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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth R. Joyce, Denver, CO (US);
Troy L. Brown, Westminster, CO (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01C 11/04 (2006.01); G01C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/0063 (2013.01); G01C 11/04 (2013.01); G01C 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Novel tools and techniques for generating survey data about a survey site. Aerial photography of at least part of the survey site can be analyzed using photogrammetric techniques. In some cases, an unmanned aerial system can be used to collect site imagery. The use of a UAS can reduce the fiscal and chronological cost of a survey, compared to the use of other types aerial imagery and/or conventional terrestrial surveying techniques used alone.