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DUAL ORIENTATION BURIED ASSET LOCATOR DEVICE

  • US 20160097873A1
  • Filed: 10/03/2014
  • Published: 04/07/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A locator device for generating buried asset data comprising:

  • at least two sensing units pivotally attached to a central unit,each sensing unit comprising an elongated housing accommodating at least one sensor, wherein each sensor is for reading a plurality of analog radio frequency (RF) signals from a buried asset, and wherein the sensing units can be pivoted from a first position to a second position and from the second position to the first position,wherein in the first position the sensing units have at least two sensors having a known vertical distance between them,wherein in the second position the sensing units have at least two sensors having a known horizontal distance between them;

    a position sensing device for sensing a position of the locator device; and

    a processor communicatively coupled to the position sensing device and to each sensor of each sensing unit, the processor configured for;

    determining the position of the locator device;

    reading, via the sensors of the sensing units, a plurality of analog RF signals from the buried asset;

    applying a position filtering process to the analog RF signals based on the position;

    converting the analog RF signals into a plurality of digital signals comprising buried asset data corresponding to the buried asset, wherein the buried asset data includes depth data, position data and electrical current data for a buried asset; and

    ,a display unit for displaying the buried asset data in a graphical user interface, wherein the buried asset data corresponds to the plurality of analog RF signals that were read.

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