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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Optimal Ranging, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thorkell Gudmundsson, San Jose, CA (US);
James W. Waite, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Dimitar Gargov, Merced, CA (US);
Assignee:
OPTIMAL RANGING, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/10 (2006.01); G01V 3/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/10 (2013.01); G01V 3/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with aspects of the current invention, a method of determining a location of a utility line includes driving one or more transmitters with a continuous wave signal; either adjusting for effects of direct coupling between the transmitters and one or more sensors mounted on the same rigid platform or different platforms or maintaining sufficient separation between a transmitter platform and a sensor platform to minimize such effects; and deriving a position of the line relative to the sensors from the measurements.