Inventor
NICHOLS MARK E
US31 patents
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TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD
27 patentsUS6067046AMay 23, 2000
Handheld surveying device and method
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD152 citations99
US6553299B1Apr 22, 2003
Methods and apparatus for precision agriculture operations utilizing real time kinematic global positioning system systems
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD317 citations98
US6199000B1Mar 6, 2001
Methods and apparatus for precision agriculture operations utilizing real time kinematic global positioning system systems
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD583 citations98
US5862501AJan 19, 1999
Guidance control system for movable machinery
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD142 citations98
US5760742AJun 2, 1998
Integrated mobile GIS/GPS/AVL with wireless messaging capability
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD332 citations98
US5519620AMay 21, 1996
Centimeter accurate global positioning system receiver for on-the-fly real-time kinematic measurement and control
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD150 citations98
US5512905AApr 30, 1996
Pole-tilt sensor for surveyor range pole
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD110 citations98
US5935194AAug 10, 1999
Method for using external constraints to improve the speed and reliability of phase ambiguity resolution in real-time kinematic initialization
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD55 citations96
US5884220AMar 16, 1999
Method and apparatus to improve overall performance of a DGPS receiver
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD84 citations96
US5831577ANov 3, 1998
GPS/radio antenna combination
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD69 citations96
US5760909AJun 2, 1998
Integrated apparatus and method for EDM and GPS surveying
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD53 citations96
US5654717AAug 5, 1997
GPS/radio antenna combination
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD61 citations96
US5602741AFeb 11, 1997
Centimeter accurate global positioning system receiver for on-the-fly real-time kinematic measurement and control
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD56 citations96
US6732077B1May 4, 2004
Speech recognizing GIS/GPS/AVL system
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD53 citations95
US6035254AMar 7, 2000
GPS-aided autolock in a robotic total station system
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD51 citations92
US5691726ANov 25, 1997
GPS/radio antenna combination
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD32 citations92
US9507026B2Nov 29, 2016
Apparatus for verified antispoofing navigation
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD14 citations84
US7764365B2Jul 27, 2010
Combination laser detector and global navigation satellite receiver system
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD18 citations84
US7116269B2Oct 3, 2006
Radio and light based three dimensional positioning system
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD5 citations74
US5720106AFeb 24, 1998
Height determining system for automatic GPS receiver
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD15 citations71
US7808626B2Oct 5, 2010
Method of mobile radio positioning aided by single fan self-surveying laser transmitter
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD2 citations63
US7768450B2Aug 3, 2010
Position determination system using radio and laser in combination
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD4 citations63
US7595867B2Sep 29, 2009
Mobile radio positioning aided by single fan laser
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD5 citations63
US7477184B2Jan 13, 2009
3-D positioning system utilizing self-positioning radio transmitter and stationary laser transmitter
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD1 citations63
US7310138B2Dec 18, 2007
Method for augmenting radio positioning system using single fan laser
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD5 citations63
US7310137B2Dec 18, 2007
Self surveying laser transmitter
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD6 citations63
US7477185B2Jan 13, 2009
Method of tracking at least one mobile unit comprising integrated radio/pseudolite transceiver and laser detector by utilizing stationary self-positioning radio transceiver and stationary laser transmitter
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD0 citations52