Underground utility detection system
AssigneeVermeer Manufacturing Company
InventorGreg Stump
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Abstract
Systems for locating an underground utility include means for generating detection data representative of an underground utility within a subsurface of the earth. Systems may also include means for generating geographic positioning data representative of a geographic position of the underground utility and means for storing the geographic positioning data and the detection data. Means are provided for associating the geographic positioning data with the detection data to generate location data representative of a location of the underground utility within the subsurface.
Claims20
A system for locating an underground utility, comprising:
- means for generating detection data representative of an underground utility within a subsurface of the earth;
- means for generating geographic positioning data representative of a geographic position of the underground utility;
- means for storing the geographic positioning data and the detection data;
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- means for associating the geographic positioning data with the detection data to generate location data representative of a location of the underground utility within the subsurface.
A system for locating an underground utility, comprising:
- means for generating location data representative of a location of the underground utility within a subsurface of earth;
- means for storing utility mapping data comprising at least the location data representative of the location of the underground utility;
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- means for facilitating user access to the utility mapping data.
A system, comprising:
- means for transmitting, while moving a plurality of antennae, electromagnetic probe signals into the subsurface;
- means for receiving, while moving the plurality of antennae, electromagnetic return signals from the subsurface;
- means for generating positioning data associated with movement of the plurality of antennae;
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- means for processing the return signals and positioning data to generate location data representative of a location of an underground object or feature within the subsurface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.