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.
Claims19
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;
- providing the position data to a user through an interface;
- receiving a prior set of position data over the wireless connection from the alignment device coupled to the structure, the prior set of position data associated with a bore sight operation performed on an antenna coupled to the structure;
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- providing a delta between the first set of position data and the prior set of position data to the user through the interface.
A non-transitory 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;
- providing the position data to a user through an interface;
- receiving a prior set of position data over the wireless connection from the alignment device coupled to the structure, the prior set of position data associated with a bore sight operation performed on an antenna coupled to the structure;
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- providing a delta between the first set of position data and the prior set of position data to the user through the interface.
A system for remotely determining position data for an extendable structure, comprising:
- an independent power source;
- an alignment device contained in a housing mounted at the top of the extendable structure and receiving power from the independent power source, the alignment device configured to provide position data associated with the position of the system, the position data including roll, pitch, and azimuth data;
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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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.