Patent ID: 10386317

Abstract:
A moisture detecting apparatus includes a pair of current electrodes, a pair of potential electrodes, a frequency allotting section, a resistivity calculating section, and an estimation section. The frequency allotting section allots frequencies at regular frequency intervals ΔF in a range between first and second frequencies F1 and F2 (>F1) to a frequency of an alternating current. Each time a frequency is allotted, the resistivity calculating section calculates a resistivity value ρ in a predetermined region of the ground using a current value A detected by the current electrodes and a voltage value V detected by the potential electrodes. The estimation section obtains a maximum value ρ1 and a minimum value ρ2 among resistivity values ρ and estimates such that the smaller a quotient (ρ1/ρ2) obtained by dividing the maximum value ρ1 by the minimum value ρ2 is, the more moisture the predetermined region contains.