Pavement structure examination vehicle
US5192953A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 4, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V3/15
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A pavement structure examination vehicle capable of mounting all necessary equipments and instruments therein; including a body of a rear gate type having a rear door which rotates vertically to open and close, underground radar means attached to the body vertically movably relative to the direction of traveling, a stand for boring operation to be removably attached to the door, a radar system comprising underground radar control means for controlling the underground radar means and observation data recording means for recording the observation data of the underground radar means, the radar system recording in the data recording means information of the distance covered by the vehicle received from covered distance detection means which detects the distance covered by the vehicle, together with the observation data of the underground radar means, and an image processing system for photographing a surface of an inner circumferential wall of a bored hole and processing images thus photographed. The vehicle can examine day and night without disturbing the traffic, and also can get the data of the underground radar and find the position of the road to be actually investigated precisely…
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