Surveying system
Abstract
In a survey system in which guide light is emitted from the side of a target, and, on the side of a surveying instrument, a telescope is directed roughly toward the target by receiving the guide light so as to shorten the time required for automatic collimation, the automatic collimation of the surveying instrument can be reliably performed by removing guide light reflected by reflective objects such as windowpanes. The target has a guide light remitter that emits guide light The guide light transmitter includes a light source, a polarizing plate that changes light emitted from this light source into linearly polarized light, and a quarter-wave plate that changes this nearly polarized light into circularly polarized guide light The surveying instrument includes a direction detector and a collimation preparing means. The direction detector includes a quarter-wave plate and a polarizing plate.

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- 1CLAIMS PATENTKRAV 1. Lantmäterisystem innefattande ett mål för kollimering och ett lantmäteriinstrument som är försett med en anordning för automatisk kollimering som får en kollimeringsaxel för ett teleskop att automatiskt sammanfalla med målet, varvid nämnda mål har en ledljussändare som emitterar ledljus, nämnda lantmäteriinstrument innefattar en riktningsdetektor som detekterar en riktning för nämnda ledljussändare genom att ta emot ledljuset, och ett kollimeringsförberedande organ för att rikta nämnda teleskop mot nämnda mål baserat på en utmatad signal som emitteras från nämnda riktningsdetektor innan manövrering av nämnda anordning för automatisk kollimering, nämnda ledljussändare emitterar cirkulärt polariserat ledljus, nämnda riktningsdetektor innefattar ett polarisationsändringsparti för att ändra nämnda cirkulärt polariserade ledljus till linjärt polariserat ledljus, och en polarisationsplatta för att ge ett polarisationsplan som sammanfaller med nämnda linjärt polariserade ledljus till vilket nämnda cirkulärt polariserade ledljus har ändrats genom nämnda polarisationsändringsparti. 1st Surveying system comprising a collimation target and a surveying instrument provided with an automatic collimation device which causes a telescope collimation shaft to automatically coincide with the target, said target having a directional light emitter directing light, said directional detector including a directional measuring instrument for said pilot light transmitter by receiving the pilot light, and a collimator preparing means for directing said telescope to said target based on an output signal emitted from said directional detector prior to actuation of said automatic collimation device, said guiding light emitter circularly polarized guiding light, said directional detector including a polarized changing alternating portion to linearly polarized headlight, and a polarization plate for providing a plane of polarization coinciding with said linearly polarized guide light to which said circularly polarized guide light has been altered by said polarization change portion.
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(54) Title: Land surveying system (56) Publications cited: - (47) Abstract:
Basic idea: In a surveying system in which the guiding light is emitted from the side of a target and a telescope is directed, on the side of a surveying instrument, approximately towards the target by receiving the guiding light to shorten the time required for automatic collimation, the automatic collimation of the surveying instrument can be performed. reliably by removing headlights that are reflected by reflective objects, such as window panes. Solution means: The target has a guide light transmitter (66) that emits guide light (64). The light emitter comprises a light source (200), a polarization plate (204) that converts light emitted from this light source into linearly polarized light, and a quartz wave plate (206) that converts this linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light (64). The surveying instrument comprises a directional detector (56) which detects the direction of the directional transmitter by receiving the directional light, and a collimation preparation means for aiming the telescope at the target based on an output signal emitted from the directional detector before operating an automatic collimation device. The directional detector comprises a quartz wave plate (212) which converts the circularly polarized guide light to linearly polarized light and a polarization plate (214) that permits only this linearly polarized light.
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SUMMARY
Basic idea: In a surveying system in which the guiding light is emitted from the side of a target and a telescope is directed, on the side of a surveying instrument, approximately towards the target by receiving the guiding light to shorten the time required for automatic collimation, the automatic collimation of the surveying instrument can be performed. reliably by removing headlights that are reflected by reflective objects, such as window panes. Solution means: The target has a guide light transmitter (66) that emits guide light (64). The light emitter comprises a light source (200), a polarization plate (204) that converts light emitted from this light source into linearly polarized light, and a quartz wave plate (206) that converts this linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light (64). The surveying instrument comprises a directional detector (56) which detects the direction of the directional transmitter by receiving the directional light, and a collimation preparation means for aiming the telescope at the target based on an output signal emitted from the directional detector before operating an automatic collimation device. The directional detector comprises a quartz wave plate (212) which converts the circularly polarized guide light to linearly polarized light and a polarization plate (214) that permits only this linearly polarized light.
