ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,738, issued on April 15, was assigned to Javad GNSS Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Total station with GNSS device" was invented by Javad Ashjaee (Saratoga, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to a portable Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). An exemplary surveying system comprises: a total station; a GNSS device; a coupling mechanism for coupling the GNSS device with the total station; wherein the system is configured to: determine, based on one or more outputs from the GNSS device, whether a set of GNSS signals is available; in accordance with a determination that the set of GNSS signals i...