US 12,276,738 B2
Total station with GNSS device
Javad Ashjaee, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Javad GNSS, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Javad GNSS, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/476,842.
Application 18/476,842 is a continuation of application No. 16/987,107, filed on Aug. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,808,866.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/888,205, filed on Aug. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0019587 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01S 19/48 (2010.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01); G01S 19/39 (2010.01); G01S 19/43 (2010.01)
CPC G01S 19/48 (2013.01) [G01C 11/02 (2013.01); G01S 19/396 (2019.08); G01S 19/43 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A GNSS device, comprising:
a GNSS antenna for receiving position data from a plurality of satellites;
a coupling mechanism for coupling the GNSS device with a total station;
wherein the GNSS device is configured to:
determine whether a set of GNSS signals is available;
in accordance with a determination that the set of GNSS signals is available, determine a position of a point based on the set of GNSS signals;
in accordance with a determination that the set of GNSS signals is not available, automatically determine a position of the point based on an angular measurement and a distance measurement with respect to the point obtained by the total station;
receive a user input to switch between the total station and the GNSS device, and
responsive to receiving the user input, determining location information of an unknown point based on the user input.