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Technical area
This invention relates to a surveying system capable of remotely controlling a surveying instrument from the side for a target by a single person. background Technology
A target located at a surveying point has been required to be collimated to measure the position of the surveying point or the like using a surveying instrument such as a traditional total station (electronic distance / angle meter). In recent years, in order to alleviate the work required to collide a target and to reduce collision errors generated by an operator's habits, a surveying instrument fitted with an automatic collimation device has come on the market. The automatic collimation device is designed to emit collimation light along a collimation axis (optical axis) of a telescope for a surveying instrument, then calculate the direction of a target by receiving collimation light reflected from the target, and automatically aim the telescope at the target. The surveying instrument provided with the automatic collimation device so constructed has come to include a remote control unit so that a surveying can be performed even by a single operator from a location remote from the main body of the surveying instrument.
However, if the surveying instrument provided with the automatic collimation device is operated under a command issued from the remote control unit during a land survey, a scanning operation must be performed with the telescope within a wide range to capture the target within the narrow field of view of the telescope. A lot of time is therefore spent on automatic collimation, which is a disadvantage, and the land survey cannot be performed smoothly.
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To solve this problem, a surveying instrument described in patent document 1 mentioned below is known. The surveying instrument described in this document is shown in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7.
In the surveying instrument 11, light-receiving units 25 and 26 are provided for receiving signal light from the remote control unit 27 on the front and rear side thereof, respectively. This signal light also acts as a guiding light used to display the position of the remote control unit 27.
Each of the light receiving units 25 and 26 is designed as a pyramid, and has four light receiving surfaces A, B, C and D, as shown in Figure 7.
When an operator in the vicinity of a reflective prism (e.g., corner cube prism) 23 directs the remote control unit 27 to the surveying instrument, signal light emitted from the remote control unit 27 hits the light receiving unit 25. If the tip T of the light receiving unit 25 faces the remote control unit 25, the light receiving surfaces A, B, C and D are identical to each other in the amount of incident light of the signal light. However, if the tip T of the light receiving unit 25 is not facing the remote control unit 27, the four light receiving surfaces A, B, C and D will not be identical to each other in the amount of incident light of the signal light. The direction of the remote control unit 27 is therefore calculated by comparing outputs emitted from the four light-receiving surfaces A, B, C and D using a control device not shown, and the telescope 12 is rotated against the remote control unit 27. When the collimation axis 0 of the telescope 12 is directed to the remote control unit 27, i.e. to the reflective prism 23, an LED 31 mounted on the front of the surveying instrument 11 is lit, and the operator is informed thereof. Thereafter, the telescope 12 automatically collimates the direction of the reflective prism 23 by means of an automatic collimation device which is not shown.
In this surveying instrument, the direction of the reflective prism 23 is quickly found by the light receiving
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527 489 units 25 and 26 before automatic collimation. Therefore, the reflective prism 23 need not be looked up during a large-scale scanning operation with the telescope 12 having a narrow field of view, and consequently the time taken for the collimation completion of the reflective prism 23 to be shortened and the land survey can be smoothly performed.
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent No. 3075384.
Patent Document 2: Japanese Published Unexamined Patent Application No. 2003-273471.
Description of the invention
Problems to be solved by the invention
However, in the surveying instrument 11 described in patent document 1 mentioned above, if reflective objects, such as window panes, are behind the surveying instrument, there will be a case in which the signal light (guiding light) emitted from the remote control unit 27 is reflected by the reflectors then reflected on the light receiving unit 26 mounted on the back thereof. In this case, the surveying instrument 11 considers the reflecting prism 23 as being arranged in the direction of the reflecting objects, and the telescope 12 of the surveying instrument 11 cannot be directed to the reflecting prism 23. Therefore, cases of unfavorable occurrence can occur in which a malfunction occurs before the onset of automatic collimation, and the automatic collimation cannot be performed.
The present invention has been made with respect to the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a surveying system in which guide light is emitted from the side of a target, and a telescope, on the side of a surveying instrument, is approximately directed towards the target by receiving the headlight. so that the time required to perform automatic collimation can be shortened, whereby the automatic collimation can be performed reliably by removing
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527 489 spotlights reflected by reflective objects, such as window panes.
