Method and apparatus for detecting, mapping and locating underground utilities

US6999021B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ENSCO, INC. · US

Inventors

• David W. A. Taylor, Jr. · Greensboro, US
• Alan G. Bell · Palo Alto, US
• John S. Rolland · Manassas, US
• Matthew W. McGarvey · Springfield, US
• William H. A. McBride · Washington, US
• Yuri Rosenberg · Bethesda, US
• George R. A. Fields · Tuckasegee, US
• William Todd Faulkner · Springfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 2002
• Grant date: Feb 14, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S13/885
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The method and device for locating underground utilities within an area includes traversing the area with a plurality of underground utility sensors and obtaining area location data to locate the area traversed. The sensor data and area location data are used to map the location of one or more utilities within the area traversed.