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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Alan Sharp, Superior, CO (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2006.01); E02F 3/84 (2006.01); E01C 19/00 (2006.01); G01C 15/06 (2006.01); G01S 17/66 (2006.01); G01S 17/87 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/841 (2013.01); E01C 19/004 (2013.01); G01C 15/06 (2013.01); G01S 17/66 (2013.01); G01S 17/87 (2013.01);
Abstract
Novel tools and techniques for determining a blended position solution for a vehicle, using data from multiple positioning devices, some of which can be external to the vehicle. Some techniques allow a control system of a vehicle to transition from receiving position data from one positioning device to receiving data from another device without ceasing operation and/or while limiting any resulting discontinuity the position solution (and any resulting work performed by the vehicle) to within acceptable tolerances.