Handheld locating device
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsFred S. Watts, Christine H. Potter, Muniswamappa Anjanappa, Xia Chen, Si Li
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Abstract
A locating device disposable on a surface has a housing, a capacitance sensor, a radar sensor, and an inductance sensor. The locating device also has a motion sensor disposed for detecting at least one motion parameter. A controller receives data from the capacitance sensor, the radar sensor, the inductance sensor and the motion sensor, and determines from the data a presence of objects disposed within or behind the surface. A display is used for displaying a graphical representation of the objects disposed within or behind the surface.
Claims17
A locating device disposable on a surface comprising:
- a housing;
- a capacitance sensor disposed within the housing;
- a radar sensor disposed within the housing;
- a motion sensor disposed within the housing for detecting at least one motion parameter;
- a controller receiving data from the capacitance sensor, the radar sensor and the motion sensor, the controller determining from the data a presence of objects disposed below or behind the surface;
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- a display connected to the controller for displaying a graphical representation of the objects disposed below or behind the surface.
The locating device of claim 17, further comprising an electric field sensor connected to the controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.