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Patent No.:

US 9522809 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2014

Determining a crane tilt angle

Applicant:

Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Curt A. Conquest, Longmont, CO (US);

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

Douglas Mayfield, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Trimble Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Adam Alharbi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); B66C 15/06 (2006.01); G01S 19/14 (2010.01); G01S 19/51 (2010.01); G01S 19/53 (2010.01); B66C 13/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 15/065 (2013.01); B66C 13/46 (2013.01); G01S 19/14 (2013.01); G01S 19/51 (2013.01); G01S 19/53 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a method for determining a tilt angle of a crane, a portion of the crane is rotated about a pivot point. A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver antenna is disposed on the portion of said crane. At least three locations of the GNSS receiver antenna are determined by a GNSS receiver in a geo-referenced coordinate system during the rotating. A tilt angle of the crane based on the at least three locations of said GNSS receiver antenna is determined by a processor.

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