Measuring stockpiles
AssigneeInnomotics GmbH
InventorMICHAEL ROSSBERG
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Abstract
In a method for measuring a stockpile, a scanner detects a reference point of a reference body. A scanner position and a scanner alignment for the scanner is ascertained using the detected reference point. Scan data of the stockpile is detected by the scanner and a position and volume of the stockpile is ascertained using the scan data.
Claims13
-12. (canceled)
A method for measuring a stockpile, the method comprising:
- detecting with a scanner a reference point of a reference body;
- ascertaining a scanner position and a scanner alignment for the scanner using the detected reference point;
- detecting scan data of the stockpile by the scanner;
- and
- ascertaining a position and volume of the stockpile using the scan data.
A measuring system for measuring a stockpile, the measuring system comprising:
- a reference body having a reference point;
- a scanner designed to detect the reference point and to detect scan data of the stockpile;
- and
- a computing unit designed to ascertain a scanner position and a scanner alignment for the scanner using the reference point and to ascertain a position and the volume of a stockpile using the scan data;
A computer program embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the computer program, when loaded into computing unit of a measuring system and executed by the computing unit causes the computing unit to perform the steps of:
- detecting with a scanner of the measuring system a reference point of a reference body;
- ascertaining a scanner position and a scanner alignment for the scanner using the detected reference point;
- detecting scan data of the stockpile by the scanner;
- and
- ascertaining a position and volume of the stockpile using the scan data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.