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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dennis York, Corvallis, OR (US);
John Paul Harmon, Albany, OR (US);
Craig Jurs, Corvallis, OR (US);
Gerald Steiger, Corvallis, OR (US);
Timothy James Jondrow, Corvallis, OR (US);
Robert Nicol, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G02B 6/0001 (2013.01); G02B 6/0096 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention recite a data collector with expanded functionality and a method of enhancing revenue generation using a data collector with expanded functionality. In one embodiment, a central unit of a data collector is configured to receive a replaceable unit such that any one of a variety of replaceable units can be configure to be attached to said central unit.