LOCATOR DEVICE OF METAL OBJECTS WITH INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION INTERFACE
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Abstract
A portable equipment to locate metal objects having at least one proximity locator or pointer comprising a control unit and a detection coil. The control unit generates an excitation signal for the detection coil, detects echoes originating from metal objects from the electromagnetic signals received by the detection head and alerts the operator in response to a detection determination. The control unit of the proximity locator/pointer includes a radio communication unit configured to exchange information with a remote equipment having a functionally compatible communication unit. Preferably, the portable equipment also includes an operator headset equipped with the functionally compatible communication unit.
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11. A metal detector comprising:
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a support rod; a detection head placed at an end of the support rod, the detection head comprising a receiving coil and an emitting coil powered by an excitation signal; an electronic control and monitoring unit to control the detection head and to analyze information originating therefrom, an operator headset configured to transmit an audio detection signal to an operator from the metal detector, the electronic control and monitoring unit, and the operator headset are linked to each other by a multipoint wireless link; a proximity locator or pointer comprising a detection coil and a control unit configured to generate the excitation signal for the detection coil, to perform detection of echoes originating from metal objects from electromagnetic signals detected by the detection head, and to alert the operator in response to a detection, the control unit comprising a radiofrequency communication unit configured such that the proximity locator or pointer is seen as a subscriber of the multipoint wireless link to transmit information to other subscribers of the multipoint wireless link and to receive information from other subscribers. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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