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US 6,785,619 B1Granted
Georeferenced monitoring system
AssigneeWestfälische Ferngas-AG
InventorsKlaus Homann, Burkhard Katzenbach
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mobile measuring device that monitors potential leaks of gas conduits. The device includes a navigation system.
Claims9
A mobile measuring device for monitoring leaks on gas lines, comprising an electronic navigation system to guide an operator along a track predefined by a computer unit which links position information to topographic information about the area to be monitored stored in said computer unit to generate said predefined track, and a documentation system to document results measured by a gas testing device mounted thereon.
A method of monitoring gas lines, comprising:
- feeding navigation information about a predefined path into an electronic navigation system;
- producing signals indicating the path to be taken by means of the electronic navigation system;
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- moving a mobile measuring device in response to the signals indicating the path to be taken.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.