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Characteristic discriminating landmine hand prodder

  • US 5,754,494 A
  • Filed: 12/05/1996
  • Issued: 05/19/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A prodding rod having a driver end and a sensing end for contacting an object of unknown material comprising:

  • means at the support end for imparting mechanical energy into the rod which travels as an incident elastic wave from the driver end towards the sensing end and reflects from the object as a reflected elastic wave traveling towards the driver end;

    means for analyzing the reflected elastic wave for its acoustical characteristics and emitting electrical signals indicative of the acoustical characteristics of the object; and

    means for processing the signals for comparing the object'"'"'s acoustic characteristics against stored values representative of the acoustic characteristics of known materials so as to categorize the object'"'"'s material.

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