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External electronic distance measurement accessory for a mobile data collection platform

US9456067B2 · kind B2 · utility

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59References

24Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Trimble Navigation Limited · US

Inventors

Richard Rudow · Mesa, US
Venkateswaran Kasirajan · Viralimalai, IN
Robert Wold · Phoenix, US
Nicholas C. Talbot · Melbourne, AU
Peter Van Wyck Loomis · Sunnyvale, US
Shawn D. Weisenburger · Lyttelton, NZ
James M. Janky · Los Altos, US
Michael V. McCusker · Los Altos, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 16, 2014
Grant date	Sep 27, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 16, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S19/43
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A known fixed relationship is maintained between an external electronic distance measurement accessory and a mobile data collection platform that are physically coupled together. A light beam axis of the external electronic distance measurement accessory is parallel with an optical axis of an entrance pupil of the mobile data collection platform. The external electronic distance measurement accessory integrates with the mobile data collection platform. The external electronic distance measurement accessory receives control instructions from the mobile data collection platform.

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