Patent ID: 8476906
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G01V

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for performing a locate operation to detect a presence or absence of at least one underground facility at a work site of a proposed excavation, in response to a locate ticket providing an instruction to perform the locate operation and identifying the work site of the proposed excavation at which the locate operation is performed, the apparatus comprising: an actuator; at least one receiver antenna to detect a magnetic field from the at least one underground facility and provide first locate information relating at least in part to operation of the at least one receiver antenna during the locate operation; at least one input device to receive at least second locate information, the second locate information comprising ticket information relating to the locate ticket, wherein the ticket information comprises location information for the work site and facility information relating to the at least one underground facility; a memory to store processor-executable instructions and an electronic record of the locate operation; and a processor coupled to the memory, the at least one input device, and the at least one receiver antenna, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions by the processor, the processor logs in the electronic record of the locate operation stored in the memory the first locate information relating at least in part to operation of the at least one receiver antenna during the locate operation, and the second locate information, wherein the processor is configured to log at least the first locate information in the memory in response to at least one of: