公开(公告)号：US09465129B1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-11

申请号：US12947503

申请日：2010-11-16

申请人： Mark S. Olsson ,  Paul G. Stuart ,  Michael J. Martin ,  Paul Wisecaver ,  Ray Merewether

发明人： Mark S. Olsson ,  Paul G. Stuart ,  Michael J. Martin ,  Paul Wisecaver ,  Ray Merewether

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）。

公开(公告)号：US10690795B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US15247503

申请日：2016-08-25

申请人： Mark S. Olsson ,  Stephanie M. Bench ,  Michael J. Martin ,  Ray Merewether ,  Paul Wisecaver ,  Austin Rutledge

发明人： Mark S. Olsson ,  Stephanie M. Bench ,  Michael J. Martin ,  Ray Merewether ,  Paul Wisecaver ,  Austin Rutledge

IPC分类号： G06F11/30 ,  G01V3/08 ,  G01V3/15 ,  G01B7/26 ,  G01V3/38

摘要： This disclosure is directed to utility locating systems, devices, and methods using frequency suites of simultaneously processed signals emitted from buried utilities to locate the buried utilities or other hidden or buried conductors.

公开(公告)号：US20170131422A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-11

申请号：US15247503

申请日：2016-08-25

申请人： Mark S. Olsson ,  Stephanie M. Bench ,  Michael J. Martin ,  Ray Merewether ,  Paul Wisecaver ,  Austin Rutledge

发明人： Mark S. Olsson ,  Stephanie M. Bench ,  Michael J. Martin ,  Ray Merewether ,  Paul Wisecaver ,  Austin Rutledge

IPC分类号： G01V3/08 ,  G01B7/26 ,  G01V3/38

摘要： This disclosure is directed to utility locating systems, devices, and methods using frequency suites of simultaneously processed signals emitted from buried utilities to locate the buried utilities or other hidden or buried conductors.

公开(公告)号：US20170160420A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-08

申请号：US15360979

申请日：2016-11-23

申请人： Mark S. Olsson ,  Ray Merewether ,  Stephanie M. Bench ,  Sequoyah Aldridge ,  Paul Wisecaver ,  Austin Rutledge

发明人： Mark S. Olsson ,  Ray Merewether ,  Stephanie M. Bench ,  Sequoyah Aldridge ,  Paul Wisecaver ,  Austin Rutledge

IPC分类号： G01V3/12 ,  G01V3/10

摘要： Systems, devices, and methods for locating buried conductors using ambient electromagnetic signals, such as AM or other broadcast signals, are described. A buried utility locator may include a plurality of spatially separated antenna arrays, a receiver circuit coupled thereto, and a processing element programmed to process measurements of ambient electromagnetic signals and associated electromagnetic signals radiated from current induced in the buried conductor from the ambient signals to determine information about the buried conductor.

公开(公告)号：US10670766B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-02

申请号：US15360979

申请日：2016-11-23

申请人： Mark S. Olsson ,  Ray Merewether ,  Stephanie M. Bench ,  Sequoyah Aldridge ,  Paul Wisecaver ,  Austin Rutledge

发明人： Mark S. Olsson ,  Ray Merewether ,  Stephanie M. Bench ,  Sequoyah Aldridge ,  Paul Wisecaver ,  Austin Rutledge

IPC分类号： G01V3/12 ,  G01V3/10 ,  G01V3/15

摘要： Systems, devices, and methods for locating buried conductors using ambient electromagnetic signals, such as AM or other broadcast signals, are described. A buried utility locator may include a plurality of spatially separated antenna arrays, a receiver circuit coupled thereto, and a processing element programmed to process measurements of ambient electromagnetic signals and associated electromagnetic signals radiated from current induced in the buried conductor from the ambient signals to determine information about the buried conductor.

公开(公告)号：US10274632B1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-30

申请号：US14446145

申请日：2014-07-29

申请人： Mark S. Olsson ,  Paul Wisecaver ,  Austin Rutledge

发明人： Mark S. Olsson ,  Paul Wisecaver ,  Austin Rutledge

IPC分类号： G01V3/12

摘要： Mobile base stations for use with one or more portable utility locators to aid in determining the location of a particular locator during operation and receive information associated with the utility for storage and/or retransmission to other devices or systems are disclosed.