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US 11,448,504 B2Granted
Surveying device
AssigneeTopcon Corporation
InventorNobuyuki Nishita
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Abstract
A technique for preventing decrease in accuracy of measuring a tilt angle of a surveying device is provided. A total station includes a rotating unit, a horizontal angle measuring unit, a tilt sensor, and a tilt amount calculating part. The rotating unit has a distance measuring unit that performs optical surveying, and the rotating unit horizontally rotates. The horizontal angle measuring unit measures a rotation angle of the horizontal rotation of the rotating unit. The tilt sensor measures a tilt of the rotating unit relative to the direction of gravity. The tilt amount calculating part calculates a tilt of the rotating unit on the basis of measured values of the horizontal angle measuring unit before and after the rotating unit rotates.
Claims13
A surveying device comprising:
- a rotating unit including an optical device that performs optical surveying, the rotating unit being horizontally rotatable around a vertical axis;
- a horizontal rotation angle sensor that measures a horizontal rotation angle of the rotating unit;
- a first tilt sensor that is disposed on the rotating unit and measures a tilt of the rotating unit relative to a direction of gravity by optically measuring a tilt of a first surface of a first liquid;
- a tilt calculating unit that calculates a tilt of the rotating unit after the rotating unit rotates based on outputs from the horizontal rotation angle sensor and the first tilt sensor before the rotating unit rotates and based on an output from the horizontal rotation angle sensor after the rotating unit rotates;
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- a support that supports the rotating unit so that the rotating unit is horizontally rotatable,
- wherein the tilt of the rotating unit is represented by an X component value and a Y component value (x, y) under conditions that a vertical vector along a vertical axis of the rotating unit is projected on an X-Y horizontal plane;
- wherein the support is arranged with a second tilt sensor for measuring a tilt of the support, the second tilt sensor measures the tilt of the support while the rotating unit rotates horizontally, and the X component value and the Y component value (x, y) are corrected based on a value measured by the second tilt sensor,
- the first tilt sensor comprises:
- a light source;
- a rotating mirror that reflects light projected by the light source selectively to a first direction and a second direction;
- and
- a first light receiving element that receives the light reflected at the first surface of the first liquid;
- and
- the second tilt sensor comprises:
- a second surface of a second liquid that is arranged in the second direction;
- and
- a second light receiving element that receives the light reflected at the second surface of the second liquid.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory to store computer program instructions, the computer program instructions when executed on the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a horizontal rotation angle sensor, a horizontal rotation angle of a rotating unit before the rotating unit rotates, the rotating unit including an optical device that performs optical surveying;
- receiving, from a first tilt sensor, a tilt of the rotating unit relative to a direction of gravity before the rotating unit rotates, the first tilt sensor being disposed on the rotating unit and configured to optically measure a tilt of a first surface of a first liquid;
- receiving, from the horizontal rotation angle sensor, a horizontal rotation angle of the rotating unit after the rotating unit rotates;
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- calculating a tilt of the rotating unit after the rotating unit rotates based on the horizontal rotation angle of the rotating unit before the rotating unit rotates, the tilt of the rotating unit relative to the direction of gravity before the rotating unit rotates, and the horizontal rotation angle of the rotating unit after the rotating unit rotates, wherein
- the rotating unit is supported by a support so that the rotating unit is horizontally rotatable,
- wherein the tilt of the rotating unit is represented by an X component value and a Y component value (x, y) under conditions that a vertical vector along a vertical axis of the rotating unit is projected on an X-Y horizontal plane;
- the support is arranged with a second tilt sensor for measuring a tilt of the support, the second tilt sensor measures the tilt of the support while the rotating unit rotates horizontally, and the X component value and the Y component value (x, y) are corrected based on a value measured by the second tilt sensor,
- the first tilt sensor comprises:
- a light source;
- a rotating mirror that reflects light projected by the light source selectively to a first direction and a second direction;
- and
- a first light receiving element that receives the light reflected at the first surface of the first liquid;
- and
- the second tilt sensor comprises:
- a second surface of a second liquid that is arranged in the second direction;
- and
- a second light receiving element that receives the light reflected at the second surface of the second liquid.
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A method comprising:
- measuring a horizontal rotation angle of a rotating unit before the rotating unit rotates, the rotating unit including an optical device that performs optical surveying;
- measuring a tilt of the rotating unit relative to a direction of gravity before the rotating unit rotates;
- measuring a horizontal rotation angle of the rotating unit after the rotating unit rotates;
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- calculating a tilt of the rotating unit after the rotating unit rotates based on the horizontal rotation angle of the rotating unit before the rotating unit rotates, the tilt of the rotating unit relative to the direction of gravity before the rotating unit rotates, and the horizontal rotation angle of the rotating unit after the rotating unit rotates, the tilt of the rotating unit being measured by a first tilt sensor, the first tilt sensor being disposed on the rotating unit and configured to optically measure a tilt of a first surface of a first liquid, wherein
- the rotating unit is supported by a support so that the rotating unit is horizontally rotatable,
- the tilt of the rotating unit is represented by an X component value and a Y component value (x, y) under conditions that a vertical vector along a vertical axis of the rotating unit is projected on an X-Y horizontal plane,
- the support is arranged with a second tilt sensor for measuring a tilt of the support, the second tilt sensor measures the tilt of the support while the rotating unit rotates horizontally, and the X component value and the Y component value (x, y) are corrected based on a value measured by the second tilt sensor,
- the first tilt sensor comprises:
- a light source;
- a rotating mirror that reflects light projected by the light source selectively to a first direction and a second direction;
- and
- a first light receiving element that receives the light reflected at the first surface of the first liquid;
- and
- the second tilt sensor comprises:
- a second surface of a second liquid that is arranged in the second direction;
- and
- a second light receiving element that receives the light reflected at the second surface of the second liquid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.