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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2013
Mark S. Olsson, La Jolla, CA (US);
Eric M. Chapman, Santee, CA (US);
Ray Merewhether, La Jolla, CA (US);
Sequoyah Aldridge, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark S. Olsson, La Jolla, CA (US);
Eric M. Chapman, Santee, CA (US);
Ray Merewhether, La Jolla, CA (US);
Sequoyah Aldridge, San Diego, CA (US);
SEE SCAN, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Optical ground tracking apparatus for use with buried object locators or other instruments or devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a magnetic field sensing buried object locator includes a ground tracking apparatus having input and output light snoot assemblies, light generation and sensing assemblies, and a processing element to receive signals from the light sensor assembly and generate location or tracking information associated with movement of the locator.