US 11,914,029 B2
Reconfigurable GPR device
Samuel Lehner, Zürich (CH); Thomas Knorr, Zürich (CH); Michael Geiser, Zürich (CH); Isaak Tsalicoglou, Schwerzenbach (CH); and Marcel Poser, Oberuzwil (CH)
Assigned to PROCEQ SA, Schwerzenbach (CH)
Filed by PROCEQ SA, Schwerzenbach (CH)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/101,934.
Application 17/101,934 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/071688, filed on Aug. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0072377 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G01S 13/931 (2020.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01V 3/12 (2006.01); G01V 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 13/931 (2013.01) [G01S 7/024 (2013.01); G01V 3/12 (2013.01); G01V 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); G01S 2013/932 (2020.01); G01S 2013/9327 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reconfigurable ground penetrating radar (GPR) device for acquiring radar data about a medium, comprising:
a radar antenna with a first polarization,
a processor unit connected to said antenna, the processor unit comprising a field programmable gate array or a central processing unit,
a casing around the antenna and the processor unit, and
a wheel assembly comprising a holder, a wheel and a wheel rotation sensor,
wherein the wheel rotation sensor is connected to the processor unit, and a rotational axis of the wheel is pivotable relative to the first polarization,
wherein the antenna is movable in two preferred directions of movement in respect of the first polarization,
wherein the wheel is pivotable into one of a first stable orientation or a second stable orientation that are separated from each other by a pivoting angle, and
wherein the first and second stable orientations are implemented by an elastic or magnetic force.