Location track and control system and combination laser detector and global navigatino satellite receiver system

• Main Author: NICHOLS MARK E.,CAIN GARY L.,JANKY JAMES M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.08.2007
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; SURVEYING; TESTING

A position tracking and control system for determining and providing an improved position estimate using signals from a global navigation satellite system, comprising a rotary laser system emitting two or more fan shaped laser beams which rotate about a vertical axis, and the inclination angles of t...