Apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling detection of stray voltage anomalies using a photonic sensor

• Main Author: Kalokitis, David
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.10.2020
• Subjects: MEASURING; MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES; PHYSICS; TESTING

The present invention is directed towards a mobile apparatus mounted to a motor vehicle for detecting energized objects. In some embodiments, the mobile apparatus comprising two or more photonic sensors, mounted to the motor vehicle, and coupled to a photo-receiver, wherein the photo-receiver generates a signal corresponding to an electric field detected by the two or more photonic sensors, for narrowing down the location of a hazardously energized object, a processor, coupled to the two or more photonic sensors, that digitizes the signal to form electric field data, produces field strengths of each of the at least one sensor probes, analyzes the field strengths to identify a general location of the hazardously energized object in the electric field, wherein the electric field data is analyzed based on an expected frequency pertaining to hazardous energy to locate an energized object proximate a street; and an indicator, coupled to the processor, that alerts a user to a presence of the energized object in the electric field proximate the street.