Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system in a specific environment – Earth science
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-25
2005-10-25
Barlow, John (Department: 2863)
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system in a specific environment
Earth science
C700S283000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06959245
ABSTRACT:
Methods of characterizing subsurface conditions in a selected geographic region previously associated as a whole with a specific subsurface material characteristic reference profile such as from a USDA-NRCS soil survey. The method includes deploying a sensing tool at selected positions within the geographic region to determine a depth-referenced subsurface material characteristic such as soil type or strata, comparing the determined subsurface material characteristic to the subsurface material characteristic reference profile associated with the geographic region to determine a correlation between the subsurface material characteristic reference profile and the depth-referenced subsurface material characteristic, and then deciding whether to deploy the tool at another position, and at what optimum position to deploy the tool, by considering the correlation.
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Rooney et al., “A Profile Cone Penetrometer for Mapping Soil Horizons”,Soil Science Society of America Journal, vol. 64, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2000, pp. 2136-2139, Madison, Wisconsin.
Cheyne Mark Andrew
Dudka Marek
Rooney Daniel James
Barlow John
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Soil and Topography Information, LLC
Taylor Victor J.
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