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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Appareo Systems, Llc, Fargo, ND (US);
Inventor:
Marshall T. Bremer, Fargo, ND (US);
Assignee:
Appareo Systems, LLC, Fargo, ND (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01H 4/02 (2006.01); G01C 7/04 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G01B 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 7/04 (2013.01); G01B 5/285 (2013.01); G01B 11/24 (2013.01); E01H 4/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A profiling machine includes an inclinometer and a displacement sensor. The inclinometer is configured to sense an incline of the profiling machine on a surface relative to the acceleration vector of gravity. The displacement sensor is configured to sense the distance that profiling machine has traversed along the surface. The profiling machine is configured to calculate and generate a surface profile of the surface based on incline data from the inclinometer and displacement data from the displacement sensor.