Method, Apparatus, and System for Non-Invasive Monitoring of Underground Installations
First Claim
1. A system for non-invasive monitoring of an underground installation, comprising:
- at least one monitoring installation associated with the underground installation;
at least one analyzer mechanism configured to measure at least one physical characteristic associated with the at least one monitoring installation and transmit a data set at least partially representative of the at least one measured physical characteristic; and
at least one computer having a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which, when executed by a processor of the computer, causes the processor to implement the instructions, wherein the at least one computer is in communication with an input mechanism and a display unit, the at least one computer comprising programming instructions adapted to operate the processor to receive the transmitted data set, and adapted to operate the processor to determine a location of the monitoring installation based at least in part on the transmitted data set.
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Abstract
A system for non-invasive monitoring of an underground installation includes at least one monitoring installation associated with the underground installation; at least one analyzer mechanism configured to measure at least one physical characteristic associated with the at least one monitoring installation and transmit a data set at least partially representative of the at least one measured physical characteristic; and at least one computer having a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which, when executed by a processor of the computer, causes the processor to implement the instructions. The at least one computer is in communication with an input mechanism and a display unit. The at least one computer includes programming instructions adapted to operate the processor to receive the transmitted data set, and adapted to operate the processor to determine a location of the monitoring installation based at least in part on the transmitted data set.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for non-invasive monitoring of an underground installation, comprising:
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at least one monitoring installation associated with the underground installation; at least one analyzer mechanism configured to measure at least one physical characteristic associated with the at least one monitoring installation and transmit a data set at least partially representative of the at least one measured physical characteristic; and at least one computer having a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which, when executed by a processor of the computer, causes the processor to implement the instructions, wherein the at least one computer is in communication with an input mechanism and a display unit, the at least one computer comprising programming instructions adapted to operate the processor to receive the transmitted data set, and adapted to operate the processor to determine a location of the monitoring installation based at least in part on the transmitted data set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-implemented method on at least one computer having a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by a processor of the computer, causes the processor to implement the method, comprising:
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receiving data transmitted from at least one analyzer mechanism configured to measure at least one physical characteristic associated with a monitoring installation associated with an underground installation; and determining a location of the monitoring installation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that, if executed, enable a processor to:
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receive data transmitted from at least one analyzer mechanism configured to measure at least one physical characteristic associated with a monitoring installation associated with an underground installation; and determine a location of the monitoring installation.
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20. An underground installation monitoring software stored on a storage medium to monitor an underground installation, the software comprising programming instructions that, if executed, enable a processor to:
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receive data transmitted from at least one analyzer mechanism configured to measure at least one physical characteristic associated with a monitoring installation associated with an underground installation; and determine a location of the monitoring installation.
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21. A method for non-invasively monitoring an underground installation, comprising:
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associating at least one monitoring installation with the underground installation; measuring, by at least one analyzer mechanism, at least one physical characteristic of a pipeline, thereby creating a measurement data set at least partially representative of the at least one physical characteristic; transmitting, from the at least one analyzer mechanism, at least a portion of the measurement data set; receiving the transmitted measurement data set on at least one computer; and determining a location of the monitoring installation based at least in part on the transmitted measurement data set. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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