Alignment detection device
AssigneeUS Tower Corporation
InventorDaryl A. Stisser
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Abstract
An alignment device provides position information for an antenna coupled to an extendable tower. The alignment device can provide position data including pitch data, roll data, and azimuth data. The position data can be collected at multiple times, and reported to a remote computing device. The position data can be reported as the raw measured data, a delta between two sets of position data, or other data. The alignment device may be solar powered and include a transceiver client for communicating with a remote computing device via a transceiver server.
Claims20
A method for determining a structure alignment, comprising:
- receiving a first set of position data over a wireless connection from an alignment device coupled to a structure, the first set of position data associated with an alignment of a portion of the structure which is not within reach of a user, the structure configured to be extendable such that a portion of the structure having the alignment device extends to a position out of reach of the user;
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- providing the position data to a user through an interface.
A computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for determining a structure alignment, the method comprising:
- receiving a first set of position data over a wireless connection from an alignment device coupled to a structure, the first set of position data associated with an alignment of a portion of the structure which is not within reach of a user, the structure configured to be extendable such that a portion of the structure having the alignment device extends to a position out of reach of the user;
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- providing the position data to a user through an interface.
The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first set of position data is received when the extendable tower is at an extended position and a prior set of position data is received when the extendable tower is at a retracted position.
A system for determining a structure alignment, comprising:
- an independent power source;
- a digital compass receiving power from the independent power source and configured to provide position data associated with the position of the system;
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- a transceiver receiving power from the independent power source and configured to transmit the position data to a remote computing device;
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- a housing containing the digital compass and the transceiver, the housing attached to an extendable structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.