Determining position inside building via laser rangefinder and handheld computer
Patent
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OSTI ID:979374
- Albuquerque, NM
An apparatus, computer software, and a method of determining position inside a building comprising selecting on a PDA at least two walls of a room in a digitized map of a building or a portion of a building, pointing and firing a laser rangefinder at corresponding physical walls, transmitting collected range information to the PDA, and computing on the PDA a position of the laser rangefinder within the room.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Assignee:
- Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
- Patent Number(s):
- 7,646,473
- Application Number:
- 11/509,161
- OSTI ID:
- 979374
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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