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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Trimble Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kevin A. I. Sharp, Picton, NZ;
Assignee:
Trimble Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G01S 5/16 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); H03M 7/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/85 (2017.01); G01S 5/16 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/97 (2017.01); H03M 7/3059 (2013.01); H03M 7/3062 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01);
Abstract
An indoor navigation system is based on a multi-beam laser projector, a set of calibrated cameras, and a processor that uses knowledge of the projector design and data on laser spot locations observed by the cameras to solve the space resection problem to find the location and orientation of the projector.