Patents
US 9645237 B2: Registered multi-layer underground and surface images in land surveys
- Granted
- 2017-05-09
- Filed
- 2016-12-16 application 15381600
- Type
- Utility · 1 claim
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A method of land surveying that electronically registers together multi-layer underground and surface images of a surface volume with buried utilities and other infrastructures. Such method further comprises assembling and presenting the combination to a device in the field that visually guides crews in their safe digging of the ground nearby. The orienting, scaling, and registering of a first image layer is to a standardized orientation and scaling on a map of a photograph of a land surface from a zenith point in space above. Then the orienting, scaling, and registering of a second image layer is made to the standardized orientation and scaling on the map. This layer is a result of a ground penetrating radar investigation of buried objects point-by-point in an immediate search area of a corresponding ground surface. Underground buried objects and utilities are thereby located to make safe digging nearby.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg170509.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stolar, Inc. 17 patents | US company or organization | Raton, NM | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry G. Stolarczyk | Raton, NM | 16 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G01S | Radio direction-finding; radio navigation; determining distance or velocity by use of radio waves; locating or presence-detecting by use of the reflection or reradiation of radio waves; analogous arrangements using other waves | G01S13/885 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G01V | Geophysics; gravitational measurements; detecting masses or objects; tags | G01V3/12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H01Q | Antennas, i.e. radio aerials | H01Q1/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
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