Optical instrument with angle indicator and method for operating the same
AssigneeTrimble Kaiserslautern GmbH
InventorLars Schumacher
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical instrument with an angle indicator and a method for operating the same enabling simple monitoring of instrument inclination and operation in a large angle range. The optical instrument comprises a base portion, a head portion tiltable relative to the base portion within a device angle range, a base angle indicator attached to the base portion for determining a base angle of the base portion and a determination unit for determining an indication angle range of the head portion based on the base angle and the device angle range.
Claims14
Optical instrument, comprising
- a base portion;
- a head portion tiltable relative to the base portion within a device angle range having a maximum device angle and a minimum device angle;
- a base angle indicator attached to the base portion for determining a base angle of the base portion;
- and
- a determination unit for determining an indication angle range of the head portion based on the base angle and the device angle range.
Method for operating an optical instrument, the optical instrument comprising a base portion and a head portion tiltable relative to the base portion within a device angle range having a maximum device angle and a minimum device angle, wherein the method comprises
- determining a base angle of the base portion;
- and
- determining an indication angle range of the head portion based on the base angle and the device angle range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.