Apparatus and method for locating electronic job site plan features at a job site
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- at least one location sensor being operable to sense an apparatus location and being in electrical communication with a computer processor that is in communication with a computer readable data storage medium;
a predetermined job site plan including at least one job site location and being stored on the computer readable data storage medium;
a job site locating algorithm being operable to indicate when the apparatus location and the at least one job site location are coincident; and
a marking mechanism operable to mark a ground location at a job site corresponding to the job site location of the job site plan.
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Abstract
In order for work, such as excavation, to occur at a job site, a job site plan with various job site features must be accurately translated to ground locations at the job site. The present disclosure locates a job site feature at a job site by storing a job site plan including at least one job site location on a computer readable data storage medium of an apparatus. An apparatus location is determined via at least one location sensor and compared to the at least one job site location. A job site locating algorithm also stored on the computer readable data storage medium is operable to indicate when the at least one job site location and the apparatus location are coincident.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one location sensor being operable to sense an apparatus location and being in electrical communication with a computer processor that is in communication with a computer readable data storage medium; a predetermined job site plan including at least one job site location and being stored on the computer readable data storage medium; a job site locating algorithm being operable to indicate when the apparatus location and the at least one job site location are coincident; and a marking mechanism operable to mark a ground location at a job site corresponding to the job site location of the job site plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one location sensor being operable to sense an apparatus location and being in electrical communication with a computer processor that is in communication with a computer readable data storage medium; a predetermined job site plan including at least one job site location and being stored on the computer readable data storage medium; and a job site locating algorithm being operable to indicate when the apparatus location and the at least one job site location are coincident; a marking mechanism operable to mark a ground location where the apparatus location and the job site location are coincident, and the marking mechanism being operable to mark a plurality of visually different ground locations; each ground location corresponding to a different job site feature characteristic; a job site display being operable to indicate the apparatus location relative to the job site location; the predetermined job site plan including an excavation plan; the at least one of location sensor including at least one of a global positioning system and local positioning system; and the job site locating algorithm including an alerting algorithm being operable to indicate when the apparatus location and the job site location are within a predetermined distance from one another.
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12. A method of locating a job site feature at a job site, comprising the steps of:
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storing a job site plan including at least one job site location which represents a job site feature on a computer readable data storage medium of an apparatus; determining an apparatus location; comparing the at least one job site location with the apparatus location; indicating when the apparatus location and at least one job site location are coincident; and the indicating step including marking a ground location at the job site corresponding to the job site location of the job site plan. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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