Patent ID: 7764365

Claim:
A man portable integrated system for determining the position of an object of interest in each of three coordinates in a three-dimensional coordinate system by detecting at least two fan-shaped beams oriented at differing angles and rotated about a common axis and by detecting signals from a global navigation satellite system, comprising: a combination laser detector and global navigation satellite antenna having an antenna element with a nominal phase center orientated along a first axis, said antenna element being adapted to receive signals from a global navigation satellite system, and having at least one optical sensor also oriented along said first axis a predetermined distance from said antenna element, said optical sensor being adapted to respond to the fan-shaped lasers beams; a support for supporting said combination laser detector and global satellite antenna; and a processing unit adapted to use information provided by said combination laser detector and global navigation satellite antenna to determine the three dimensional position of the object of interest, said processing unit using information provided from said laser detector to determine each of the three coordinates, and said processing unit using information from said global navigation satellite antenna to determine each of the three coordinates.