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LANDMINE LOCATING SYSTEM

  • US 20020140596A1
  • Filed: 01/15/2002
  • Published: 10/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A landmine detecting and locating system, comprising:

  • a ground-penetrating radar for emitting radio signals into the surface of the ground, and for receiving any returned signals;

    a navigation system attached to the ground-penetrating radar and providing for a series of position fixes that indicate ground locations visited by the ground-penetrating radar;

    a processor connected to the navigation system for mapping said ground locations visited onto a search grid, and connected to the ground-penetrating radar for evaluating said returned signals as indicating the presence of a buried a landmine; and

    a graphic display having a visual representation of said ground locations visited superimposed on a visual representation of said search grid, and providing for navigation guidance of a user to sweep the ground-penetrating radar across locations in said search grid that are not yet visited and evaluated for the presence of landmines.

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