Pole-tilt sensor for surveyor range pole

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1994-10-27

1996-04-30

Blum, Theodore M.

Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,

Directive

Including a satellite

33366, H04B 7185, G01S 502

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055129056

ABSTRACT:
A surveyor range pole, for example, equipped with a GPS receiver and antenna mounted at the top end, a battery mounted at the bottom end to better balance the pole, a tilt sensor and a direction sensor. The tilt sensor and direction sensor provide information about the vector that lies between the top and the bottom points of the range pole. The GPS receiver computes the position of the top end of the range pole from GPS satellite signals received by the GPS at the top end, and then computes the position of the bottom end of the range pole with the vector information. A variable length, telescoping range pole includes a linear transducer for automatically measuring the overall length of the range pole and contributing that length information to the vector calculation.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4754553 (1988-07-01), Simpson
patent: 5077557 (1991-12-01), Ingensand

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