Title:
AUTOMATED BORE PLANNING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2000042287
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A system, method, and computer-readable media provide for electronic development of a bore plan for use in connection with an underground boring machine. Electronically developing a bore plan involves receiving topographical information representative of topography of the bore site, receiving utility information representative of one or more utilities situated at the bore site, and receiving bore path information representative of an intended bore path at the bore site. A bore plan data is generated using the received topographic, utility, and bore path information. The bore plan data includes data representative of an intended bore defined along the intended bore path and with respect to the representative topography at the bore site. The topographical information representative of the bore site topography may be received as two-dimensional data or three-dimensional data. A user-interface permits user alteration of one or more of topographic data, utility data, bore path data, and other bore plan data. A user may also alter the graphical representations of a selected utility, topographic or bore path element. Data corresponding to the selected utility, topographic or bore path element may be displayed while graphically altering the graphical representation of the selected utility, topographic or bore path element. A selected bore plan report or graph, a minimum ground cover report or graph, a sonde information report or graph, or a warning/errors report or graph may be displayed or otherwise produced.
Inventors:
RETTIG CHRISTOPHER DEAN (US)
ALFT KEVIN L (US)
CARTWRIGHT PAUL A (US)
DELONTI FRED G (US)
ALFT KEVIN L (US)
CARTWRIGHT PAUL A (US)
DELONTI FRED G (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/000876
Publication Date:
July 26, 2001
Filing Date:
January 13, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
VERMEER MFG CO (US)
RETTIG CHRISTOPHER DEAN (US)
ALFT KEVIN L (US)
CARTWRIGHT PAUL A (US)
DELONTI FRED G (US)
RETTIG CHRISTOPHER DEAN (US)
ALFT KEVIN L (US)
CARTWRIGHT PAUL A (US)
DELONTI FRED G (US)
International Classes:
E21B7/04; E21B41/00; E21B44/00; E21B47/022; G01V9/00; (IPC1-7): E21B7/04
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