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GUIDE METHOD FOR GUIDING A DEVICE THAT IS DESIGNED TO INSERT ELEMENTS INTO THE GROUND IN ORDER TO MAKE A STRUCTURE, AND A DEVICE FOR INSERTING AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT INTO THE GROUND USING SUCH A GUIDE METHOD

  • US 6,505,406 B2
  • Filed: 07/17/2001
  • Issued: 01/14/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A guide method for guiding a device that is designed to insert elements into the ground in order to make a structure, the method comprising the following steps:

  • establishing topographical points and determining the coordinates of these points in an X, Y, Z frame of reference;

    putting a measuring station in place in the vicinity of a location where the structure is to be made and determining the X, Y, Z position of said measuring station with reference to one or more topographical points;

    determining, by means of said measuring station, the distance and the angle between said insertion device and the measuring station;

    calculating the position of the device by means of the measured distance and the known position of the measuring station; and

    displacing the insertion device so that said elements are in register on the insertion axis with given positions where the elements are to be inserted into the ground.

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