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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2024
Seescan, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Mark S. Olsson, La Jolla, CA (US);
Ryan B. Levin, San Diego, CA (US);
Alexander L. Warren, Escondido, CA (US);
Garrett A. Newby, San Diego, CA (US);
SeeScan, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for mapping utility lines and identifying and tagging assets relating to utility lines as well as a smartphone mounting apparatus are disclosed. The smartphone mounting apparatus may couple to a utility locator device in a known position and orientation for use in tagging assets in a utility locating operation. Such assets along the ground surface may be captured by the camera(s) of the smartphone and/or cameras of the utility locator device and the resulting still images and/or video may be correlated with geolocation data of the tagged asset. Further, methods using Deep Learning/artificial intelligence are included to recognize patterns and make predictions related to underground utilities including utility line type classification.