Device and Method to Evaluate Condition of Concrete Roadways Employing a Radar-based Sensing and Data Acquisition System
First Claim
1. A mobile apparatus for production of images of a roadbed underlying a roadway, comprising:
- means for transmission of a first RF transmission through a section of said roadbed to a first receiving antenna;
means for transmission of a second RF transmission through said section of said roadbed to a second receiving antenna;
software running on a computer configured to receive said first RF transmission communicated to said first receiving antenna and produce a first electronic image depicting said section of said roadbed;
said software running on said computer configured to receive said second RF transmission communicated to said second receiving antenna and produce a second electronic image depicting said section of said roadbed;
means to ascertain a terrestrial location of said section of said roadbed and provide an association of said location with said section;
said software running on said computer configured to combine said first electronic image and said second electronic image into an assembled electronic image of said section of said roadbed;
said computer having electronic memory in operative communication therewith and adapted for storage of said assembled electronic image of said section and said associated location of said section; and
whereby said mobile apparatus engaged upon a vehicle traveling along said roadway operates to transmit each of said first and second RF transmissions through a plurality of individual said sections of said roadbed to produce individual respective said assembled electronic images of each of said plurality of said sections along a direction of travel of said vehicle to provide series of said assembled electronic images each having a said terrestrial location associated therewith.
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Abstract
A vehicle mounted device for producing enhanced images of an underlying roadbed for the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling. The device employs a first RF transmission and second RF transmission communicated through the same individual section of roadbed, to produce two images of the section using software adapted to the task. The two individual images are then combined to yield an enhanced view of the section of roadbed in a third image. Images of sequential adjacent roadbed sections may be stored on a computer and employed to provide a three dimensional image of the underlying roadbed anywhere along the distance traveled and imaged by the device.
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13 Claims
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1. A mobile apparatus for production of images of a roadbed underlying a roadway, comprising:
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means for transmission of a first RF transmission through a section of said roadbed to a first receiving antenna; means for transmission of a second RF transmission through said section of said roadbed to a second receiving antenna; software running on a computer configured to receive said first RF transmission communicated to said first receiving antenna and produce a first electronic image depicting said section of said roadbed; said software running on said computer configured to receive said second RF transmission communicated to said second receiving antenna and produce a second electronic image depicting said section of said roadbed; means to ascertain a terrestrial location of said section of said roadbed and provide an association of said location with said section; said software running on said computer configured to combine said first electronic image and said second electronic image into an assembled electronic image of said section of said roadbed; said computer having electronic memory in operative communication therewith and adapted for storage of said assembled electronic image of said section and said associated location of said section; and whereby said mobile apparatus engaged upon a vehicle traveling along said roadway operates to transmit each of said first and second RF transmissions through a plurality of individual said sections of said roadbed to produce individual respective said assembled electronic images of each of said plurality of said sections along a direction of travel of said vehicle to provide series of said assembled electronic images each having a said terrestrial location associated therewith. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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