Compact self-tuned electrical resonator for buried object locator applications
    1.
    发明授权
    Compact self-tuned electrical resonator for buried object locator applications 有权
    用于埋藏物体定位器应用的紧凑型自调谐电谐振器

    公开(公告)号:US07276910B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-02

    申请号:US11184456

    申请日:2005-07-19

    IPC分类号: G01V3/08 H01P7/00

    CPC分类号: G01V3/088

    摘要: A self-tuning resonator for use in a transmitter apparatus for inducing alternating currents in a buried conductor. The resonator is dynamically tuned at frequencies below 500 kHz by exploiting the inherent voltage-variability of net capacitance in multilayer ceramic capacitors. The transmitter apparatus provides improved efficiency and induced output power suitable for use in a man-portable locator system, providing a very high magnetic field output from a physically small battery-powered resonator at frequencies under 500 kHz. The resonator exhibits a very low equivalent series resistance (ESR) and is adaptively returned to a predetermined resonant frequency responsive to any changes in resonance arising from phenomena such as component heating, thereby supporting very high tank circuit currents from battery-powered source to produce very high magnetic flux output.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在掩埋导体中感应交流电的发射机装置中的自谐振谐振器。 谐振器通过利用多层陶瓷电容器中净电容的固有电压变化来动态调谐在低于500 kHz的频率。 发射机设备提供了适合于在便携式定位系统中使用的改善的效率和感应输出功率,从500kHz以下频率的物理上小的电池供电的谐振器提供非常高的磁场输出。 谐振器表现出非常低的等效串联电阻(ESR),并且响应于诸如部件加热的现象产生的谐振的任何变化而自适应地返回到预定的谐振频率,从而支持来自电池供电的源极的非常高的储能电路电流以产生非常高的 高磁通量输出。

    Tri-Pod Buried Locator System
    2.
    发明申请
    Tri-Pod Buried Locator System 有权
    三墩埋地定位系统

    公开(公告)号:US20110006772A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-13

    申请号:US12815315

    申请日:2010-06-14

    IPC分类号: G01V3/08

    摘要: A portable self-standing electromagnetic (EM) field sensing locator system with attachments for finding and mapping buried objects such as utilities and with intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) displays. Accessories include a ground penetrating radar (GPR) system with a rotating Tx/Rx antenna assembly, a leak detection system, a multi-probe voltage mapping system, a man-portable laser-range finder system with embedded dipole beacon and other detachable accessory sensor systems are accepted for attachment to the locator system for simultaneous operation in cooperation with the basic locator system. The integration of the locator system with one or more additional devices, such as fault-finding, geophones and conductance sensors, facilitates the rapid detection and localization of many different types of buried objects.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有附件的便携式自立式电磁(EM)场感测定位系统,用于查找和映射诸如实用程序等隐藏对象以及直观的图形用户界面(GUI)显示器。 配件包括具有旋转Tx / Rx天线组件的地面穿透雷达(GPR)系统,泄漏检测系统,多探头电压映射系统,带有嵌入式偶极信标的便携式激光测距仪系统和其他可拆卸附件传感器 系统被接受用于与基准定位器系统配合的用于定位系统的同时操作。 定位系统与一个或多个附加设备(如故障查找,地震检波器和电导传感器)的集成有助于快速检测和定位许多不同类型的埋地物体。

    Buried locators systems and methods
    3.
    发明申请
    Buried locators systems and methods 审中-公开
    埋藏定位器系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120242341A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-27

    申请号:US13189844

    申请日:2011-07-25

    IPC分类号: G01V3/08

    摘要: Portable self-standing electromagnetic (EM) field sensing locator systems with attachments for finding and mapping buried objects such as utilities and with intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) displays are described. Accessories may include a ground penetrating radar (GPR) system with a rotating Tx/Rx antenna assembly, a leak detection system, a multi-probe voltage mapping system, a man-portable laser-range finder system with embedded dipole beacon, and other detachable accessory sensor systems are accepted for attachment to the locator system for simultaneous operation in cooperation with the basic locator system. The integration of the locator system with one or more additional devices, such as fault-finding, geophones and conductance sensors, may be used to facilitate the rapid detection and localization of many different types of buried objects.

