Reconfigurable portable locator employing multiple sensor array having flexible nested orthogonal antennas
    3.
    发明授权
    Reconfigurable portable locator employing multiple sensor array having flexible nested orthogonal antennas 有权
    采用具有灵活嵌套正交天线的多个传感器阵列的可重构便携式定位器

    公开(公告)号:US07518374B1

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-14

    申请号:US12016870

    申请日:2008-01-18

    IPC分类号: G01V3/11 G01V3/08

    CPC分类号: G01V11/00 G01V3/15 G01V3/165

    摘要: A portable locator for detecting a buried object characterized by an electromagnetic (EM) field emission employing three-dimensional (3D) sensor arrays each having three substantially-identical EM field sensors disposed on a flexible annular wall having a radial centroid defining a sensing axis. The flexible annular sensors are retained in substantial concentricity with the corresponding sensing axes disposed in substantial mutual orthogonality. A pair of 3D sensor arrays disposed on a first axis substantially orthogonal to a second axis defined by another pair of EM field sensors each having a sensing axis disposed along the second axis. The locator introduces a user-reconfigurable user interface (UI) employing a “sticky” ratcheting audio UI and a hollow hinge assembly for redisposing the sensor assembly from an operating to a storage disposition.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于检测掩埋物体的便携式定位器,其特征在于使用三维(3D)传感器阵列的电磁(EM)场发射,每个三维(3D)传感器阵列具有三个基本上相同的EM场传感器,其设置在具有限定感测轴的径向质心的柔性环形壁上。 柔性环形传感器与基本上相互正交地布置的对应感测轴基本同心地保持。 一对3D传感器阵列,其布置在基本上正交于由另一对EM场传感器限定的第二轴线的第一轴上,每个EM场传感器具有沿着第二轴线设置的感测轴。 定位器引入使用“粘性”棘轮音频UI的用户可重新配置的用户界面(UI)和用于将传感器组件从操作重新喷射到存储配置的中空铰链组件。

    Reconfigurable portable locator employing multiple sensor array having flexible nested orthogonal antennas
    4.
    发明授权
    Reconfigurable portable locator employing multiple sensor array having flexible nested orthogonal antennas 有权
    采用具有灵活嵌套正交天线的多个传感器阵列的可重构便携式定位器

    公开(公告)号:US08203343B1

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-19

    申请号:US11248539

    申请日:2005-10-12

    IPC分类号: G01V3/11 G01V3/08

    CPC分类号: G01V11/00 G01V3/15 G01V3/165

    摘要: A portable locator for detecting a buried object characterized by an electromagnetic (EM) field emission employing three-dimensional (3D) sensor arrays each having three substantially-identical EM field sensors disposed on a flexible annular wall having a radial centroid defining a sensing axis. The flexible annular sensors are retained in substantial concentricity with the corresponding sensing axes disposed in substantial mutual orthogonality. A pair of 3D sensor arrays disposed on a first axis substantially orthogonal to a second axis defied by another pair of EM field sensors each having a sensing axis disposed along the second axis. The locator introduces a user-reconfigurable user interface (UI) employing a “sticky” ratcheting audio UI and a hollow hinge assembly for redisposing the sensor assembly from an operating to a storage disposition.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于检测掩埋物体的便携式定位器,其特征在于使用三维(3D)传感器阵列的电磁(EM)场发射,每个三维(3D)传感器阵列具有三个基本上相同的EM场传感器,其设置在具有限定感测轴的径向质心的柔性环形壁上。 柔性环形传感器与基本上相互正交地布置的对应感测轴基本同心地保持。 一对3D传感器阵列,其布置在基本上正交于第二轴线的第一轴线上,所述第一轴线基本上与另一对EM场传感器对抗,所述另一对EM场传感器具有沿着所述第二轴线设置的感测轴线。 定位器引入使用“粘性”棘轮音频UI的用户可重新配置的用户界面(UI)和用于将传感器组件从操作重新喷射到存储配置的中空铰链组件。

    Buried object locator system employing automated virtual depth event detection and signaling
    6.
    发明授权
    Buried object locator system employing automated virtual depth event detection and signaling 有权
    使用自动化虚拟深度事件检测和信令的埋地对象定位系统

    公开(公告)号:US08248056B1

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-21

    申请号:US12263289

    申请日:2008-10-31

    IPC分类号: G01R19/00 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。

    Image-based mapping locating system
    7.
    发明授权
    Image-based mapping locating system 有权
    基于图像的地图定位系统

    公开(公告)号:US09465129B1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-11

    申请号:US12947503

    申请日:2010-11-16

    IPC分类号: G06F19/00 G01V3/15 G01V3/38

    CPC分类号: G01V3/15 G01V3/38

    摘要: A locator system for locating buried utilities such as conduits, cables, pipes or wires incorporates image-capturing and position and orientation measuring devices such as magnetic compass, accelerometers, gyros, GPS, and DGPS. The system may include other sensors such as gas concentration sensors. The system associates images captured during the locate process with buried utility position data and the other sensor data. These data and images may be further associated with terrain images from satellites or aerial photography to provide a highly precision map and database of buried utility locations and visual images of the burial site. Information so obtained may be transferred to a hand-held personal communication device (such as a smart phone) capable of displaying an augmented or virtual reality display showing the location of buried utilities in combination with photo-images and/or terrain maps.

    摘要翻译: 用于定位诸如管道,电缆,管道或电线的埋地式设施的定位系统包括图像捕获以及诸如磁罗盘,加速度计,陀螺仪,GPS和DGPS的位置和取向测量装置。 该系统可以包括诸如气体浓度传感器的其它传感器。 该系统将在定位过程中捕获的图像与隐藏的效用位置数据和其他传感器数据相关联。 这些数据和图像可以进一步与来自卫星或空中摄影的地形图像相关联,以提供埋藏的地点和掩埋地点的视觉图像的高度精确的地图和数据库。 如此获得的信息可以转移到能够显示与照片图像和/或地形图相结合的显示掩埋实用程序的位置的增强或虚拟现实显示的手持式个人通信设备(例如智能电话)。

    Adaptive multichannel locator system for multiple proximity detection
    8.
    发明授权
    Adaptive multichannel locator system for multiple proximity detection 有权
    用于多重接近检测的自适应多通道定位系统

    公开(公告)号:US07948236B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-24

    申请号:US12785826

    申请日:2010-05-24

    IPC分类号: G01V3/08 G01R23/165 G01R23/16

    摘要: A man-portable locator system for locating buried or otherwise inaccessible pipes, conduits, cables, wires and inserted transmitters using detector arrays and stochastic signal processing and similar techniques to analyze and display multiple target objects at differing frequencies in a layered user interface (UI). For example, the locator UI may be adapted to present a target plurality sorted by proximity of target conductor to the locator operator together with other useful information specifying the multiple objects, frequencies and changes in the subterranean landscape by means of a useful combination of graphical, numeric and acoustic representations.

    摘要翻译: 一种便携式定位器系统,用于利用检测器阵列和随机信号处理以及相似的技术来定位埋置或其他不可接近的管道,管道,电缆,电线和插入的发射器,以及在分层用户界面(UI)中分析和显示不同频率的多个目标对象, 。 例如,定位器UI可以被适配为通过目标导体的接近度将定位器操作者与其他有用的信息一起呈现给定位器UI的其他有用信息,该有用信息通过图形, 数字和声学表示。

    Tri-Pod Buried Locator System
    9.
    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
    10.
    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。