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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
Mark S. Olsson, La Jolla, CA (US);
Paul G. Stuart, La Mesa, CA (US);
Michael J. Martin, San Diego, CA (US);
Paul Wisecaver, San Diego, CA (US);
Ray Merewether, La Jolla, CA (US);
Mark S. Olsson, La Jolla, CA (US);
Paul G. Stuart, La Mesa, CA (US);
Michael J. Martin, San Diego, CA (US);
Paul Wisecaver, San Diego, CA (US);
Ray Merewether, La Jolla, CA (US);
SEE SCAN, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A locator system for locating buried utilities such as conduits, cables, pipes or wires incorporates image-capturing and position and orientation measuring devices such as magnetic compass, accelerometers, gyros, GPS, and DGPS. The system may include other sensors such as gas concentration sensors. The system associates images captured during the locate process with buried utility position data and the other sensor data. These data and images may be further associated with terrain images from satellites or aerial photography to provide a highly precision map and database of buried utility locations and visual images of the burial site. Information so obtained may be transferred to a hand-held personal communication device (such as a smart phone) capable of displaying an augmented or virtual reality display showing the location of buried utilities in combination with photo-images and/or terrain maps.