Cable location method and apparatus using modeling data
US6215888A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 10, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V3/02
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
More accurate location of a buried utility conveyance (10) is obtained by first detecting, via a detector (34) the actual pattern of radiation (26, 28) of a locating signal impressed on the conveyance. The actual pattern of radiation is compared, by a processor (36) to each of a plurality of reference patterns stored in a database (38), each pattern representing the radiation for a conveyance having a known location. The processor selects the reference pattern that most closely the actual pattern and then provides an indication of the conveyance location associated with the selected reference pattern.
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