Patent ID: 9462446
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G01S,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of collecting external accessory data at a mobile data collection platform provided by an external accessory of the mobile data collection platform, the method comprising: capturing an image that includes a point of interest, wherein the capturing is performed by an image capturing device that is an integral part of the mobile data collection platform; obtaining raw observables from a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) chipset that is internal to the mobile data collection platform; determining a position fix based on the raw observables, wherein the position fix defines a location of an antenna; calculating a location of an entrance pupil as an offset from the location of the antenna; determining orientation information comprising a tilt angle and an azimuth angle, wherein the position fix and the orientation information are associated with a three dimensional location of the mobile data collection platform when the image was captured; receiving external accessory data from an accessory that is external to the mobile data collection platform, wherein the accessory and the mobile data collection platform are externally coupled together; and storing the image, the position fix, the orientation information and the external accessory data in hardware memory of the mobile data collection platform, wherein the capturing, obtaining, determining of the position fix, determining of the orientation information, and the storing are performed by one or more hardware processors that are part of the mobile data collection platform and outside of the GNSS chipset; wherein the receiving of the external accessory data from the accessory further comprises: receiving the external accessory data from an external electronic distance measurement accessory.