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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2008
Applicants:
Michael John Alport, Durban, ZA;
Jacques Frederick Basson, Durban, ZA;
Thavashen Padayachee, Durban, ZA;
Inventors:
Michael John Alport, Durban, ZA;
Jacques Frederick Basson, Durban, ZA;
Thavashen Padayachee, Durban, ZA;
Assignee:
Advanced Imaging Technologies (Proprietary) Limited, Durban, ZA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for monitoring the condition of a conveyor belt having magnetically permeable cords, has a magnetic field generator, a magnetic field sensing unit, and a processor for performing a discrete wavelet transform. The wavelet may be a Morlet waveform. The sensing unit can include an array of spaced magnetic field sensors, and the transform can be performed on signals supplied by the sensors.