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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2011
Applicants:
John W. Plautz, Junction City, OR (US);
Kelly M. Plautz, Junction City, OR (US);
Anne E. Kelley, Corvallis, OR (US);
Jeffrey L. Kelley, Corvallis, OR (US);
Carl W. Moreland, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
John W. Plautz, Junction City, OR (US);
Anne E. Kelley, Corvallis, OR (US);
Jeffrey L. Kelley, Corvallis, OR (US);
Carl W. Moreland, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
White's Electronics, Inc., Sweet Home, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01); G08B 13/26 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); G01V 3/10 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/885 (2013.01); G01S 13/887 (2013.01); G01V 3/10 (2013.01); G01V 3/101 (2013.01);
Abstract
A metal detector has a motion sensor such as an accelerometer to determine direction, speed, duration and acceleration of search loop motion. The search loop motion information from the motion sensor is utilized in mode selection, signal processing, target analysis, and information display.