line Locator And Method For Use
    51.
    发明申请
    Underground Utility Line Locator And Method For Use 审中-公开
    地下公用线路定位器和使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150355364A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-10

    申请号:US14729232

    申请日:2015-06-03

    发明人: Brian K. Bailey

    IPC分类号: G01V3/165 G01V3/08

    摘要: A locator for determining the location of a buried utility line from an offset position. The locator has a top peak antenna, a bottom peak antenna, and a null antenna. The locator is tilted until the null antenna is pointed directly at the utility line with the top and bottom peak antennas disposed in a locating plane that is substantially vertical and perpendicular to the line. The tilt angle of the locator and the direct distance between the locator and the utility is measured. The tilt angle and direct distance are used by the processor to determine the vertical and horizontal distances between the locator and the utility.

    摘要翻译: 用于从偏移位置确定埋地公用事业线的位置的定位器。 定位器具有顶峰天线,底峰天线和无效天线。 定位器倾斜,直到空天线直接指向公用事业线,顶部和底部峰值天线设置在基本垂直和垂直于该线的定位平面中。 测量定位器的倾斜角度和定位器与实用程序之间的直接距离。 处理器使用倾斜角度和直接距离来确定定位器和实用程序之间的垂直和水平距离。

    Integrated, portable checkpoint system
    52.
    发明授权
    Integrated, portable checkpoint system 有权
    集成便携式检查点系统

    公开(公告)号:US09069101B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-30

    申请号:US14249657

    申请日:2014-04-10

    摘要: The present specification discloses a portable system for inspecting objects. The system includes a housing adapted to be carried by a vehicle, which houses a metal detector and an X-ray scanner and further includes a deployable boom positioned on a top surface of the housing. Operationally, the system is transported to a location, persons or objects are inspected by the metal detector or X-ray scanner and the boom is deployed to inspect external cargo. The integrated portable checkpoint system provides security screening and inspection equipment with increased operational capabilities in one fully integrated package.

    摘要翻译: 本说明书公开了一种用于检查物体的便携式系统。 该系统包括适于由车辆承载的壳体,其容纳金属检测器和X射线扫描器,并且还包括定位在壳体的顶表面上的可展开的臂。 运行时,将系统运送到位置,人员或物体由金属探测器或X射线扫描仪进行检查,部署吊杆以检查外部货物。 集成的便携式检查点系统提供安全筛选和检测设备,在一个完全集成的包中提供更高的操作能力。

    Device and method for detecting an object in a subsurface
    53.
    发明授权
    Device and method for detecting an object in a subsurface 有权
    用于检测地下物体的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08981781B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-17

    申请号:US13548907

    申请日:2012-07-13

    IPC分类号: G01V3/10 G01V3/165

    CPC分类号: G01V3/165

    摘要: A device for detecting an object in a subsurface, including a transmitting unit having a transmitting element designed to emit a transmission signal into the subsurface, a receiving unit having two or more receiving elements designed to receive a reception signal which is a function of the transmission signal and the properties of the object and of the subsurface, a control and evaluation unit which is designed to control the transmitting unit and receiving unit and to evaluate the reception signals, and a display unit which is designed to display the reception signals evaluated by the control and evaluation unit. The transmitting unit has at least one further transmitting element which is designed to emit at least one further transmission signal into the subsurface, and the transmitting elements of the transmitting unit are controllable independently of one another by the control and evaluation unit. A method is also provided.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于检测地下物体的装置,包括具有被设计成将发射信号发射到地下的发射元件的发射单元,具有两个或多个接收元件的接收单元,该接收单元被设计为接收作为发射功能的接收信号 信号以及物体和地下物体的属性,被设计为控制发射单元和接收单元并评估接收信号的控制和评估单元,以及被设计为显示由接收信号评估的接收信号的显示单元 控制和评估单位。 发射单元具有至少一个另外的发射元件,其被设计为发射至少一个另外的发射信号到地下,并且发射单元的发射元件由控制和评估单元彼此独立地控制。 还提供了一种方法。

    Metal Object or Feature Detection Apparatus and Method
    54.
    发明申请
    Metal Object or Feature Detection Apparatus and Method 审中-公开
    金属物体或特征检测装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140218036A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-07

    申请号:US14129165

    申请日:2012-06-25

    申请人: Terry Fry

    发明人: Terry Fry

    IPC分类号: G01V3/10 G01V3/165

    CPC分类号: G01V3/104 G01V3/165

    摘要: A metal detector system 30 for sensing target (e.g., metal) objects within soil or other strata includes a pickup head 36 carrying an excitation coil configured to generate an excitation signal to energize a target object 400 and uses a 2-D (e.g., planar, rectangular) array of pixel-receive coils configured within the pickup head to receive electro-magnetic energy from the energized target object. As the user moves the pickup head across the strata's surface, the pixel-receive coils sense relative motion between each pixel-receive coil and the energized target object, where motion is detectable as individually sensed changes in received signal levels among the pixel-receive coils. The metal detector system also includes a 2-D display 46 which depicts or visually represents the 2-D array of pixel-receive coils and generates a changing display of any sensed moving target object 60 in response to sensed changes in received signal levels among the pixel-receive coils.

