Apparatus and method for detection of hazardously energized objects
A method and apparatus for detecting and identifying hazardous objects in electric fields. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises two or more sensor probes mounted on a mobile vehicle and spaced apart from one another, wherein each sensor probe of the two or more sensor probes generates a signal corresponding to an electrical field; a processor, coupled to the two or more sensor probes, for processing the signals from the two or more sensor probes to generate at least one processed signal based on a distance between at least two sensor probes of the two or more sensor probes; and an indicator, coupled to the processor for providing, based on the at least one processed signal, an indication of a hazardously energized object in the electric field.
1. An apparatus for detecting and identifying hazardous objects in electric fields comprising:
two or more sensor probes mounted on a mobile vehicle and spaced apart from one another, wherein each sensor probe of the two or more sensor probes generates a signal corresponding to an electrical field;
a processor, coupled to the two or more sensor probes, for processing the signals from the two or more sensor probes to generate at least one processed signal based on a distance between at least two sensor probes of the two or more sensor probes; and
an indicator, coupled to the processor for providing, based on the at least one processed signal, an indication of a hazardously energized object in the electric field.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the two or more sensor probes are mounted at locations on the mobile vehicle that receive similar mechanical input due to motion.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the two or more sensor probes comprise a first sensor probe and a second sensor probe mounted at the rear of the mobile vehicle.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first and the second sensor probes are mounted on the same horizontal plane.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first and the second sensor probes are mounted at a modifiable angle with respect to each other and are separated by a modifiable distance.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the two or more sensor probes comprise a first sensor probe mounted at the front of the mobile vehicle and a second sensor probe mounted at the rear of the mobile vehicle.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first and the second sensor probes are mounted on the same horizontal plane.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein processing the signals from the two or more sensor probes comprise adding a first signal from a first sensor probe of the two or more sensor probes and a second signal from a second sensor probe of the two or more sensor probes.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the first signal or the second signal is, prior to the addition of the first signal and the second signal, time-shifted by an amount commensurate with a distance between the first and the second sensor probes.
10. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each of the two or more sensor probes are mounted on the mobile vehicle by a non-electrically interfering material.
11. A method for detecting and identifying hazardous objects in electric fields comprising:
obtaining a signal, from each sensor probe of two or more sensor probes mounted on a mobile vehicle and spaced apart from one another, corresponding to an electrical field;
processing, by a processor, the signals from the two or more sensor probes to generate at least one processed signal based on a distance between at least two sensor probes of the two or more sensor probes; and
generating, based on the at least one processed signal, an indication of a hazardously energized object in the electric field.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the two or more sensor probes are mounted at locations on the mobile vehicle that receive similar mechanical input due to motion.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the two or more sensor probes comprise a first sensor probe and a second sensor probe mounted at the rear of the mobile vehicle.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first and the second sensor probes are mounted on the same horizontal plane.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first and the second sensor probes are mounted at a modifiable angle with respect to each other and are separated by a modifiable distance.
16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the two or more sensor probes comprise a first sensor probe mounted at the front of the mobile vehicle and a second sensor probe mounted at the rear of the mobile vehicle.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first and the second sensor probes are mounted on the same horizontal plane.
18. The method of claim 11 , wherein processing the signals from the two or more sensor probes comprise adding a first signal from a first sensor probe of the two or more sensor probes and a second signal from a second sensor probe of the two or more sensor probes.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein at least one of the first signal or the second signal is, prior to the addition of the first signal and the second signal, time-shifted by an amount commensurate with a distance between the first and the second sensor probes.
20. The method of claim 12 , wherein each of the two or more sensor probes are mounted on the mobile vehicle by a non-electrically interfering material.