A survey tool for determining position and orientation (P&O) thereof relative to a construction site is provided herein. The survey tool may include: a moveable platform wherein the moveable platform is configured to rotate at least one two-axis electro-optic deflection unit mounted on the moveable platform; at least one light source coupled to the two-axis electro-optic deflection unit configured to project a light beam, wherein steering of the light beam is carried out by operating at least one of: the two-axis electro-optic deflection unit, and the moveable platform, and wherein the light beam forms a projection onto surfaces within the construction site; at least one sensor configured to record at least one of: a steering angle and, a distance between the survey tool and said point; and at least one computer processor configured to determine the P&O of the survey tool relative to the construction site.

Various motorized device designs with backlash detection systems are shown. In a specific embodiment, a motorized laser level mount includes a rotatable laser platform, a housing cover, a housing, a gear train and a backlash detection system. The backlash detection system coupled to the motor and the laser platform and configured to determine when backlash has been removed from the gear train.

The disclosure provides example apparatus and methods for monitoring EVD and LD drainage systems and generating alerts. The example apparatus includes (a) a U-shaped housing having a first end and a second end, where the first end and the second end of the U-shaped housing are configured to be arranged on opposing sides of a vessel, (b) a photodiode coupled to the first end of the U-shaped housing, (c) a laser diode coupled to the second end of the U-shaped housing, where the laser diode and the photodiode are arranged in the housing facing each other such that a contact layer of the photodiode is configured to receive a laser beam emitted from the laser diode, and (d) an alert processor electrically coupled to the photodiode and to at least one alert generator.

A surveying method using a surveying system including a surveying device and a terminal. The surveying method includes: receiving, by the terminal, a result of selecting a survey target foundation point from among a plurality of consecutive foundation points; obtaining an intersection between a reference line and a boundary side set in advance, the reference line connecting the survey target foundation point and an adjacent foundation point adjacent to the survey target foundation point; and outputting, in association with the survey target foundation point, a relative positional relationship between the intersection and a survey target device surveyed by the surveying device for the survey target foundation point.

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.

A reflector arrangement for determining the position or marking of target points, having at least one retroreflector, and a beam detection unit, by means of which the orientation measurement radiation passing through the retroreflector is acquirable. The beam detection unit comprises a first sensor for generating a signal in dependence on an acquisition of orientation measurement radiation and a first beam guiding unit. The first sensor and the first beam guiding unit are arranged such that a detection field of view for acquiring the orientation measurement radiation is defined, an alignment of the detection field of view around the yaw axis is variable and orientation measurement radiation passing through the retroreflector is acquirable in dependence on the alignment of the detection field of view with the first sensor.

The present disclosure discloses a method for using a laser level to track a detector and a laser tracking system. The method is applied to the laser level, which needs to use a fan-sweep mode or a dot-sweep mode. The method includes emitting a laser beam by the laser level to perform circular scanning, during the circular scanning, when the detector detects the laser beam, sending a detection signal to the laser level by the detector, when the laser level receives the detection signal, using the laser beam emitted by the laser level to perform circular scanning in an opposite direction, and when a frequency of the detection signal received by the laser level is greater than a first threshold, determining that the laser level tracks the detector.

A portable display terminal for survey assistance includes: a screen unit and a selection unit of the portable display terminal; a design information acquisition unit configured to acquire design information including an identifier of a design drawing, and a plan view, a longitudinal sectional view, and a transverse sectional view that are associated with the identifier; a design information summarization unit configured to generate summary drawings of the design drawing; a design information selection display unit configured to line up and display a plurality of combinations of the summary drawings in a selectable manner; and a screen display unit configured to display an image of at least one of the plan view, the longitudinal sectional view, or the transverse sectional view of the design drawing associated with the combination of the summary drawings selected by a selection unit on a screen unit of the portable display terminal.

A laser level emits one or more planar lasers that can be self-leveled via one or more internal leveling systems. The motors bias a platform to rotate the laser emitters to a targeted orientation, such as via the motors collectively rotating the laser emitters in response to instructions to rotate with respect to one or more axes.

The invention relates to a laser system (100) comprising a laser receiver (10) and a laser emitter (20) and to a method using this system (100). The laser receiver is designed for locating a laser beam (22) relative to the laser receiver (10) by its laser light photo sensor (1). The laser receiver (10) has an acceleration sensor (4) providing a signal indicating a movement of the laser receiver together with a movement direction and an acceleration of this movement and a circuitry (3) connected to said photo sensor (1) and to the acceleration sensor (4) designed to compute and correlate the signals of photo sensor (1) and acceleration sensor (4) and to weight the information derived from the acceleration sensor (4). Laser receiver and laser emitter of the laser system are both provided with communication means, so that by communicating the weighted information the laser plane can be adjusted and/or re-adjusted in response to a movement of the leaser receiver.