Body for solving the problem
In order to achieve that object, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a surveying system comprises a target for collimation and a surveying instrument provided with an automatic collimation device which causes a collimation axis of the telescope to automatically coincide with the target, and the surveying system is characterized by a pilot light emitter that emits a pilot light; wherein the surveying instrument comprises a directional detector which detects a direction of the directional light transmitter by receiving the directional light and a collimation preparation means for aiming the telescope at the target based on an output signal emitted from the directional detector before actuating the polarized light emitting device, wherein the directional detector comprises a polarization change portion for changing the circularly polarized beacon to linearly polarized beacon and a polarization plate for providing a polarization plane coinciding with the linearly polarized beacon to which the circularly polarized beacon has been altered by the polarization change portion.
The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the light emitter of the invention according to claim 1 comprises a light emitting portion which emits linearly polarized light and a polarization change portion through which linearly polarized light emitted from the light emitting portion is changed to circularly polarized light.
The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the light-emitting portion of the invention according to claim 2 comprises a light source and a polarization plate through which light emitted from the light source is changed to linearly polarized light, and each of the polarization change portions through which the circularly polarized guide light is changed linearly. polarized light,
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527 489 and the polarization change portion, by which linearly polarized light changes to circularly polarized guide light, is a quartz wave plate.
The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the articulated light transmitter in the invention according to claim 1 comprises a semiconductor laser with circularly polarized light.
Effects of the invention
In accordance with the invention of claim 1, when circularly polarized guide light emitted from the guide light transmitter is reflected by a reflecting object located behind the surveying instrument, the circularly polarized guide light is changed to circularly polarized reflection guide light whose direction of rotation has been reversed. When the beacon that directly enters the directional detector from the beacon transmitter passes through the polarization change portion, the beacon changes to linearly polarized light, and can pass through the polarization plate. However, when the reflection direction light whose direction of rotation has been reversed passes through the polarization change portion, the reflection guide light changes to linearly polarized light whose polarization plane deviates by 90 ° compared to that obtained when the circularly polarized light having the original direction of rotation causes the polarized light direction to pass through the polarization change direction. cannot pass through the polarization plate. Thus, it is possible to remove a circularly polarized reflection guide light whose direction of rotation has been reversed and reflected by the reflective object behind the surveying instrument and to reliably perform automatic collimation so that it does not allow a malfunction to occur during collimation preparation automatic collimation of the surveying instrument.
In accordance with the invention of claim 2, the beacon transmitter comprises a light emitting portion which emits linearly polarized light and a polarization change portion through which linearly polarized light is emitted.
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527 489 from the light emitting portion is changed to circularly polarized guide light. The land surveying system of the present invention can therefore easily be realized at low cost.
In accordance with the invention of claim 3, the light emitting portion comprises a light source and a polarization plate, and each polarization change portion is a quartz wave plate. The surveying system according to the present invention can therefore be realized more easily and at a lower cost.
In accordance with the invention of claim 4, the beacon transmitter comprises a semiconductor laser with circularly polarized light, and directly emits circularly polarized beacon light. Therefore, the polarization plate and the polarization change portion are not required, and an extremely simple mechanism can be constructed at low cost. A low-cost land surveying system can therefore be implemented.
Best way of carrying out the invention
A detailed description will be given below by a method of carrying out the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
First, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 1 to Fig. 5. Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a surveying system according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a guiding light transmitter and a directional detector receiving guiding light in this surveying system. Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the entire surveying system. Fig. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the land surveying system. Fig. 5 is a view to explain the effects of the present invention.
The surveying system of this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 1, consists of a surveying instrument 50 provided with an automatic collimation device and a target 60 provided with a retroreflector 62, such as a reflective prism, through which light is reflected in its incident direction. Surveying instrument
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527 489 includes an instrument body 52 which is horizontally rotatable and which is arranged on a leveling plate, not shown attached to a stand 48, and a telescope 54 which is rotatable vertically with respect to the instrument body 52. The target 60 includes the retroreflector 62, which is arranged on a balancing plate 61, which is attached to the frame 48 and which reflects collimating light 58 emitted from the surveying instrument 50 against the surveying instrument 50, and a guiding light transmitter 66 which is arranged on the balancing plate 61 shows the direction of the target 60 toward the surveying instrument 50. The guiding light 64 is modulated so that the surveying instrument 50 can perceive light as the guiding light 64. The collimation light 58 is modulated in the same way so that the surveying instrument 50 can perceive light as the collimation light 58.
