Ground-tracking systems and apparatus

摘要

A ground tracking system including a ground follower assembly for use with a locator or other device for determining position, motion, and/or orientation information is disclosed. The ground follower assembly may include a wheel assembly coupled to a locator and configured to swivel and/or pivot relative to an antenna node of the locator to generate signals for use in determining position information during a locate operation, such as from a sonde array.

主权项

1. A buried object locator, comprising:
an antenna array; a moving or rolling element including one or more sondes, with each sonde including a coil wound on a core material; a circuit coupled to the antenna array for receiving magnetic field signals from a buried object and the one or more sondes; and a processing element configured to: determining information about the buried object; and determine motion, position, or orientation information associated with the locator based at least in part on the received magnetic field signals provided from the sondes.