Hand-held Radar Device With Direct Printing Based on Radar Input
First Claim
1. A RADAR transmission and marking device, comprising:
- a distance measurement tool attached to said RADAR transmission and marking device measuring a distance traveled for said RADAR transmission and marking device from a starting point to a second point; and
a printing mechanism;
wherein said printing mechanism prints indicia on a surface in contact with said device at the same time as said transmission and marking device is moving and as a function of a received response of said radar antenna such that said printing mechanism is instructed to print in a manner that said indicia on said surface matches a location, determined by way of said distance measurement tool and said radar antenna of said received response.
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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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21 Claims
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1. A RADAR transmission and marking device, comprising:
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a distance measurement tool attached to said RADAR transmission and marking device measuring a distance traveled for said RADAR transmission and marking device from a starting point to a second point; and a printing mechanism; wherein said printing mechanism prints indicia on a surface in contact with said device at the same time as said transmission and marking device is moving and as a function of a received response of said radar antenna such that said printing mechanism is instructed to print in a manner that said indicia on said surface matches a location, determined by way of said distance measurement tool and said radar antenna of said received response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)
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11. A method of marking a surface, based on RADAR measurements, comprising the steps of:
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moving 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; measuring a distance of movement from said one target using a distance measuring tool; printing, using said printing mechanism, a mark at said point on said surface while said combination radio frequency transmitter and printing mechanism device is moving from said start point to said end point and said printing mechanism prints while passing over said location on said surface based on print speed of said printing mechanism and said measuring of distance from said target. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A device comprising:
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a print head; a radar transmitter; wherein while said device is moved over a surface, based on a response to said transmitted said radar, said print head prints at a location of said response simultaneous to continued said transmitted said radar. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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