Magnetic sensing buried utility locator including a camera
US10761239B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 17, 2018 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V3/165
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Portable locators for detecting buried objects and determining information therefrom based on sensing electromagnetic emissions are disclosed. In one implementation, a portable locator may include a magnetic field sensor array and associated signal processing circuitry to detect and determine information associated with the buried object, as well as a camera and image or video processing circuitry to process images or video received from the camera in conjunction with the buried object detection.
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