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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2018
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eric Keith Unger, Tipp City, OH (US);
James N. Hayes, Urbana, OH (US);
Chris W. Snyder, Union City, OH (US);
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A laser controller having an electronic distance measuring instrument and a laser light transmitter creating a vertical laser plane is used with a remote controller and a movable target for point layout tasks. The electronic distance measurer and laser transmitter are mounted on the same vertical pivot axis. Once the system is set-up for a particular jobsite, the laser plane can be aimed at a specific point of interest on the jobsite floor, and a visible laser light line will then appear on the floor, from the laser controller, all the way to that point of interest. The distance measuring instrument is aimed along the same heading as the laser plane, and it gives the distance to the movable target, which is moved along the visible laser light line, until reaching the specified distance, and thereby find the point of interest.