Marking apparatus configured to detect out-of-tolerance conditions in connection with underground facility marking operations, and associated methods and systems
US8612148B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 9, 2010 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/08
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and systems for facilitating a marking operation to indicate a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility. Marking information, including one or both of environmental information representative of at least one environmental condition of an environment in which the marking operation is located, and operating information representative of at least one operating condition of a marking device used to perform the marking operation, is received and compared to a target value or a range of values to determine if an out-of-tolerance condition exists.
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