Hand-held Radar Device With Direct Printing Based on Radar Input
First Claim
1. A RADAR transmission and marking device, comprising:
- a bottom side and a top side opposite said bottom side;
a radar antenna operative from said bottom side;
a processor;
a distance measurement tool; and
a printing mechanism operative from said bottom side;
wherein said printing mechanism is configured to print indicia on a surface in contact with said bottom side of said device, as a function of a received response to said radar antenna.
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Abstract
The disclosed technology includes a device and method of use for direct printing and ink or other marking, in conjunction with GPR techniques. In a most basic embodiment of the disclosed technology, a relevant date, time, filename, and other parameters are printed or otherwise physically exhibited on the measurement surface, so that RADAR files can be later attributed to a specific data collection site. In a more advanced embodiment of the disclosed technology, actual RADAR target information is printed, or otherwise physically exhibited, on the measurement surface, such as while measuring, or substantially while measuring, the surface and substrate beneath with GPR.
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20 Claims
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1. A RADAR transmission and marking device, comprising:
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a bottom side and a top side opposite said bottom side; a radar antenna operative from said bottom side; a processor; a distance measurement tool; and a printing mechanism operative from said bottom side; wherein said printing mechanism is configured to print indicia on a surface in contact with said bottom side of said device, as a function of a received response to said radar antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of marking a surface, based on RADAR measurements, comprising the steps of:
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rolling or pushing a combination radio frequency transmitter and printing mechanism device from a start point to an end point; transmitting radar signals by way of said transmitter into a substrate beneath a surface; making a determination of at least one target in said substrate beneath a point of said surface; printing, using said printing mechanism, a mark at said point on said surface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A device comprising:
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a handle on a top side; a display on a top side; at least one button adapted to convert mechanical pressure into electrical impulses; a print head aimed such that ink exiting from said print head exits past a bottom side of said device, opposite said top side; a radar transmitter aimed such that radar is transmitted, at least, mostly in a direction away from said top side. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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