    摘要翻译: 用于感测土壤或其他地层中的目标(例如,金属)物体的金属检测器系统30包括拾取头36,拾取头36承载激励线圈,该激励线圈被配置为产生激发信号以激励目标物体400并使用2-D(例如,平面 配置在拾取头内的像素接收线圈的矩形阵列,以从被激励的目标物体接收电磁能。 当用户将拾取头移动穿过地层表面时,像素接收线圈检测每个像素 - 接收线圈和被激励的目标物体之间的相对运动,其中运动可被检测为单独感测到像素 - 接收线圈中的接收信号电平的变化 。 金属检测器系统还包括2-D显示器46,其显示或可视地表示像素接收线圈的2-D阵列,并响应于所检测到的移动目标对象60中的接收信号电平的感测变化而产生任何检测到的移动目标对象60的改变的显示 像素接收线圈。

    MONITORING THE DIPOLE MOMENT VECTOR OF AN AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY SYSTEM
    55.
    发明申请
    MONITORING THE DIPOLE MOMENT VECTOR OF AN AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY SYSTEM 有权
    监测航空电磁测量系统的DIPOLE MOMENT矢量

    公开(公告)号:US20140084930A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-27

    申请号:US14003765

    申请日:2012-03-07

    申请人: Jack Dodds

    发明人: Jack Dodds

    IPC分类号: G01V3/165

    CPC分类号: G01V3/165 G01V3/17

    摘要: An airborne electromagnetic survey system that monitors the dipole moment. A TDEM system includes a flexible transmitter loop and a receiver having three sensors with mutually perpendicular sensitive axes. In flight, mechanical and aerodynamic forces cause the transmitter loop to tilt and flex, which affects the direction and magnitude of the primary field dipole moment. The processing system measures the sign and amplitude of the primary field sensed by the receiver in each of its sensitive axes and calculates a vector which represents the orientation of the primary field in the receiver frame of reference at the receiver location. Using this vector, the processing system determines the orientation of the primary field dipole moment.

    摘要翻译: 一种监测偶极矩的机载电磁勘探系统。 TDEM系统包括灵活的发射器环路和具有三个具有相互垂直的敏感轴的传感器的接收器。 在飞行中,机械和空气动力使发射机回路倾斜和弯曲,这影响了主场偶极矩的方向和幅度。 处理系统测量接收机在其每个敏感轴中感测到的主场的符号和幅度,并计算表示接收机位置处接收机参考帧中的主场方位的向量。 使用该矢量,处理系统确定主场偶极矩的方向。

    Flux plane locating in an underground drilling system

    公开(公告)号:US07663371B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-16

    申请号:US11924508

    申请日:2007-10-25

    IPC分类号: G01V3/08 G01V3/165 G01V3/38

    摘要: A portable locator and method for establishing the location of the cable line in a region which includes at least one generally straight electrically conductive cable line extending across the region from which cable line a locating signal includes a first arrangement for measuring a local flux intensity of the locating signal at a first above ground point within the region with the portable locator in a particular orientation at the first above ground point. A second arrangement uses the local flux intensity to establish a cable line angular orientation which limits the possible directions to the cable line relative to the particular orientation of the portable locator at the above ground point. A third arrangement uses the measured local flux intensity to establish an actual direction of the cable line that is selected from the possible directions based on certain characteristics of the locating signal.

    Position and orientation locator/monitor

    公开(公告)号:US07521933B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-21

    申请号:US12024699

    申请日:2008-02-01

    申请人: John E. Mercer

    发明人: John E. Mercer

    IPC分类号: G01V3/11 G01V3/165

    摘要: The present invention provides a locator/monitor capable of locating a boring tool and monitoring the progress of the tool for control purposes. The locator/monitor may be used in expedited locating methodology and straightforward calibration techniques of the present invention. A durable and cost effective pitch sensor is also provided by the present invention. In addition, the present invention provides a slotted transmitter housing formed of an electrically conductive material, where the magnetic field generated by the transmitter is capable of penetrating to the surface.

