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Patent No.:

US 6346980 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2000

Ground positioning system applied in a distance measuring device

Applicant:
Inventors:

Nobuhiro Tani, Tokyo, JP;

Shuzo Seo, Saitama, JP;

Shinichi Kakiuchi, Saitama, JP;

Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Stephen C Buczinski

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 ; G01C 9/00 ; G01B 1/126 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 ; G01C 9/00 ; G01B 1/126 ;
Abstract

A ground positioning system integrated with a distance measuring device that detects the distance from the device to a selected object for each pixel of the captured image of the selected object. The system, which also includes an azimuth sensor, calculates ground positioning coordinates of a selected object that correspond to a certain pixel of captured image using distance information, device ground positioning coordinates and device direction information.

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Tani, Nobuhiro. (2002). Ground positioning system applied in a distance measuring device (U.S. Patent No. 6346980). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6346980

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