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Soil characteristics survey device and soil characteristics survey method

  • US 6,853,937 B2
  • Filed: 07/03/2002
  • Issued: 02/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A soil characteristics survey device for surveying soil characteristics, comprising:

  • a soil excavator for excavating and moving into a soil while making its excavating surface contact the soil at a predetermined depth, and forming a survey space proximate a rear end of the soil excavator;

    a detecting device;

    a distance sensing device; and

    a distance corresponding device, wherein said detecting device measures characteristics on a survey surface which is at an interface between the survey space and the soil, said distance sensing device a distance from said detecting device to the survey surface, and said distance corresponding device processes the soil characteristics detected by said detecting device, according to the distance measured by said distance recognizing device.

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