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Smart electromagnetic sensor array

  • US 9,354,033 B2
  • Filed: 11/16/2012
  • Issued: 05/31/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for determining a location and an orientation of a wire, the system comprising:

  • a plurality of sensors located at a respective plurality of locations that are fixed within the system, each sensor in the plurality of sensors being located spatially separate from the other sensors, wherein the sensors are configured to sense a strength of a magnetic field induced by a signal in the wire at the plurality of locations;

    a processor configured to determine the location and the orientation of the wire relative to the plurality of sensors based upon the sensed strength of the magnetic field at the plurality of locations and provide the determined location and orientation of the wire to a user, wherein the determined location and orientation are indicative of both a position of the wire and an angular orientation of the wire with respect to the fixed locations of the plurality of sensors; and

    a display configured to graphically display the determined location and orientation of the wire relative to the fixed locations of the plurality of sensors.

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