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Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

May. 17, 2021
Applicant:

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);

Inventors:

Raymond M. O'Connor, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Kyle Snow, Westerville, OH (US);

Xiankun Wang, Columbus, OH (US);

Assignee:

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 71/06 (2006.01); G01C 11/06 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 71/0619 (2013.01); A63B 24/0021 (2013.01); G01C 11/06 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); A63B 2024/0053 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0691 (2013.01); A63B 2220/05 (2013.01); A63B 2220/13 (2013.01); A63B 2220/20 (2013.01); A63B 2220/807 (2013.01); A63B 2220/89 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for determining the precise location of a target on a surface by utilizing a plurality of objects that are fixed in their position proximate to the location, thereby constituting a plurality of fixed reference points, upon which the target(s) resides or is otherwise located. The plurality of fixed references points are used either in conjunction with images of the target or certain distance measurements between the target and the fixed reference points to determine the precise location of the target(s) on the surface.


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