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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2015
Gerald L. Stolarczyk, Placitas, NM (US);
Larry G. Stolarczyk, Raton, NM (US);
Igor Bausov, Raton, NM (US);
Gerald L. Stolarczyk, Placitas, NM (US);
Larry G. Stolarczyk, Raton, NM (US);
Igor Bausov, Raton, NM (US);
Stolar, Inc., Raton, NM (US);
Abstract
A non-invasive method of buried-utility-mapping includes using a long wavelength gradiometric ground penetrating radar to 'see' patches of conductive material below ground and buried pipes and electrical conductors that are all constantly radio-illuminated by local AM radio broadcasts. The underground infrastructure of entire cities can be surveyed this way, point-by-point over time. A short wavelength part of the gradiometric ground penetrating radar operates shoulder-to-shoulder with the magnetic part and is able to improve shallow object resolution, map moisture build-ups under roads, and spot contaminated soils. Two gradiometric ground penetrating radar technologies, cameras, and navigation receivers can be mounted on city vehicles and a daily collection of their data batch transformed by digital processing algorithms into detailed and automatically updating false-color maps of the underground utilities of the whole city and other buried infrastructures.