Technique for providing conveyance locating information
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsHossein Eslambolchi, Charles C. Giddens, John Sinclair Huffman, Harold Jeffrey Stewart
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Abstract
To locate a buried conveyance (10), electromagnetic signaling information is collected at spaced intervals along the conveyance with the aid of a locating device (14). A processor (21) receives such information from the locating device (14) and then geographically orders the information in accordance with the geographic coordinates of the location at which it was obtained. Once geographically ordered, the information is then provided on a display (22) to provide a visual representation of the information as a function of the conveyance length.
Claims10
A method for providing locating information for a buried conveyance, comprising the steps of:
- receiving locating information associated with each of a plurality of discrete portions of the conveyance, said locating information for each discrete portion including geographic coordinate data indicative of where such locating information was obtained;
- establishing a physical proximity for each discrete portion of the conveyance relative to the other discrete portions based on the geographic coordinate data;
- altering an arrangement of the locating information for the discrete portions of the conveyance to be in sequence corresponding to the proximity of the discrete portions to each other;
- and
- displaying the combined locating information to provide an overall representation of the conveyance.
A method for providing locating information for a buried conveyance, comprising the steps of:
- receiving locating information associated with each of a plurality of discrete portions of the conveyance, said locating information for each discrete portion including Global Positioning Satellite data indicative of the geographic coordinates where such locating information was obtained, the locating information including at least information indicative of at least one of:
- conveyance depth, locating signal strength;
- and conveyance current;
- establishing a physical proximity for each discrete portion of the conveyance relative to the other discrete portions based on the geographic coordinate data;
- altering an arrangement of the locating information for the discrete portions of the conveyance to be in sequence corresponding to the proximity of the discrete portions to each other;
- and
- displaying the combined locating information to provide an overall representation of the conveyance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.