DETECTOR FOR DETECTING AND DETERMINING POSITION OF CONCEALED OBJECTS IN INSPECTED FACILITY Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G01V3/15 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: hand-held detector for detecting and determining the position of concealed objects (44, 84) in an inspected facility (14), having a housing (12), a guiding means (28) mounted on the housing (12) to provide directed movement of the detector along the inspected facility (14) in at least one direction (42) of movement, a measuring device (50) for measuring at least one motion parameter (54) during movement of the housing (12), a control device (26) and an output device (20) for outputting information to the operator, wherein the output device (20) lies on the front side (18) of the housing (12) and is in form of a digital display, and the control device (26), along with the output device (20), is adapted to output at least one dimensional value (88) of distance defined in the direction (42) of movement, in form of an electronically generated digital symbol, and adapted to update the output distance value (88), carried out, at least basically, synchronously with change in the motion parameter (54), wherein the hand-held detector additionally includes an input device (22) and has an input mode with possibility of setting, through the input device (22), a starting point (90) relative which the distance value (88) is determined, wherein setting the starting point (90) is possible without interrupting the process of detecting and determining the position of concealed objects.

EFFECT: easier control of the device, higher rate and easier marking of an inspected facility with simultaneous detection of concealed objects therein and determining location thereof.

7 cl, 6 dwg