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US 2014/0111208 A1Published application
Ground-tracking systems and apparatus
AssigneeSeescan, Inc.
InventorsMark S. Olsson, Ray Merewether, Sequoyah Aldridge, Ryan B. Levin
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Abstract
A ground tracking system including a ground follower assembly for use with a locator or other device for determining position, motion, and/or orientation information is disclosed. The ground follower assembly may include a wheel assembly coupled to a locator and configured to swivel and/or pivot relative to an antenna node of the locator to generate signals for use in determining position information during a locate operation, such as from a sonde array.
Claims7
A buried object locator, comprising:
- an antenna array;
- a moving or rolling element including one or more sondes;
- a circuit coupled to the antenna array for receiving magnetic field signals from a buried object and the one or more sondes;
- and
- a processing element configured to:
- determining information about the buried object;
- and
- determine motion, position or orientation information associated with the locator based at least in part on the received magnetic field provided from the sondes.
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