SURVEYING INSTRUMENTThe present disclosure provides a surveying instrument (100). The surveying instrument comprises a center unit (110) comprising an optical device (120) and a front lens (112). The optical device is ar…DRIVE·Jun 10·2 min readFollowG01C1/04TRIMBLE INC [US]
TOTAL STATION RE-SECTIONING USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL TARGETSTwo-dimensional targets, such as AprilTags, are used as control points. AprilTags can be used as cost effective alternatives to traditional prism targets without losing accuracy. AprilTags can be plac…DRIVE·Jun 3·1 min readFollowG01C15/002TRIMBLE INC [US]
TARGET FOR USE IN SURVEYING APPLICATIONSThe present inventive concept relates to a target (10) for use in surveying applications, said target (10) comprising: a base element (100) having a central axis (102), a reflector (110) for reflectin…DRIVE·May 27·2 min readFollowG01C15/002TRIMBLE INC [US]
SURVEYING TARGET AND METHOD WITH DISTANCE POWER OPTIMIZATIONA target (100) for use in surveying applications is provided. The target comprises a plurality of light sources (106) arranged around a longitudinal axis (A) of a base element (108) of the target. The…DRIVE·Apr 29·1 min readFollowG01C15/002TRIMBLE INC [US]
SURVEYING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A SURVEYING SYSTEMA surveying system comprises a base 3, a first alidade 7 mounted on the base and rotatable relative to the base about a first axis 9, a first optical instrument 17 mounted on the first alidade 7, wher…DRIVE·Apr 8·1 min readFollowG01C1/04TRIMBLE INC [US]
CONSTRUCTION LAYOUT USING ROBOTIC MARKING AND AUGMENTED REALITY METADATA OVERLAYSMarking metadata during layout can be time intensive. A robotic device is used to mark out points at a construction site, and an augmented-reality device uses the points for alignment and provides met…DRIVE·Dec 17·1 min readFollowG01C15/002TRIMBLE INC [US]
ACCURACY VERIFICATION OF A PERCEPTION SYSTEM OF A VEHICLEA method of verifying accuracy of a perception system of a vehicle includes causing the vehicle to traverse a path around a target that is fixed in an environment. The target has a known pose. The pat…DRIVE·Dec 10·2 min readFollowB60W60/001TRIMBLE INC [US]
HIGH-DENSITY 3D ENVIRONMENT CAPTURE TO GUIDE MIXED REALITYA system for integrating high-density laser scanner data with mixed-reality is disclosed. In some implementations, the system may acquire, using a laser scanner, a collection of data points representi…DRIVE·Nov 26·2 min readFollowG01C15/00TRIMBLE INC [US]
CONTROL SYSTEM TO DAMPEN STRUCTURAL OSCILLATIONS OF VEHICLE IMPLEMENTSDescribed herein are systems, methods, and other techniques for damping oscillations of an implement of a vehicle while the vehicle is moving. Sensor data is captured using one or more sensors that ar…DRIVE·Sep 3·1 min readFollowA01C23/007TRIMBLE INC [US]
SCANNING SURVEYING SYSTEMA scanning surveying system comprises a base 5, an alidade 3 mounted on the base, a first motor 6 to rotate the alidade about a first axis 9, a rotating mirror 21 rotatable about a second axis 16, a s…DRIVE·Jul 30·1 min readFollowG01C1/04TRIMBLE INC [US]
SURVEYING TARGET AND METHOD WITH LIGHT SECTOR POWER OPTIMIZATIONA target (100) for use in surveying applications is provided. The target comprises a plurality of light sources (106) arranged around a longitudinal axis (A) of a base element (108) of the target. The…DRIVE·Jul 2·2 min readFollowG01C15/002TRIMBLE INC [US]
TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS 4WS VEHICLESDisclosed are a method and apparatus for determining the heading of a 4WS vehicle. The 4WS vehicle's dynamic pivot point is calculated from the steering angles. A distance between the dynamic pivot po…DRIVE·Jun 25·1 min readFollowA01B69/008TRIMBLE INC [US]
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALIGNING SURVEYING INSTRUMENTSA method for aligning two surveying instruments in a common space in a process that uses an autocollimation of a collimated light beam transmitted by a first surveying instrument and reflected by a se…DRIVE·Jun 18·2 min readFollowG01C15/002TRIMBLE INC [US]
OPTICAL SURVEYING INSTRUMENTThe invention relates to optical surveying such as in building construction, road construction, landscaping and similar. A first image sensor obtains in a first wavelength range a first image of a sce…DRIVE·Mar 5·2 min readFollowG01C15/06TRIMBLE INC [US]
HYBRID SKY AND GROUND NAVIGATION FOR MACHINE EMPLOYING SATELLITE POSITIONINGDisclosed are techniques for navigating a mobile machine, such as an autonomous robot, in an environment that includes objects that may block, reflect, or distort satellite signals to be used for posi…DRIVE·Mar 5·1 min readFollowG01C21/20TRIMBLE INC [US]
OPTICAL SURVEYING INSTRUMENT WITH MOVABLE MIRRORAn optical surveying instrument is provided with an optical arrangement that includes at least one lens and the viewing element defining a viewing direction in the field of view. The distance measurem…DRIVE·Jan 8·1 min readFollowG01C15/002TRIMBLE INC [US]
EXTERNAL GNSS RECEIVER MODULE WITH MOTION SENSOR SUITEA method of determining what operation a user desires to be performed with relation to collection of global navigation satellite system, GNSS, data, said method comprising: receiving at a handheld wir…DRIVE·Aug 7·2 min readFollowG01C15/06TRIMBLE INC [US]
METHODS OF AREA COVERAGE PLANNING WITH SPREAD MATERIAL REPLENISHMENT PLANNINGA method of area coverage planning with replenishment planning includes receiving information of a boundary of the work area, location information of one or more refill stations, and information of a …DRIVE·Aug 7·2 min readFollowG01C21/3423TRIMBLE INC [US]
LASER RECEIVER AND TARGET WITH LIGHTED INDICATORSA movable accessory for an automatic point layout system includes a laser receiver and an array of LEDs. Two laser controllers aim vertical laser light planes toward any desired point on the jobsite. …DRIVE·Jul 3·1 min readFollowG01C15/02TRIMBLE INC [US]
HIGH-ACCURACY AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINESDisclosed are techniques for displaying AR elements on a display system of a construction machine. A position of the construction machine in a world reference frame is detected. An orientation of the …DRIVE·May 22·1 min readFollowB60K35/10TRIMBLE INC [US]
WEIGHING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC LOADWeighing systems and methods for dynamic loads are provided. A plurality of sensors are configured to provide force information based on a weight of a bin and a weight of a material in the bin. An IMU…DRIVE·Feb 28·2 min readFollowA01D90/02TRIMBLE INC [US]
LASER RECEIVER AND TARGET WITH LIGHTED INDICATORSA movable accessory for an automatic point layout system includes a laser receiver, target screen, and an array of LEDs. A laser controller aims a vertical laser light plane toward any desired point o…DRIVE·Nov 29·2 min readFollowG01C15/002TRIMBLE INC [US]
