US 11,674,801 B2
Sensor rod assembly for measuring elevations
Andrew Morris, Bellevue, NE (US); Aaron Dale, Lenexa, KS (US); William Hendricks, Lenexa, KS (US); Rob Ochs, Lenexa, KS (US); Bruce Ploetz, Lenexa, KS (US); and Tim Stark, Lenexa, KS (US)
Assigned to Laser Elevations, LLC, Bellevue, NE (US)
Filed by LASER ELEVATIONS, LLC, Bellevue, NE (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/89,574.
Application 17/089,574 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/627,340, filed on Jun. 19, 2017, granted, now 10,871,373.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/351,676, filed on Jun. 17, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0293540 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G01C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 15/006 (2013.01) [G01C 5/00 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor rod assembly, comprising:
a master stick;
an extension stick, wherein the master stick and the at least one extension stick are couplable together via at least one of a physical coupling, an electrical coupling, or a communicative coupling; and
a controller, wherein the controller includes one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are communicatively coupled to at least one set of detection circuitry and a user interface device, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute a set of program instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:
receive one or more detection signals from at least one of the master stick or the extension stick; and
determine an elevation of a laser light based on the received one or more detection signals.