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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2008
Applicant:
Michael Timo Allison, East Grimstead, GB;
Inventor:
Michael Timo Allison, East Grimstead, GB;
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/10 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surveying apparatus includes an antenna to receive a positioning signal. The surveying apparatus further includes a tilt sensor to obtain a tilt measurement that indicates a degree of tilt of the survey apparatus. The surveying apparatus further includes a processor to obtain a positioning measurement from the positioning signal, and to determine a degree of accuracy of the positioning measurement based on the tilt measurement.