Adaptive multichannel locator system for multiple proximity detection
US7741848B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 13, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 22, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V3/16
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A man-portable locator system for locating buried or otherwise inaccessible pipes, conduits, cables, wires and inserted transmitters using detector arrays and stochastic signal processing and similar techniques to analyze and display multiple target objects at differing frequencies in a layered user interface (UI). For example, the locator UI may be adapted to present a target plurality sorted by proximity of target conductor to the locator operator together with other useful information specifying the multiple objects, frequencies and changes in the subterranean landscape by means of a useful combination of graphical, numeric and acoustic representations.
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