Patent ID: 6473025
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: F41H,G01S,G01V

Abstract:
A landmine detecting and locating system, comprising:a ground-penetrating radar for emitting radio signals into the surface of the ground, and for receiving any returned signals; a navigation system attached to the ground-penetrating radar and providing for a series of position fixes that indicate ground locations visited by the ground-penetrating radar; a processor connected to the navigation system for mapping said ground locations visited onto a search grid, and connected to the ground-penetrating radar for evaluating said returned signals as indicating the presence of a buried a landmine; and a graphic display having a visual representation of said ground locations visited superimposed on a visual representation of said search grid, and providing for navigation guidance of a user to sweep the ground-penetrating radar across locations in said search grid that are not yet visited and evaluated for the presence of landmines.