/Patent Tracker
SamsungGranted patentMaterials & manufacturingInterest 4/10

Samsung patents device that checks concrete moisture with two sensors

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung has been granted a patent for a measuring tool that checks how wet concrete is. It uses two different sensors, an eddy current sensor and a ground penetrating radar, to scan the material and calculate a final moisture reading.

Why it mattersThis could help construction workers check if concrete is dry enough for the next step in building projects.

In the filing’s own words

A measuring apparatus for a concrete structure includes an eddy current sensor configured to contact the concrete structure; a ground penetrating radar (GPR) sensor configured to contact the concrete structure; at least one memory storing one or more instructions; and a controller operably connected to the eddy current sensor, the GPR sensor, and the at least one memory, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the apparatus to: provide a first input signal to the eddy current sensor and a second input signal to the GPR sensor, obtain a first moisture content of a portion of the concrete structure based on an output of the eddy current sensor, obtain a second moisture content of the portion of the concrete structure based on an output of the GPR sensor, and obtain a final moisture content of the portion of the concrete structure based on at least one of the first moisture content and the second moisture content.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An apparatus for measuring a concrete structure, the apparatus comprising: an eddy current sensor configured to contact the concrete structure; a ground penetrating radar (GPR) sensor configured to contact the concrete structure; at least one memory storing one or more instructions; and a controller operably connected to the eddy current sensor, the GPR sensor, and the at least one memory, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the apparatus to: provide a first input signal to the eddy current sensor and a second input signal to the GPR sensor, obtain a first moisture content of a portion of the concrete structure based on an output of the eddy current sensor, obtain a second moisture content of the portion of the concrete structure based on an output of the GPR sensor, and obtain a final moisture content of the portion of the concrete structure based on at least one of the first moisture content and the second moisture content.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Measuring apparatus for concrete structure
Patent number
US12768982B2
Application number
18672718
Filed
May 23, 2024
Granted
Oct 20, 2026
Inventors
5
Claims
13

Classified under

G01S 13/86 Physics & computingG01N 22/04 Physics & computingG01N 27/9046 Physics & computingG01N 33/383 Physics & computingG01S 13/885 Physics & computing
Read the full filing (official PDF) ↗ Open in the Patent Tracker

More from Samsung in Materials & manufacturing

Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
Patent data and drawings: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USPTO.