Integrating position information into a handheld tool

US9031585B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Trimble Navigation Limited · US

Inventors

• Kent Kahle · Tipp City, US
• Pat Bohle · Boulder, US
• Reinhard Waibel · Berneck, CH
• Markus Messmer · Günzburg, DE
• Oliver Glockner · Feldkirch, AT
• Angela Beckenbauer · Sankt Gallen, CH
• Till Cramer · Feldkirch, AT
• Andreas Winter · Feldkirch, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 2012
• Grant date: May 12, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 29, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/029
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for integrating position information is disclosed. In one embodiment, the position data of an object embedded in a material at a worksite is recorded. The position data is used to update a record showing the position of the object as an embedded object. The position of the embedded object is displayed at a handheld tool.