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Survey controller multiplexer

  • US 7,697,572 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2006
  • Issued: 04/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A multiplexer comprising:

  • a body to be carried by a surveyor;

    more than one survey sensor connected to the body, and each of the survey sensor comprising;

    at least one location sensor for sensing the relative location of the body, the exact location, or both;

    a pipeline sensor for sensing the depth of a buried pipeline;

    a receiver incorporated into the body for receiving an incoming data stream from each survey sensor and converting the data streams into a single output stream;

    a filter for filtering the incoming data streams, prior to converting the data streams into a single output stream, to reduce a volume of the incoming data streams, the filter selecting data strings based on pre-selected threshold ranges from each survey sensor data stream, and filtering out a remainder;

    a power source and power regulator incorporated into the body, and the power source powering each survey sensor via the power regulator;

    an integral time clock incorporated into the body, the integral time clock incrementally time stamping each incoming data string; and

    a data output connected to a portable electronic device.

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