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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025

Filed:

May. 12, 2021
Applicants:

Elwave, Carquefou, FR;

Institut Mines Telecom, Palaiseau, FR;

Inventors:

Quentin Vincent Delplanque, Nantes, FR;

Lyes Ifrek, Nantes, FR;

Frédéric Boyer, Mouzeil, FR;

Vincent Paul Yannick Lebastard, La Chapelle Launay, FR;

Assignees:

ELWAVE, Carquefou, FR;

INSTITUT MINES TELECOM, Palaiseau, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/282 (2021.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); G01V 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/282 (2021.01); G01V 3/38 (2013.01); G01V 2003/084 (2013.01); G01V 2003/085 (2013.01);
Abstract

This method can be used to locate or identify an object in an electrically conductive medium with a detection system that comprises n electrodes in direct electrical contact with the conductive medium. The n electrodes can be placed in at least three different states: transmitting, receiving, disconnected. Before a series of measurements, the operating point of the detection system is determined according to a given a priori setpoint, or a previous configuration of the system, or a previous measurement result of one of the electrodes, by the configuration of the state of each of the electrodes, the frequency of a sinusoidal component of an electrical signal transmitted by one of the transmitting electrodes, or the amplitude of the electrical signal transmitted by one of the electrodes configured in the transmitting or receiving state.


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