System for determining a precise location and orientation of a concealed dipole transmitter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9158024
APP PUB NO 20120232800A1
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13477909

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A system for determining the position of an underground sonde transmitter is disclosed. In some embodiments, the system measures a set of complex electromagnetic field magnitude and phase strengths at one or more positions while traversing a target sonde path at any angle using one or more electromagnetic coil sensors, models a set of expected complex electromagnetic strengths of a hypothetical sonde at the positions for one or more of the electromagnetic coil sensors, the set of expected electromagnetic field values corresponding to a model for the target sonde, and estimates parameters related to the target sonde based on the residual error between the measured set of complex electromagnetic field values and the modeled set of expected complex electromagnetic field strengths. A final estimated parameter set is determined after the residual error has converged to a minimum tolerance to indicate the sonde transmitter position.

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METROTECH CORPORATION INC488 TASMAN DRIVE SUNNYVALE CA 94089

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Överby, Johan Milpitas, US 2 19
Gargov, Dimitar Merced, US 9 279
Li, Kun Cupertino, US 342 1288
Waite, James W Los Gatos, US 24 1315

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