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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2007
Mark E. Nichols, Christchurch, NZ;
Nicholas C. Talbot, Ashburton, AU;
Gary L. Cain, Springfield, OH (US);
Mark E. Nichols, Christchurch, NZ;
Nicholas C. Talbot, Ashburton, AU;
Gary L. Cain, Springfield, OH (US);
Trimble Navigation Ltd., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The method of mobile radio positioning aided by a single fan laser comprising: generating a single sloping fan beam by using a stationary fan laser transmitter positioned in a location with known coordinates; detecting the single sloping fan beam by using the mobile laser detector; receiving the averaged low-passed filtered estimate of angular rate of the laser beam; receiving the plurality of main time tags; receiving the plurality of additional time tags; and timing the fan laser beam strike at the rover's location to improve an accuracy in determination of position coordinates of the rover.