APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING DETECTION OF STRAY VOLTAGE ANOMALIES
First Claim
1. An apparatus for identifying a hazardously energized object, the apparatus comprising:
- a motor vehicle;
one or more sensor probes that detect electric field proximate the motor vehicle and provide an analog signal corresponding to the electric field as the motor vehicle moves past a potentially hazardously energized object,a signal converter that generates a digital signal from the analog signal; and
a display that displays a change in the digital signal that exceeds a threshold change, the change indicating that a hazardously energized object is passed near-field.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for detecting stray voltage anomalies in electric fields are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for detecting an electrical field may comprise: at least one sensor probe for generating data corresponding to an electrical field detected by the at least one sensor probe, wherein the at least one sensor probe comprises at least one electrode; a processor, coupled to the at least one sensor probe, for analyzing the data to identify a voltage anomaly in the electric field; and an indicator, coupled to the processor, for alerting a user to a presence of the voltage anomaly in the electric field.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for identifying a hazardously energized object, the apparatus comprising:
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a motor vehicle; one or more sensor probes that detect electric field proximate the motor vehicle and provide an analog signal corresponding to the electric field as the motor vehicle moves past a potentially hazardously energized object, a signal converter that generates a digital signal from the analog signal; and a display that displays a change in the digital signal that exceeds a threshold change, the change indicating that a hazardously energized object is passed near-field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for identifying a hazardously energized object, the method comprising:
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moving a motor vehicle coupled with one or more sensor probes that detect an electric field and provide an analog signal corresponding to the electric field as the motor vehicle moves past a potentially hazardously energized object; converting the analog signal into a digital signal; and displaying a change in the digital signal that exceeds a threshold change, the change indicating that a hazardously energized object is passed near-field. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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