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US 9,031,585 B2Granted
Integrating position information into a handheld tool
AssigneeTrimble Navigation Limited
InventorsKent Kahle, Pat Bohle, Reinhard Waibel, Markus Messmer, Oliver Glockner, Angela Beckenbauer, Till Cramer, Andreas Winter
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Abstract
A method for integrating position information is disclosed. In one embodiment, the position data of an object embedded in a material at a worksite is recorded. The position data is used to update a record showing the position of the object as an embedded object. The position of the embedded object is displayed at a handheld tool.
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A method of integrating position information comprising:
- determining, performed by a first handheld tool, position data of an object that will be embedded in a material at a worksite;
- recording said position data of said object embedded in said material at said worksite;
- using said position data to update a record showing the position of said object as an embedded object, wherein said position data is not recorded locally with respect to said embedded object and wherein said recording of said position data and said using of said position data are performed by a computerized information management system;
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- displaying the position of said embedded object on a display device integrated with a second handheld tool.
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A method of integrating position information comprising:
- determining, performed by a handheld tool, position data of an object at a worksite;
- recording said position data of said object at said worksite, wherein said position data is recorded in a record;
- creating an updated record by updating said record showing the position of the object after said object has been embedded in a material to create an embedded object, wherein said updated record indicates that said object is an embedded object, wherein said position data of said object comprises said position data of said embedded object, and wherein said position data is not required to remain local with respect to said embedded object;
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- conveying said position of said embedded object to a handheld tool proximate to said embedded object.
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An embedded object display system comprising:
- a database that receives, from a first handheld tool, position data of an object at a worksite;
- said database configured to store position data of said object at said worksite prior to said object becoming embedded in a material to create an embedded object, wherein none of said database is local with respect to said embedded object;
- a report generator configured to generate a report conveying said position data of said embedded object to said handheld tool;
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- a display device coupled with said handheld tool configured to display said position of said embedded object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.