Differentiation of targets in optical station based on the strength of the reflected signal

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PATENT NO 6400447
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09524426

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A system and method for selecting at least one target with strong reflectivity from a set of strong and weak reflectors by using an amplitude of a reflected signal to make such a selection. The pre-computed look-up table that relates an amplitude of the reflected signal from a target with a strong reflectivity to the distance at which such target is located is used in a real-time mode to separate weak reflectors from strong reflectors. In the post-processing mode the usage of normalizing function allows to further differentiate between strong reflectors (like windows) and very strong reflectors (like prisms).

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TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD749 NORTH MARY AVENUE BUILDING 7 SUNNYVALE CA 94088

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Kirk, Geoffrey R San Francisco, CA 10 357
Lamm, Robert J Mountain View, CA 3 10

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