    摘要翻译: 描述了具有附件的便携式自立式电磁(EM)场感测定位器系统,用于发现和映射诸如实用程序和直观的图形用户界面(GUI)显示器等掩埋物体。 配件可能包括具有旋转Tx / Rx天线组件的地面穿透雷达(GPR)系统,泄漏检测系统,多探头电压测绘系统,带嵌入式偶极信标的便携式激光测距仪系统,以及其他可拆卸 附件传感器系统被接受用于与基座定位器系统配合的与定位器系统连接以进行同时操作。 可以使用定位器系统与一个或多个附加装置(诸如故障查找,地震检波器和电导传感器)的集成来促进许多不同类型的埋藏物体的快速检测和定位。

    Tri-pod buried locator system
    4.
    发明授权
    Tri-pod buried locator system 有权
    三荚埋定位系统

    公开(公告)号:US07990151B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-02

    申请号:US12815315

    申请日:2010-06-14

    IPC分类号: G01R19/00 G01V3/08 G01V3/10

    摘要: A portable self-standing electromagnetic (EM) field sensing locator system with attachments for finding and mapping buried objects such as utilities and with intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) displays. Accessories include a ground penetrating radar (GPR) system with a rotating Tx/Rx antenna assembly, a leak detection system, a multi-probe voltage mapping system, a man-portable laser-range finder system with embedded dipole beacon and other detachable accessory sensor systems are accepted for attachment to the locator system for simultaneous operation in cooperation with the basic locator system. The integration of the locator system with one or more additional devices, such as fault-finding, geophones and conductance sensors, facilitates the rapid detection and localization of many different types of buried objects.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有附件的便携式自立式电磁(EM)场感测定位系统,用于查找和映射诸如实用程序等隐藏对象以及直观的图形用户界面(GUI)显示器。 配件包括具有旋转Tx / Rx天线组件的地面穿透雷达(GPR)系统,泄漏检测系统,多探头电压映射系统,带有嵌入式偶极信标的便携式激光测距仪系统和其他可拆卸附件传感器 系统被接受用于与基准定位器系统配合的用于定位系统的同时操作。 定位系统与一个或多个附加设备(如故障查找,地震检波器和电导传感器)的集成有助于快速检测和定位许多不同类型的埋地物体。

    Buried object locating and tracing method and system employing principal components analysis for blind signal detection

    公开(公告)号:US07136765B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-14

    申请号:US11205267

    申请日:2005-08-15

    IPC分类号: G01V3/08

    CPC分类号: G01V3/12

    摘要: A blind locating system for finding and tracing buried objects such as utility lines, conductive pipes and sondes. A sensor array is coupled to a signal processor, which determines a field vector for one or more buried objects by producing a data signal representing a covariance matrix corresponding to the covariances of the time-varying sensor array signals over a selected frequency band and accumulation interval. The covariance matrix is characterized by eigenvalues and associated eigenvectors and a user interface (UI) indicates the field vector associated with the eigenvector having the largest eigenvalue. Using several different frequency bands, a plurality of underground objects may be simultaneously detected and indicated in the UI without foreknowledge of their existence or characteristics.

    Locator with apparent depth indication
    6.
    发明授权
    Locator with apparent depth indication 有权
    具有明显深度指示的定位器

    公开(公告)号:US07332901B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-02-19

    申请号:US11106894

    申请日:2005-04-15

    IPC分类号: G01V3/08 G01V3/12

    摘要: A human-portable utility locator system for locating and tracing a buried utility line characterized by an electromagnetic field emission. The locator may include a horizontal spaced sensor pair for detecting the horizontal field asymmetry of the emitted field in one or more independent frequency bands, which is employed to assist in determining an accurate “virtual depth” measurement for producing detection events. An event detector may be disposed to detect events corresponding to extremum in the B-field gradient with respect to time and a user interface (UI) coupled to the event detector signals the detected event to a user. In a preferred embodiment, one pair of spaced-apart 3D magnetic sensor arrays is disposed substantially orthogonal to another intermediate spaced-apart pair of sensors.

    摘要翻译: 一种人造便携式实用定位系统,用于定位和跟踪以电磁场发射为特征的埋地公用事业线。 定位器可以包括用于检测一个或多个独立频带中的发射场的水平场不对称性的水平间隔传感器对,其用于帮助确定用于产生检测事件的精确“虚拟深度”测量。 可以设置事件检测器以相对于时间检测对应于B场梯度中的极值的事件,并且耦合到事件检测器的用户界面(UI)将检测到的事件发信号给用户。 在优选实施例中,一对间隔开的3D磁传感器阵列基本上与另一中间间隔开的传感器对正交设置。