Method and apparatus for identifying buried objects using ground penetrating radar
First Claim
1. An apparatus for identifying a buried object using ground penetrating radar (GPR) containing at least one GPR sensor, comprising:
- an image processor for building a data structure corresponding to an image of a subsurface region containing the buried object from data collected from the at least one GPR sensor;
a feature processor for processing the data structure to extract at least one identifiable feature of the buried object from the data; and
a discriminator for identifying the buried object from the at least one identifiable feature.
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Abstract
An apparatus for identifying a buried object using ground penetrating radar (GPR) in a system containing at least one GPR sensor, comprises a data processor for detecting spatial correlations in data received from a GPR sensor in the apparatus and an image processor capable of building a data structure corresponding to an image of the buried object from data processed by the data processor. A method for identifying a buried object using GPR in a system containing a GPR sensor comprising detecting spatial correlations in data received from the GPR sensor in the system and building a data structure corresponding to an image of the buried object from the received data.
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10 Claims
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1. An apparatus for identifying a buried object using ground penetrating radar (GPR) containing at least one GPR sensor, comprising:
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an image processor for building a data structure corresponding to an image of a subsurface region containing the buried object from data collected from the at least one GPR sensor; a feature processor for processing the data structure to extract at least one identifiable feature of the buried object from the data; and a discriminator for identifying the buried object from the at least one identifiable feature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus for identifying a buried object using ground penetrating radar (GPR) in a system containing at least one GPR sensor, comprising:
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a data processor for processing data collected from the at least one GPR sensor to extract at least one identifiable feature of the buried object from the data; and a detector for identifying the buried object from the at least one identifiable feature, wherein the detector comprises a depth indicator for directing the detector to a specified depth range.
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6. An apparatus for identifying a buried object using ground penetrating radar (GPR) in a system containing at least one GPR sensor, comprising:
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a data processor for processing data collected from the at least one GPR sensor to extract at least one identifiable feature of the buried object from the data; and a detector for identifying the buried object from the at least one identifiable feature, wherein the detector comprises a refractive index indicator for directing the detector to an object within a specified refractive index range.
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7. A subsurface object locating system, comprising:
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at least one ground penetrating radar (GPR) sensor, a data processor, responsive to signals from the at least one GPR sensor, for generating data signals representative of a subsurface region scanned via the at least one GPR sensor; an image processor for building a three-dimensional data structure corresponding to an image of the subsurface region from data signals generated by the data processor; a feature processor for processing the three-dimensional data structure to extract an identifiable feature of an object buried the subsurface region; and a display for presenting a representation of the identified buried object, based on the extracted identifiable feature of the buried object. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A program product comprising instructions embodied in a computer readable medium, wherein the instructions are for causing one or more programmable computers to perform steps, comprising:
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processing signals from at least one GPR sensor to generate data signals representative of a subsurface region scanned by the at least one GPR sensor; building a three-dimensional data structure corresponding to an image of the subsurface region from the data signals representative of the subsurface region; processing the three-dimensional data structure to extract an identifiable feature of an object buried in the scanned subsurface region; and generating a three-dimensional representation of the buried object in the scanned subsurface region for display to a user, based on the extracted identifiable feature of the buried object.
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