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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2017
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Josef Alois Birchbauer, Seiersberg, AT;
Juergen Hatzl, Granfenschachen, AT;
Michael Hödlmoser, Vienna, AT;
Stefan Wakolbinger, Graz, AT;
Claudia Windisch, St. Johann, AT;
Michael Hornacek, Vienna, AT;
SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for measure the layer thickness of soil coverings, in particular in the case of gas and oil pipelines laid underground, wherein the device to be covered is measured and the coordinates thereof in relation to a specified coordinate system are recorded, where the course of the terrain over the device is measured and a terrain model is determined therefrom and recorded in the specified coordinate system after the soil covering has been applied, and where the layer thickness of the soil covering is determined from the coordinates of the device and from the terrain model.