UNDERGROUND INCLINOMETER SYSTEM

• US 20200132454A1
• Filed: 03/07/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Keun Ho Lee, Seung Heon Lee, Song Heon Lee
• Original Assignee: Keun Ho Lee, Seung Heon Lee, Song Heon Lee
• Inventors: LEE, Keun Ho, LEE, Seung Heon, LEE, Song Heon
• Application Number:
  US16/493,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20200132454A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 7/06 of cavities, e.g. tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 9/02 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 9/06 Electric or photoelectric indication or reading means
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 9/08 Means for compensating acceleration forces due to movement of instrument
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 9/10 by using rolling bodies , e.g. spheres, cylinders, mercury droplets
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 5/12 using electric or magnetic means G01D5/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 5/005 by means of external apparatus, e.g. test benches or portable test systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/12 by alteration of electrical resistance G01P15/0897, G01P15/105 take precedence

Abstract

The underground inclinometer system includes a probe having a displacement measurement sensor measuring displacement of the ground, a cable controller controlling the length of a cable inserted into the ground to move the probe within an inclinometer pipe, and a ground displacement calculator calculating the displacement of the ground by using displacement measurement information measured by the probe and information on the length of the cable controlled by the cable controller.

Claims

1. An underground inclinometer system comprising:

a probe comprising a displacement measurement sensor configured to measure displacement of the ground;

a cable controller configured to control the length of a cable inserted into the ground to move the probe within an inclinometer pipe; and

a ground displacement calculator configured to calculate the displacement of the ground by using displacement measurement information measured by the probe and information on the length of the cable controlled by the cable controller,

wherein the probe comprises;

a sensor power supply unit configured to supply power to the displacement measurement sensor;

a displacement storage unit configured to store a displacement measurement value measured by the displacement measurement sensor; and

a ground displacement measurement time information acquisition unit configured to acquire ground displacement measurement time information of the displacement measurement sensor, and

the ground displacement calculator comprises;

a cable length measurement unit configured to measure the length of the cable controlled by the cable controller; and

a cable length measurement time information acquisition unit configured to acquire cable length measurement time information of the cable length measurement unit.

2. The underground inclinometer system of claim 1, wherein the ground displacement calculator further comprises:

a probe power supply unit configured to supply the power to the sensor power supply unit when the probe approaches within a preset distance; and

a storage information reception unit configured to receive storage information of the displacement storage unit when the probe approaches within the preset distance.

3. The underground inclinometer system of claim 2, further comprising a probe acceleration measurer configured to measure the acceleration of the probe.

4. The underground inclinometer system of claim 3, further comprising a displacement calculator acceleration measurer configured to measure the acceleration of the displacement calculator.

5. The underground inclinometer system of claim 4, wherein the cable controller stops change of the length of the cable when the acceleration of the displacement calculator is above a preset criterion.

6. The underground inclinometer system of claim 5, wherein the probe further comprises:

rotating bodies each moving while rotating in contact with an inner surface of the inclinometer pipe; and

a rotational amount measurement unit configured to measure a rotational amount of the rotating body.

7. The underground inclinometer system of claim 6, wherein the probe further comprises:

a probe location calculation unit configured to calculate the location of the probe by using information on the rotational amount of the rotating body.

8. The underground inclinometer system of claim 7, wherein the rotational amount measurement unit comprises:

magnetic field generation parts formed in partial areas of the rotating body so as to generate a magnetic field while rotating according to the rotating of the rotating body; and

a rotational speed calculation part configured to measure the magnetic field so as to calculate a rotational speed of the rotating body.

9. The underground inclinometer system of claim 8, wherein the magnetic field generation parts are respectively formed in a plurality of areas asymmetrical in a rotational direction of the rotating body with respect to a rotating axis of the rotating body.

10. The underground inclinometer system of claim 9, wherein the magnetic field generation parts are respectively formed in two areas having distances varying therebetween in the rotational direction of the rotating body with respect to the rotating axis of the rotating body.

11. The underground inclinometer system of claim 10, wherein the probe location calculation unit calculates the location of the probe from the rotational speeds of the rotating bodies calculated for the rotating bodies different from each other.

12. The underground inclinometer system of claim 11, wherein the rotational amount measurement unit measures displacement of a rotating angle of the rotating body so as to measure the rotational amount of the rotating body.