Patents by Inventor Thomas Purk

Thomas Purk 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).

  • Method and apparatus for improved GNSS location detection
    Patent number: 11181644
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving data quality using GNSS. The method is implemented through middleware for existing GNSS survey systems. The method and device automatically analyze streams of GNSS messages from a GNSS receiver mounted to a GNSS survey pole for preconfigured conditions and also automatically measure an angle or tilt of the GNSS survey pole. The middleware automatically locks onto a location point reading of the GNSS receiver when the GNSS survey pole is positioned in an acceptable vertical position, and any preconfigured conditions within the stream of GNSS messages are met. The middleware automatically repeats the GNSS message of the location point instead of the continuing live stream of data to enable a GIS or other system to collect the location point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Thomas Purk, Steven Blitzstein
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED GNSS LOCATION DETECTION
    Publication number: 20190302270
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving data quality using GNSS. The method is implemented through middleware for existing GNSS survey systems. The method and device automatically analyze streams of GNSS messages from a GNSS receiver mounted to a GNSS survey pole for preconfigured conditions and also automatically measure an angle or tilt of the GNSS survey pole. The middleware automatically locks onto a location point reading of the GNSS receiver when the GNSS survey pole is positioned in an acceptable vertical position, and any preconfigured conditions within the stream of GNSS messages are met. The middleware automatically repeats the GNSS message of the location point instead of the continuing live stream of data to enable a GIS or other system to collect the location point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, NFP
    Inventors: Thomas Purk, Steven Blitzstein