The light emitter 66, as shown in Fig. 2 (A), is constituted by a light source 200 (e.g., a laser diode), a light transmitting lens 202 which is a cylindrical lens through which light emitted from the light source 200 is changed to a wide disk lobe (disk-shaped lobe). narrow in the vertical direction and wide in the horizontal direction, a polarization plate 204 through which light which has passed through the light-transmitting lens 202 is changed to linearly polarized light, and a quartz wave plate 206 through which this linearly polarized light is changed to circularly polarized guiding light 64. The guiding light transmitter 66 pivots in the vertical direction so that the guiding light 64 is used for a scanning operation in the vertical direction. Of course, it is permissible for the guide light transmitter 66 to use a convex lens as the light transmitting lens instead of the cylindrical lens and for a light lobe emitted from the light source 200 to be concentrated through the convex lens and changed to a light-scattered guide light which does not spread conically so that the scanning operation is not performed. led light.
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The main body 52 of the surveying instrument 50 has a directional detector 56 which detects the direction of the guiding light 64 emitted from the guiding light transmitter 66. Since the guiding light 64 is used for a scanning operation in the vertical direction, the directional detector 66 is designed to detect the direction of the guiding light transmitter 66 large level difference between surveying instrument 50 and target 60. If the surveying instrument 50 is in close proximity to the target 60, and there is a large vertical interval therebetween, a case may occur in which the directional detector 56 is positioned outside a scan range of the indicator light 64. The scanning range of the indicator light transmitter 66 is therefore designed to be able to shift both upwards and downwards. down, step by step, in such a case.
The directional detector 56 is constituted, as shown in FIG
2 (B), of a light receiving lens 210 which is a cylindrical lens used to concentrate the circularly polarized guide light 64, a quartz wave plate 212 through which the guide light 64 which is concentrated by the light receiving lens 210 is changed from circularly polarized light to linearly polarized light, a polarization plate 214 which produces a polarization plane coinciding with a polarization plane obtained when the directional light 64a which has fallen directly on is changed to linearly polarized light LP by means of the quartz wave plate 212 to enable only the guiding light 64 which has fallen directly therefrom from the transmitter light 66 passing therethrough, and a rectangular light receiving element 216 receiving the guiding light 64 which has passed through polarization plate 214. A toric lens or a convex lens can be used as the light receiving lens 210 instead of the cylindrical lens. The toric lens is a lens formed by arcuately bending the cylindrical lens. A slot, not shown, by which a horizontal light range reception range is limited is provided along the vertical direction in front of the light receiving lens 210. Direction detector 56 is attached to the instrument body
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527 489 and detects the horizontal direction of the pilot light transmitter 66 by directly receiving the pilot light or by receiving the pilot light 64 as the instrument body 52 is rotated horizontally.
The surveying instrument 50 and the target 60 are provided with radios 70 and 72, respectively, which are used to exchange command signals, surveying results, etc., with each other via radio waves 65. Each of the radios 70 and 72 has a non-directional antenna and can carry out communications via radio waves 65 so that communications can be exchanged therebetween even when the surveying instrument 50 and the target 60 are not exactly facing each other.
Next, with reference to the block diagram of Fig. 3, a description will be given of an internal structure of the surveying instrument 50 and an internal structure of the target 60 constituting the surveying system.
The surveying instrument 50 includes a drive portion 101 for directing the telescope 54 to the target 60, a measuring portion 109 for measuring a horizontal angle and a vertical angle for the telescope 54, a collimation light emitting portion 118 for issuing collimation light 58 for the target 60 for collimating light 120 receiving the collimation light 58 reflected from the target 60, a memory portion 122 for storing data such as measured angular values; and a CPU central processing unit 100 connected to the drive portion 101, to the collimation light emitting portion 118, to the measurement portion 109, to the collimation light receiver 120, and to the memory portion 122. Various commands and data may also be entered from an actuator / input portion. 124 to the central unit 100.
The drive portion 101 is comprised of a horizontal motor 102 which rotates horizontally the instrument body 52, a vertical motor 106 which vertically rotates the telescope 54, and a horizontal drive portion 104 and a vertical drive portion 108 for supplying a drive current to the motors 102 and 106. respectively. horizontal
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527 489 encoder 111 which is rotated horizontally with the instrument body 52, a vertical encoder 110 which is rotated vertically together with the telescope 54, a horizontal angle measurement portion 112 and a vertical angle measurement portion 116 which reads rotation angles for the encoder 111 and 110, respectively, and a distance measuring portion not shown.
