Searchable electronic records of underground facility locate marking operations

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8630463
APP PUB NO 20130101180A1
SERIAL NO

13625436

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Methods and apparatus for generating a searchable electronic record of a locate operation in which a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area may be identified using one or more physical locate marks. Source data representing one or more input images of a geographic area comprising the dig area is received and processed so as to display at least a portion of the input image(s) on a display device. One or more digital representations of the physical locate mark(s) applied to the dig area during the locate operation are added to the displayed input image(s) as “locate mark indicators” so as to generate a marked-up image. Information relating to the marked-up image is electronically transmitted and/or electronically stored so as to generate the searchable electronic record of the locate operation.

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  • CERTUSVIEW TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chambers, Curtis Palm Beach Gardens, US 210 25109
Farr, Jeffrey Tequesta, US 175 21231
Nielsen, Steven North Palm Beach, US 145 17257

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