Patents by Inventor Pat Bohle
Pat Bohle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10460267Abstract: A method for reporting as-built data of a project is disclosed. In one embodiment, at least one attribute of a task perform by a handheld tool is recorded at the handheld tool. The attribute of the at least one task is reported via a wireless communication link to an information management system. The at least one attribute of the task is used to update a record of a project stored at the information management system.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Trimble Inc.Inventors: Kent Kahle, Pat Bohle, Markus Messmer, Oliver Glockner, Angela Beckenbauer, Till Cramer, Andreas Winter
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Patent number: 10192178Abstract: A method for conveying application information for power tools is disclosed. In one embodiment, information describing a task which is to be performed by a handheld tool is accessed. In one embodiment, the handheld tool is a power tool. Based upon the information describing the task, at least one operating parameter for performing the task is conveyed to the handheld tool. The handheld tool is then configured with the at least one operating parameter prior to initiating the task.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Trimble Inc.Inventors: Kent Kahle, Pat Bohle, Reinhard Waibel, Markus Messmer, Oliver Glockner, Angela Beckenbauer, Till Cramer, Andreas Winter
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Patent number: 9898705Abstract: A method of automated handheld tool task verification is disclosed. In one embodiment, at least one operating parameter for performing a task is received at a handheld tool. It is then verified at the handheld tool that it is configured with the at least one operating parameter. The handheld tool then generates data verifying that the task was performed in accordance with the at least one operating parameter.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Trimble Inc.Inventors: Kent Kahle, Pat Bohle, Robert Painter, Markus Messmer, Oliver Glockner, Angela Beckenbauer, Till Cramer, Andreas Winter
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Patent number: 9879994Abstract: A method for locating a position determining device in an interior construction site of a building to provide line-of-sight access to a plurality of construction points in the interior construction site, includes accessing a three-dimensional model of the site by a computer system, the model including coordinates of construction points in the site to be located with a position determining device. The method further includes determining a location for placing a position determining device by the computer system, in which no obstructions at the site preclude line-of-sight access by the position determining device to the plurality of construction points. The method may further include receiving spatial data by the computer system, and deriving the three dimensional model by the computer system based upon the spatial data. The position determining device may comprise a robotic total station or other such device. The method is implemented on a computer system.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Trimble Inc.Inventors: Kent Kahle, Pat Bohle
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Patent number: 9817839Abstract: A method for managing information at a construction site is disclosed. In one embodiment, task data is received from a handheld tool at a construction site. A database is populated with the task data such that the task data can be retrieved from the database. The task data is then used to generate at least one report.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Trimble Inc.Inventors: Kent Kahle, Pat Bohle, Robert Painter, Markus Messmer, Oliver Glockner, Angela Beckenbauer, Till Cramer, Andreas Winter
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Patent number: 9666090Abstract: A method for positioning a handheld tool is disclosed. In one embodiment, information is received at a handheld tool for positioning a working end of the handheld tool at a desired position. Information is also received at the handheld tool for aligning the handheld tools at the desired position.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Trimble Inc.Inventors: Kent Kahle, Pat Bohle, Markus Messmer, Oliver Glockner, Angela Beckenbauer, Till Cramer, Andreas Winter, Reinhard Waibel
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Patent number: 9510150Abstract: In a method of integrating position information including: position data of an object that will be embedded in a material at a worksite is determined. The position data of the object is recorded, in an information management system. The position data is used to update a record at the information management system, where the record indicates that the object is an embedded object and the position data of the object includes a position of the embedded object. The position of the embedded object is conveyed from information management system to the to a handheld tool at the worksite. The position of the embedded object is displayed on a display device integrated with the handheld tool.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Trimble Navigation LimitedInventors: Kent Kahle, Pat Bohle, Reinhard Waibel, Markus Messmer, Oliver Glockner, Angela Beckenbauer, Till Cramer, Andreas Winter
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Publication number: 20150223026Abstract: In a method of integrating position information including: position data of an object that will be embedded in a material at a worksite is determined. The position data of the object is recorded, in an information management system. The position data is used to update a record at the information management system, where the record indicates that the object is an embedded object and the position data of the object includes a position of the embedded object. The position of the embedded object is conveyed from information management system to the to a handheld tool at the worksite. The position of the embedded object is displayed on a display device integrated with the handheld tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Kent Kahle, Pat Bohle, Reinhard Waibel, Markus Messmer, Oliver Glockner, Angela Beckenbauer, Till Cramer, Andreas Winter
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Patent number: 9031585Abstract: A method for integrating position information is disclosed. In one embodiment, the position data of an object embedded in a material at a worksite is recorded. The position data is used to update a record showing the position of the object as an embedded object. The position of the embedded object is displayed at a handheld tool.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Trimble Navigation LimitedInventors: Kent Kahle, Pat Bohle, Reinhard Waibel, Markus Messmer, Oliver Glockner, Angela Beckenbauer, Till Cramer, Andreas Winter
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Publication number: 20140365259Abstract: A method for reporting as-built data of a project is disclosed. In one embodiment, an object for installation is automatically identified by a handheld device associated with an installer and at least one attribute of a task performed by the installer is recorded at the handheld device. The attribute of the at least one task is reported via a wireless communication link to an information management system. The at least one attribute of the task is used to update a record of a project stored at the information management system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Jean-Charles Delplace, Kent Kahle, Pat Bohle, Markus Messmer, Oliver Glockner, Angela Beckenbauer, Till Cramer, Andreas Winter
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Publication number: 20120323534Abstract: A method for locating a position determining device in an interior construction site of a building to provide line-of-sight access to a plurality of construction points in the interior construction site, includes accessing a three-dimensional model of the site by a computer system, the model including coordinates of construction points in the site to be located with a position determining device. The method further includes determining a location for placing a position determining device by the computer system, in which no obstructions at the site preclude line-of-sight access by the position determining device to the plurality of construction points. The method may further include receiving spatial data by the computer system, and deriving the three dimensional model by the computer system based upon the spatial data. The position determining device may comprise a robotic total station or other such device. The method is implemented on a computer system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Kent Kahle, Pat Bohle
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Patent number: D516811Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2004Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Trimble Navigation LimitedInventors: Kent Wayne Kahle, Pat Bohle