US 11,719,536 B2
Apparatus, system, and method for aerial surveying
Gerald Stewart Clarke, Bracebridge (CA)
Filed by Gerald Stewart Clarke, Bracebridge (CA)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/29,849.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/904,944, filed on Sep. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0088332 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 15/002 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for use with a rotorcraft or flying machine and a positioning device, the apparatus for locating and marking a position on a surface, the apparatus comprising:
a gimbal or swivel securable to the rotorcraft or flying machine;
a prism fixed to the gimbal or swivel for reflecting signals from the positioning device, the prism having a center of mass;
a laser secured to the gimbal or swivel and directed away from the center of mass of the prism towards the surface; and
a controller for communication with the positioning device, the controller operatively coupled to the laser to operate the laser.