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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Michael Miller, Commerce City, CO (US);
James M. McCartney, Westminster, CO (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/02 (2006.01); G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/002 (2013.01); G01C 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method of establishing the location of a pair construction points for a stud in a building, the points are defined by x and y coordinates. A beam of laser light is used to determine a z coordinate of each of the pair of construction points on surfaces of the building. The construction points are established by directing a beam of laser light toward defined x and y coordinate locations and establishing the z coordinate location of the construction points on building surfaces that have the defined x and y coordinates.