Method of placing a total station in a building
First Claim
1. A method for locating a robotic total station in an interior construction site of a building to provide unhindered line-of-sight access from the robotic total station to at least a first portion of a plurality of predetermined construction points in the interior construction site, said plurality of predetermined construction points defining locations where construction operations are to be performed within said interior construction site, the method comprising:
- accessing, by a computer system, a three-dimensional model of said interior construction site, said three-dimensional model defining spatial relationships of building components within the interior construction site;
accessing, by said computer system, coordinates of each of said plurality of predetermined construction points;
determining, by said computer system, a location for placing said robotic total station based on the spatial relationships of the building components within the interior construction site and the coordinates of said plurality of predetermined construction points, in which none of the building components within said interior construction site preclude line-of-sight access by said robotic total station from the location to each of the first portion of said plurality of predetermined construction points; and
placing the robotic total station at the location.
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Abstract
A method for locating a position determining device in an interior construction site of a building to provide line-of-sight access to a plurality of construction points in the interior construction site, includes accessing a three-dimensional model of the site by a computer system, the model including coordinates of construction points in the site to be located with a position determining device. The method further includes determining a location for placing a position determining device by the computer system, in which no obstructions at the site preclude line-of-sight access by the position determining device to the plurality of construction points. The method may further include receiving spatial data by the computer system, and deriving the three dimensional model by the computer system based upon the spatial data. The position determining device may comprise a robotic total station or other such device. The method is implemented on a computer system. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium has computer-readable instructions embodied thereon which, when executed, cause the computer system to implement the method.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for locating a robotic total station in an interior construction site of a building to provide unhindered line-of-sight access from the robotic total station to at least a first portion of a plurality of predetermined construction points in the interior construction site, said plurality of predetermined construction points defining locations where construction operations are to be performed within said interior construction site, the method comprising:
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accessing, by a computer system, a three-dimensional model of said interior construction site, said three-dimensional model defining spatial relationships of building components within the interior construction site; accessing, by said computer system, coordinates of each of said plurality of predetermined construction points; determining, by said computer system, a location for placing said robotic total station based on the spatial relationships of the building components within the interior construction site and the coordinates of said plurality of predetermined construction points, in which none of the building components within said interior construction site preclude line-of-sight access by said robotic total station from the location to each of the first portion of said plurality of predetermined construction points; and placing the robotic total station at the location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for locating a position determining device in an interior construction site of a building to provide line-of-sight access from said position determining device to at least a first portion of a plurality of predetermined construction points in the interior construction site, comprising:
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accessing a three-dimensional model of said interior construction site, said three-dimensional model defining spatial relationships of building components within the interior construction site; accessing coordinates of each of said plurality of predetermined constructions points; determining a location for placing said position determining device based on the spatial relationships of the building components within the interior construction site and the coordinates of said plurality of predetermined construction points, in which none of the building components within said interior construction site preclude line-of-sight access by said position determining device from the location to each of the first portion of said plurality of predetermined construction points; and placing the position determining device at the location. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a memory for storing a three-dimensional model of an interior construction site of a building and coordinates of a plurality of predetermined construction points; a processor, coupled to said memory, said processor configured for; accessing the three-dimensional model of said interior construction site, said three-dimensional model defining spatial relationships of building components within the interior construction site; accessing the coordinates of said plurality of predetermined construction points; and determining a location for placing said position determining device based on the spatial relationships of the building components within the interior construction site and the coordinates of said plurality of predetermined construction points, in which none of the building components within said interior construction site preclude line-of-sight access by said position determining device from the location to each of a first portion of said plurality of predetermined construction points; and the position determining device, for placing at the location. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions embodied thereon which, when executed, cause a computer system to implement a method for locating a position determining device in an interior construction site of a building to provide line-of-sight access to at least a first portion of a plurality of predetermined construction points in the interior construction site, said method comprising:
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accessing a three-dimensional model of said interior construction site, said three-dimensional model defining spatial relationships of building components within the interior construction site; accessing coordinates of each of said plurality of predetermined constructions points; determining a location for placing said position determining device based on the spatial relationships of the building components within the interior construction site and the coordinates of said plurality of predetermined construction points, in which none of the building components within said interior construction site preclude line-of-sight access by said position determining device from the location to each of the first portion of said plurality of predetermined construction points; and providing an indication to the position determining device of the location. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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