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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2014
Applicant:

Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gregory C. Best, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kurtis L. Maynard, Gainesville, GA (US);

John F. Cameron, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/02 (2006.01); B66C 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B66C 15/04 (2006.01); B66C 13/40 (2006.01); B66C 13/18 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 13/16 (2013.01); B66C 13/18 (2013.01); B66C 13/40 (2013.01); B66C 15/045 (2013.01); G01S 13/02 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G06F 19/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile construction device sensor unit comprises a point-to-point radio ranging system and a position determining component. The point-to-point radio ranging system is configured to couple with a mobile construction device. The position determining component is coupled with the point-to-point radio ranging system and is configured for determining a position of the sensor unit in at least two dimensions based on communications between the point-to-point radio ranging system and a plurality of tags respectively located at a plurality of knowable locations within an operating environment of the mobile construction device.


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