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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Inventors:
Renard Tomas Graham, Antioch, CA (US);
Donna Kelley, Louisville, CO (US);
Assignee:
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 9/06 (2006.01); G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/875 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 9/06 (2013.01); G01C 15/006 (2013.01); G01S 17/875 (2013.01); G01C 2009/066 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vision laser receiver having a sensing surface with a fixed geometry such that laser light received by the sensing surface will illuminate a particular section of the sensing surface and the precise elevation and/or tilt of the laser receiver will be determined from the illumination of the sensing surface.