The surveying instrument 50 includes an automatic collimation device through which the optical axis (collimation axis) of the telescope 54 is automatically directed to the target 60. The automatic collimation device consists of the central unit 100, the collimation light emitting portion 118, the collimation light receiver 120 and the drive portion 101. The automatic collimation device is intended to enable the central unit 100 to determine the direction of the target 60 by issuing the collimation light 58 from the collimation light-emitting portion 118 and by receiving the collimation light 58, which has been reflected from the target 60 and returned, by means of the collimation light receiver 120, and is for controlling the drive portion 101 so that the optical axis of the telescope 54 can be turned to the target 60.
Since the electronic rangefinder for the surveying instrument 50 described above is the same as a traditional total station equipped with an automatic collimation device, overlapping description is omitted.
The surveying instrument 50 of this embodiment further includes a collimation preparation means for pre-directing telescope 54 to target 60 prior to operating the automatic collimation device.
The collimation preparation means of this embodiment consists of the directional detector 56, the radio apparatus 70, the drive portion 101 and the central unit 100 connected to these elements. The collimating means is for directing the telescope 54 to the guide light transmitter 66 based on an output signal emitted from the directional detector 56, and is for maneuvering
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527 489 the device for automatic collimation when the telescope 54 is considered substantially directed at the target 60.
On the other hand, the target 60 of this embodiment includes a central unit 80 which is connected to the LED transmitter 66 and to the radio apparatus 72, in addition to the retroreflector 62, the LED transmitter 66 and the radio apparatus 72. An actuator / input portion 82 for inputting various commands and data, and a display portion 84 for displaying a state of target 60 and a state of surveying instrument 50 are additionally associated with central unit 80.
Next, the operation of the surveying system according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart of Fig. 4.
When the surveying system according to this embodiment is started, the process proceeds to step S1, where target 60 emits guiding light 64 from the guiding light transmitter 66. The process then proceeds to step S2, where target 60 issues a horizontal rotation command signal through which instrument body 52 is rotated horizontally, to surveying instrument 50. . Thereafter, the surveying instrument 50 receives the horizontal rotation command signal in step S101, and the process then proceeds to step S102, where a message to begin a horizontal rotation is sent to the target 60. The target 60 determines the horizontal rotation of the instrument body 52 in step S3. consequently, the surveying instrument 50 has begun a horizontal search for the guide light transmitter 66.
The process proceeds to step S103, where the surveying instrument 50 horizontally rotates the instrument body 52. The process then proceeds to step S104, where the guiding light 64 is received, and the horizontal direction of the guiding light transmitter 66 is detected. If the guiding light 64 cannot be received at a predetermined time here, the process proceeds to step S105, where an error message is sent to the target 60. On the side of the target 60, after the error message is confirmed in step S4, the process proceeds to step S5,
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527 489 where a horizontal detection error is displayed on the display portion 84 and the operation is stopped.
If the guiding light 64 is received in step S104, the process proceeds to step S106, where the horizontal position of the telescope 54 is adjusted against the guiding light transmitter 66, and the horizontal rotation of the instrument body 52 is stopped. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S107, where a command for guiding light AV is issued to target 60. When the command for indicator light AV is received in step S6, the target 60 perceives that the horizontal search for the indicator light transmitter 66 has been completed in the survey instrument 50, and the process therefore proceeds to step S7, when the indicator light 64 is turned off. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S8, where the message of guiding light AV is transmitted to the surveying instrument 50.
If the surveying instrument 50 confirms the message of guiding light AV in step S108, the process proceeds to step S109, where the collimating light 58 is emitted. The process then proceeds to step S110, where the message that the telescope 54 has started a vertical rotation is sent to the target 60. The vertical rotation message is confirmed in step S9, and the target 60 therefore perceives that the surveying instrument 50 has started a vertical search for the target 60. On the other hand, on the surveying instrument page, the process proceeds to step Sill, where the telescope 54 is turned vertically, and the vertical search for target 60 continues.
