Buried object locator apparatus with safety lighting array
    2.
    发明授权
    Buried object locator apparatus with safety lighting array 有权
    带有安全照明阵列的埋地物体定位装置

    公开(公告)号:US09207350B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-08

    申请号:US13469024

    申请日:2012-05-10

    IPC分类号: G01V3/00 G01V3/10 G01V3/15

    摘要: Buried object locators including various antenna configurations and safety features are disclosed. In one embodiment a locator includes a body, one or more antenna nodes coupled to the body, and a safety light assembly disposed on or within the body. The locator may further include a surface light assembly and camera and/or one or more GPS and/or ISM antennas and receiver/sensor modules. The antenna nodes may be gradient and/or dodecahedral antenna nodes.

    摘要翻译: 公开了包括各种天线配置和安全特征的埋地物体定位器。 在一个实施例中,定位器包括主体,耦合到主体的一个或多个天线节点以及设置在主体上或内部的安全灯组件。 定位器还可以包括表面光组件和照相机和/或一个或多个GPS和/或ISM天线和接收器/传感器模块。 天线节点可以是梯度和/或十二面天线节点。

    Image-based mapping locating system
    3.
    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)。

    Ground-tracking devices for use with a mapping locator
    4.
    发明授权
    Ground-tracking devices for use with a mapping locator 有权
    用于映射定位器的地面跟踪设备

    公开(公告)号:US09081109B1

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-14

    申请号:US13161183

    申请日:2011-06-15

    IPC分类号: G01V3/08 G01V3/00

    摘要: A ground tracking apparatus for connection to a locator or other measurement device and configured to determine position, motion, and/or orientation information is disclosed. The ground tracking apparatus may include a ground follower assembly including one or more wheels, which may be detachably coupled to a buried object locator system to capture three-dimensional positional and orientation information during a locate process, as well as provide output data or information to be integrated with maps, photographs, drawings, or other data or information.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于连接到定位器或其他测量装置并被配置为确定位置,运动和/或取向信息的地面跟踪装置。 地面跟踪装置可以包括接地跟随器组件,其包括一个或多个车轮,其可以可拆卸地联接到掩埋物体定位器系统,以在定位过程期间捕获三维位置和取向信息,以及将输出数据或信息提供给 与地图,照片,图纸或其他数据或信息进行整合。

    Pipe inspection cable counter and overlay management system
    6.
    发明授权
    Pipe inspection cable counter and overlay management system 有权
    管道检查电缆计数器和覆盖管理系统

    公开(公告)号:US08970211B1

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-03

    申请号:US12766742

    申请日:2010-04-23

    IPC分类号: G01N27/72 G01D5/14 G01B7/02

    摘要: An apparatus is disclosed for magnetically sensing and computing and displaying cable distance, and computing and displaying other user-selectable information in a pipe inspection system. At least two permanent magnets are mounted in spaced apart fashion, on either a frame, or a rotatable member supported on the frame for rotation about an axis. A magnetic sensor is mounted on the other one of the rotatable member or frame on which the magnets are not mounted, so that either the magnets rotate around the magnetic sensor or the magnetic sensor rotates between the permanent magnets. The magnetic sensor generates signals representing changes in at least two axes in a composite magnetic field generated by the permanent magnets.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于磁感测和计算和显示电缆距离的装置,以及在管道检查系统中计算和显示其他用户可选择的信息。 至少两个永磁体以间隔的方式安装在框架上,或者支撑在框架上的可旋转构件用于围绕轴线旋转。 磁传感器安装在不安装磁体的可旋转构件或框架中的另一个上,使得磁体围绕磁传感器旋转或磁传感器在永磁体之间旋转。 磁传感器产生表示由永磁体产生的复合磁场中的至少两个轴的变化的信号。