G01C15/00

Surveying instrument

A surveying instrument for executing a relocation functionality, which determines first coordinates of a stationary target point associated with the start signal, in response to a start signal, a first actuator and a second actuator are controlled such that the stationary target point remains within a detection area of a tracking unit of the surveying instrument, determines second coordinates of the stationary target point, receives an end signal, wherein the second coordinates of the stationary target point are associated with the end signal, and based at least in part on the first and second coordinates of the stationary target point, and determines a relative pose of the surveying instrument with respect to a first setup location and a second setup location, wherein the first setup location is associated with the first coordinates and the second setup location is associated with the second coordinates.

Surveying instrument including guide light irradiation unit

Provided is a surveying instrument configured so that the optical axis of a guide light irradiation unit that irradiates guide light for guiding a survey operator and the optical axis of a lens barrel portion of a distance-measuring optical system become parallel to each other on a horizontal plane. The guide light irradiation unit is not disposed above the lens barrel portion that substantially matches a collimation direction is horizontally shifted with respect to the lens barrel portion. The horizontal shift distance D is configured so that a horizontal distance D between the optical axis of guide light and the optical axis of the lens barrel portion satisfies tan(α/2)×Cmin>D provided that α is an irradiation angle of the guide light in the horizontal direction, and Cmin is a shortest use distance of the surveying instrument.

LASER TOOL AND SYSTEM
20230221117 · 2023-07-13 ·

A laser tool comprises at least one laser emitter, a housing, and a support. The laser emitter is for emitting at least one laser beam from the tool. The housing supports and at least partially contains the laser emitter, and the housing and the laser emitter may comprise a laser unit. The support is external to the housing, for supporting the housing, and the support is adjustable for orienting the housing and thereby orienting and positioning the laser beam. The support preferably is a gimbal support, having at least two, preferably at least three, for example exactly three, non-parallel rotational axes, for adjusting the support to orient the housing and thereby orient the laser beam. A laser tool system may comprise two or more laser units and the support.

DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING LASER LEVEL
20230221143 · 2023-07-13 ·

A device for calibrating a laser level includes a base platform, a target, and an image recognition device. The base platform is configured to support the laser level that is to be mounted on the base platform at a first position. The target is arranged at a second position of the base platform and configured to receive a laser. The image recognition device is configured to obtain images of lasers projected on the target before and after the laser level rotates a first angle, determine, based on an image recognition result of the images, positions of the lasers emitted by the laser level to determine a deviation distance, and determine whether the laser level needs to be calibrated based on the deviation distance. The deviation distance is determined by position data of the first position and the second position, and the first angle.

INFORMATION PROJECTING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROJECTING METHOD
20230019423 · 2023-01-19 ·

Provided is a technology to properly display information onto a projection surface without depending on a distance image sensor, and directly project a wide range of information other than a survey setting point onto a construction site. A system includes: a projector including an inclination sensor and at least one reflector ; a measuring device configured to measure a position of the reflector; a means having surface information; and a means configured for setting a distance difference between a projection surface onto which the surface information is projected and the measuring device in a normal direction, wherein the measuring device measures the reflector, and the surface information adjusted according to the distance difference in the normal direction is projected onto the projection surface.

Method and system for calibrating laser level
11703357 · 2023-07-18 · ·

A method for calibrating a laser level. includes arranging the laser level and a detector on a same horizontal plane to cause the laser level to be at a detected position, setting the laser level to be in a dot-sweep mode or a fan-sweep mode, when the detector detects the first laser beam for calibration emitted by the laser level, generating first position information by the detector, when the laser level rotates to a first rotation angle, rotating a laser projection direction of the laser level relative to the laser level along the opposite direction by a first rotation angle to cause the detector to detect the second laser beam for calibration emitted by the laser level to generate second position information, and determining whether the laser level needs to be calibrated based on the first position information and the second position information.

Quick fixing device for measuring tunnel peripheral convergence and application method thereof

The present application relates to tunnel monitoring and measuring, more particularly, to a quick fixing device for measuring a tunnel peripheral convergence and an application method thereof. A right-angle steel sheet includes a first steel sheet and a second steel sheet which are vertically fixed with each other. The fastener vertically penetrates the first steel sheet, and an explosive powder loading portion on a rear end of the fastener is arranged at a side of the second steel sheet. The reinforcing steel sheet is respectively connected to the first steel sheet and the second steel sheet as a reinforcing bar. A through hole is provided on the reinforcing spacer, through which the reinforcing spacer is sleeved on the fastener. The reinforcing spacer is arranged between the explosive powder loading portion on the rear end of the fastener and the first steel sheet.

SHIP NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, SHIP NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND SHIP NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

The purpose of the present disclosure is to suppress an error which occurs in movement, such as in anchoring a ship. A ship navigation assistance system includes a measurement sensor and a characteristic information updating module. The measurement sensor acquires measurement information on an object using a ranging result of an area including the object that is an anchorage target of a ship. The characteristic information updating module updates characteristic information on the object using initial characteristic information on the object or characteristic information before updating on the object, and the measurement information.

TOTAL STATION WITH COMPENSATION FOR MISALIGNED OPTICAL AIMING POINT
20230221118 · 2023-07-13 · ·

A total station includes a telescope, an EDM unit, and an onboard computer. The telescope is manually adjusted by a user to cause a target to be set at last partially within an FOV of the EDM unit. After the manual adjustment, an optical aiming point associated with the telescope is misaligned from a center point of the target by an offset angle. A user input indicating that the manual adjustment has been performed is received via a user interface. In response to the user input, a slope distance is measured using the EDM unit and an angle associated with the optical aiming point is measured. The offset angle is computed based on the slope distance, and an angle associated with the center point of the target is computed based on the angle associated with the optical aiming point and the offset angle.

Surveying instrument having wavelength dispersion compensation prisms and surveying instrument system

A surveying instrument including an optical axis deflector which integrally deflects a distance measuring optical axis and a light receiving optical axis, a narrow-angle image pickup module having an optical axis a part of which is common to the distance measuring optical axis, a distance measurement calculation module and an arithmetic control module, in which the wavelength dispersion compensation prisms which is constituted of a plurality of optical members having the different wavelength characteristics are provided in the part of which is common to the distance measuring optical axis and the narrow-angle image pickup optical axis, the arithmetic control module performs the distance measurement of a measuring point based on a signal of the distance measuring light and a signal of the reflected distance measuring light, and acquires a narrow-angle image in which the dispersion has been compensated by the wavelength dispersion compensation prisms.