US Patent:
20130207830, Aug 15, 2013
Inventors:
Black & Decker Inc. - , US
Christine H. Potter - Phoenix MD, US
Muniswamappa Anjanappa - Ellicott City MD, US
Xia Chen - Clarksville MD, US
Si Li - Waukesha WI, US
Assignee:
BLACK & DECKER INC. - Newark DE
International Classification:
G01S 13/88
Abstract:
A locating device disposable on a surface has a housing, a capacitance sensor, a radar sensor, and an inductance sensor. The locating device also has a motion sensor disposed for detecting at least one motion parameter. A controller receives data from the capacitance sensor, the radar sensor, the inductance sensor and the motion sensor, and determines from the data a presence of objects disposed within or behind the surface. A display is used for displaying a graphical representation of the objects disposed within or behind the surface.