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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Trimble Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gregory C. Best, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shawn Weisenburger, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/48 (2010.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01); G01S 19/40 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/48 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G01C 11/02 (2013.01); G01S 19/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surveying pole is part of a primary surveying system (e.g., a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) or a total station). Cameras are mounted to the surveying pole and used for ground tracking as the survey pole is moved from a place where the primary surveying system is unimpeded to an environment where the primary surveying system is impaired (e.g., to a GNSS-impaired environment or to a position that is blocked from view of the total station). Using ground tracking and/or other sensors, surveying can be continued even though the primary surveying system is impaired.