Method and apparatus for locating a buried metallic object

A unique time-domain electromagnetic system and data processing technique which, using low frequency electromagnetic fields, can localize, in three-dimensions, the position of buried metallic objects is disclosed. The measurement system uses time-domain electromagnetic techniques on a scanning frame...

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Main Authors GUO YANPING, KO HARVEY W, WHITE DAVID M, NELSON CARL V
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 14.03.2002
Edition7
Subjects
DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS
GEOPHYSICS
GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS
MEASURING
PHYSICS
TESTING
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Summary:A unique time-domain electromagnetic system and data processing technique which, using low frequency electromagnetic fields, can localize, in three-dimensions, the position of buried metallic objects is disclosed. The measurement system uses time-domain electromagnetic techniques on a scanning frame similar to a X-Y plotter. The system collects magnetic data over a large area above the buried object. The spatial information of the field detected on the ground is then processed with an unique "nearfield holographic' data processing method to reconstruct the field image of the buried object.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20010928632