Prodder with force feedback
USRE38148E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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| Filing date | Feb 1, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A detector for detecting detonatable devices such as land mines has a search head with a probe having a tip for placing beneath the surface of the ground. The probe tip ultrasonically provides an indication of the presence of a metal or plastic material. A force sensor coupled to the probe time provides an indication of force at the tip a it is placed beneath the ground surface. Therefore, before too much force is applied to the tip, a user is warned and accidental detonation may be prevented.
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