    Boring technique using locate point measurements for boring tool depth prediction
    58.
    发明申请
    Boring technique using locate point measurements for boring tool depth prediction 有权
    镗孔技术使用定位点测量镗削深度预测

    公开(公告)号:US20050280420A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-22

    申请号:US11215540

    申请日:2005-08-30

    申请人: John Mercer

    发明人: John Mercer

    摘要: A method is disclosed as part of an overall process in which a boring tool is moved through the ground within a given region along a particular path in an orientation which includes pitch. A locating signal is transmitted from the boring tool which signal exhibits a field defined forward point within a reference surface which field defined forward point is vertically above an inground forward point on the particular path through which the boring tool is likely to pass. The method establishes a predicted depth of the boring tool at the inground forward point by first identifying the field defined forward point. The signal strength of the locating signal is then measured at the field defined forward point as being representative of the depth of the boring tool at an inground upstream point which is the current location of the boring tool. With the boring tool at the upstream inground point, the pitch of the boring tool is determined. Using the measured signal strength and the determined pitch, the predicted depth of the boring tool is determined for the inground forward point based on the boring tool moving along an approximately straight path to the inground forward point.

    摘要翻译: 作为整个过程的一部分公开了一种方法,其中镗孔工具沿着包括沥青在内的定向的特定路径在给定区域内移动通过地面。 定位信号从钻孔工具发送,该信号在参考表面内呈现场定义的前进点,该场定义的前进点垂直地位于钻孔工具可能通过的特定路径上的内置前进点上方。 该方法通过首先识别场定义的前进点来建立钻孔工具在地下前进点处的预测深度。 然后,定位信号的信号强度在现场定义的前进点处被测量,以代表钻孔工具在作为钻孔工具的当前位置的上游上游点处的深度。 通过钻孔工具在上游边缘点,确定钻孔工具的间距。 使用所测量的信号强度和所确定的间距,基于钻孔工具沿着大致直线的路径移动到地下前进点,确定钻孔工具的预测深度用于地下前进点。

    Stable heli-borne vector platform for performing geophysical measurements
    59.
    发明授权
    Stable heli-borne vector platform for performing geophysical measurements 失效
    用于执行地球物理测量的稳定的直升机载体平台

    公开(公告)号:US06845936B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-25

    申请号:US10895360

    申请日:2004-07-21

    IPC分类号: G01V3/165 G01V3/16 G01V3/40

    CPC分类号: G01V3/165

    摘要: A stable heli-borne vector platform capable of accepting a range of different sensors or instruments, particularly, but not exclusively, for the mapping and exploration of mountainous regions is described. The platform enables the arrangement of the sensors in three orthogonal directions, thus allowing the restitution of the resultant vector. The geographical referencing is provided by the use of a differential GPS receiver, whose antenna is installed on the main body of the platform. This platform distinguishes itself from its predecessors through the use of a lateral pulling axis, the use of a heavy weight placed underneath the main body, and by a perfectly symmetrical geometry in the direction of pull, thus ensuring perfect in-flight balance and stability.

    摘要翻译: 描述了能够接受一系列不同传感器或仪器的稳定的直升机载体平台,特别但不排他地用于山区的测绘和探索。 该平台能够在三个正交方向上布置传感器,从而允许归一化矢量的恢复。 通过使用天线安装在平台主体上的差分GPS接收机来提供地理参考。 该平台通过使用横向牵引轴,使用重量放置在主体下方以及拉伸方向上完美对称的几何形状来区分其前身,从而确保完美的飞行平衡和稳定性。

    Method for avoiding an inground obstacle at a known depth
    60.
    发明授权
    Method for avoiding an inground obstacle at a known depth 失效
    避免已知深度处的地下障碍物的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06838882B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-04

    申请号:US10389423

    申请日:2003-03-13

    申请人: John E. Mercer

    发明人: John E. Mercer

    摘要: A method for avoiding an inground obstacle at a known depth, using a steerable boring tool which transmits a dipole locating signal, said method comprising the steps of: positioning the boring tool in a first position at a forward distance to the obstacle; measuring a signal strength of said locating signal at a location above the inground obstacle which corresponds to a field defined forward point of the locating signal such that the signal strength is representative of the depth of the boring tool at said forward distance from the obstacle; with said boring tool at said first position, determining a pitch orientation of the boring tool; determining a predicted depth of the boring tool based on at least generally straight movement of the boring tool by said forward distance toward the inground obstacle, said signal strength and said pitch orientation; and based on the predicted depth of the boring tool and the known depth of the obstacle, steering the boring tool in a way that is intended to avoid the obstacle.

    摘要翻译: 一种利用传递偶极定位信号的可操纵钻孔工具避免已知深度处的地下障碍物的方法,所述方法包括以下步骤:将钻孔工具定位在与障碍物相距一定距离的第一位置; 测量所述定位信号的信号强度,所述信号强度代表所述定位信号的场定义的前向点的位置,所述信号强度代表所述钻孔工具在与所述障碍物的所述前向距离处的深度; 所述钻孔工具在所述第一位置处,确定所述钻孔工具的俯仰方向; 基于所述钻孔工具的所述前进距离朝向所述内部障碍物的所述至少大致直线运动,所述信号强度和所述俯仰方向,确定所述钻孔工具的预测深度; 并且基于钻孔工具的预测深度和已知的障碍物深度,以旨在避免障碍物的方式转向钻孔工具。