ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,994, issued on June 2, was assigned to SeeScan Inc. (San Diego).
"Utility locating devices employing multiple spaced apart GNSS antennas" was invented by Mark S. Olsson (La Jolla, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to buried utility locating devices, systems, and methods having a plurality of spatially separated GNSS antennas. Baselines or other spatial relationships may be formed between pairs of position estimates associated with the GNSS antennas to determine information about the position, heading, and tilt/pose of the utility locating device."
The patent was filed on May 7, 2024, under Appli...