SURVEYING SYSTEM

摘要

A surveying system having a total station integrated into an unmanned aerial vehicle communicates with a plurality of mobile communication stations that are located on known site coordinates. By locating the mobile communication stations on known coordinates, the location of the aerial vehicle is precisely triangulated and controlled. Construction drawings are loaded into the system, thereby allowing the vehicle to locate itself at specific points designated in the drawings for the marking of on-site construction grid lines.

主权项

1. A surveying system, comprising:
an aerial vehicle maneuverable within a surveying site; a first wireless transceiver onboard the aerial vehicle and in communication with a plurality of mobile communication stations, each of the mobile communication stations being associated with a set of coordinates of a particular location in the surveying site on which the respective one of the mobile communication stations is positioned, and a location of the aerial vehicle within the surveying site being determined based upon a triangulation thereof by the plurality of mobile communication stations; a surveying total station onboard the aerial vehicle; and a navigation unit onboard the aerial vehicle, the navigation unit being loaded with a representation of the surveying site and including one or more points of interest thereon, the navigation unit maneuvering the aerial vehicle to a selected one of the one or more points of interest.