Method of determining distance to a ferrous material
First Claim
1. A method of determining a distance to a ferrous material comprising:
- providing a plurality of magnetometers spaced at varying distances from a ferrous material;
detecting a ferrous material with each of the plurality of magnetometers individually;
establishing one of the plurality of magnetometers as a primary magnetometer;
obtaining sensor readings from each of the plurality of magnetometers;
forming a first ratio between the difference in the sensor reading of the primary magnetometer and a sensor reading from a first magnetometer of the plurality of magnetometers and the difference in the sensor reading of the primary magnetometer and a sensor reading from a second magnetometer of the plurality of magnetometers;
forming a second ratio between the difference of a distance to a ferrous material from the primary magnetometer inversely cubed and the distance to a ferrous material from the first magnetometer inversely cubed and the difference of the distance to a ferrous material from the primary magnetometer inversely cubed and the distance to a ferrous material from the second magnetometer inversely cubed;
setting the first ratio and the second ratio equal to each other; and
calculating a distance to the ferrous material from the plurality of magnetometers.
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Abstract
In one aspect of the present invention a method of determining a distance to a ferrous material comprises providing a plurality of magnetometers spaced at varying distances from a ferrous material, detecting a ferrous material with each of the plurality of magnetometers individually, establishing one of the plurality of magnetometers as a primary magnetometer, obtaining sensor readings from each of the plurality of magnetometers, forming a first ratio of the differences in the sensory readings of the primary magnetometer to the sensory readings of the other magnetometers, forming a second ratio of the differences in inversely cubed distances to the ferrous material from the primary magnetometer to inversely cubed distances to the ferrous material from the other magnetometers, setting the first ratio and the second ratio equal to each other, and calculating the distance to the ferrous material from the plurality of magnetometers.
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1. A method of determining a distance to a ferrous material comprising:
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providing a plurality of magnetometers spaced at varying distances from a ferrous material; detecting a ferrous material with each of the plurality of magnetometers individually; establishing one of the plurality of magnetometers as a primary magnetometer; obtaining sensor readings from each of the plurality of magnetometers; forming a first ratio between the difference in the sensor reading of the primary magnetometer and a sensor reading from a first magnetometer of the plurality of magnetometers and the difference in the sensor reading of the primary magnetometer and a sensor reading from a second magnetometer of the plurality of magnetometers; forming a second ratio between the difference of a distance to a ferrous material from the primary magnetometer inversely cubed and the distance to a ferrous material from the first magnetometer inversely cubed and the difference of the distance to a ferrous material from the primary magnetometer inversely cubed and the distance to a ferrous material from the second magnetometer inversely cubed; setting the first ratio and the second ratio equal to each other; and calculating a distance to the ferrous material from the plurality of magnetometers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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