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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2016
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Leonid Valerianovich Edelman, Saint-Petersburg, RU;
Jason Hallett, Dublin, CA (US);
Alok Srivastava, Livermore, CA (US);
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus utilizing a high-precision GNSS receiver, an EDM, and an optical camera in combination for making accurate measurements of multiple remote points. The accurate measurement of a plurality of remote points is facilitated by integrating a high-precision GNSS receiver, an EDM and an optical camera such that their combined physical location and orientation can be measured and known, and allowing for a single calibration thereof. The integration of the high-precision GNSS receiver, an EDM, and an optical camera may take various forms such as a single, integrated device, or individual devices assembled together on a surveying pole, for example. The integrated device may also include one or more sensors such as an inclination sensor and an inertial measurement unit.