Ground mineralization rejecting metal detector (receive signal weighting)
AssigneeBHC Consulting Pty., Ltd.
InventorBruce Halcro Candy
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Abstract
Metal detection apparatus wherein a transmit coil will transmit magnetic pulses, and the processing circuitry will weight a receive signal more heavily soon after a transmit pulse transition and less heavily after a longer period following the transmit pulse transition.
Claims2
In a metal detector apparatus including a transmit coil or a transmit/receive coil adapted to transmit magnetic field pulses when operating with electrical current flowing through the coil, transmit and receive timing control circuitry controlling the electrical current flowing through the coil, power supplies, and receive signal circuitry and receive signal processing circuitry coupled to the coil, a method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting magnetic pulses via the coil;
- and
- accumulating a receive signal received by the coil in the processing circuit coupled to the coil;
- wherein
- said receive signal is weighted more heavily after a transmit pulse transition and less heavily after a longer period following the transmit pulse transition.
A metal detector apparatus of a type including a transmit coil or a transmit/receive coil adapted to transmit magnetic field pulses when operating with electrical current flowing through the coil, transmit and receive timing control circuitry controlling the electrical current flowing through the coil, power supply means, and receive signal circuitry and receive signal processing circuitry coupled to the coil, wherein the coil is arranged to transmit magnetic pulses, and the processing circuitry is adapted to accumulate a receive signal which is weighted more heavily soon after a transmit pulse transition and less after longer following the transmit pulse transition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.