The process then proceeds to step S112, where the surveying instrument 50 detects the vertical direction of the target 60 by issuing collimation light 58 and by receiving the collimation light 58 reflected by the target 60 and returned. If the collimation light 58 cannot be received here, the process returns to step S101, where a flow procedure is repeated, or the process proceeds to step S113, where an error message is sent to the target 60. On the target 60 page, if the error message is confirmed in step S10, the process continues
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527 489 step S11, where a vertical direction detection error is displayed on the display portion 84 and the operation is stopped.
If the collimation light 58 is received in step S112, the process proceeds to step S114, where the telescope 54 is aligned with the vertical position of the target 60, and the telescope 54 is stopped. The process then proceeds to step S115 where a collimation operation is started, and a message that a collimation operation is performed is sent to the target 60. Target 60 confirms that a collimation operation is performed in step S12, and perceives that the automatic collimation device has been operated in the surveying instrument 50. On the other hand, on the side of the surveying instrument 50, the process proceeds to step S116, where the automatic collimation operation continues.
If the collimation operation is performed unsatisfactorily in step S116, the process returns to step S110 where the flow procedure is repeated, or the process proceeds to step S117 where an error message is sent to target 60. On the side of target 60, if the error message is confirmed in step S13, the process proceeds to step S14, where a collimation error is displayed on the display portion 84 and the operation is stopped. If the collimation operation is performed satisfactorily in step S116, the process proceeds to step S118, where a collimation completion message is sent to the target 60. Accordingly, the target 60 perceives that the automatic collimation has been completed in the surveying instrument in step S15.
The process then proceeds to step S119, where the surveying instrument 50 measures a distance and an angle. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S120, where a measured distance value and a measured angle value are transmitted to target 60. On the side of target 60, if the measured distance value and the measured angle value are confirmed in step S16, the survey result is displayed, such as the measured distance value and the measured value. , on the display portion 84, and the survey is completed.
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When this surveying system is stopped by an error, it is recommended to remove the cause of the error and then restart the survey of the surveying system.
Next, a description will be given of effects achieved by the present embodiment. The guiding light 64 emitted from the guiding light transmitter 66 is, in this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 5 (A), circularly polarized light CP. Guiding light 64a, which is part of this guiding light 64 and which falls directly on the directional detector 56, is changed to linearly polarized light LP by passing through the quartz wave plate 212, as shown in Fig. 5 (B), then passing through the polarization plate 214 providing a polarization plane which can pass through only this linearly polarized light LP, and falls on the light receiving element 216.
On the other hand, when the guiding light 64 is reflected by a reflecting object 220, such as a piece of glass, behind the surveying instrument 50 and changed to the reflection guiding light 64b, as shown in Fig. 5 (A), the direction of rotation of circularly polarized light CP 'is reversed. When the circularly polarized light CP 'whose direction of rotation has been reversed in this way enters the quartz wave plate 212, as shown in Fig. 5 (C), the circularly polarized light CP' is changed to linearly polarized light LP 'having a polarization plane which is perpendicular against a polarization plane occurring after the guide light 64a which emerges directly from the guide light transmitter 66 and passes through the quartz wave plate 212, and consequently cannot pass through the polarization plate 214. If the guiding light 64 falls on the reflecting object 220 at any angle without falling perpendicular thereto at this time, the reflection guiding light 64b is changed to elliptically polarized light, not to circularly polarized light. Therefore, part of the reflection guide light 64b passes through the polarization plate 214, but in practical use, the reflection guide light 64b can be removed satisfactorily through the polarization plate 214, even if incident pigs 2005-05-24 1δ: 51 V: \ _ NoOrganisation \ AOBA INTERNATIONAL PATENT
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When the guiding light 64 emitted from the guiding light transmitter 66 directly falls on the directional detector 56 in this way, the light receiving element 216 may receive the guiding light 64, but when the guiding light 64 falls on the directional detector 56 after being reflected by the reflecting object 220, such as a piece of glass. the light receiving element 216 does not receive the guiding light 64. Therefore, in this surveying instrument 50, there is no case in which the direction of the target 60 is incorrectly recognized by receiving the guiding light 64 reflected by the reflecting object 220, such as a piece of glass.
In this embodiment, since the guiding light 64 is a disc lobe which is horizontally wide and which is vertically narrow, the guiding light 64 can also be caused to reach a distant point with little electrical power, and because the guiding light 64 is projected in a wide range in all directions during the execution of in a vertical scanning operation with the guiding light 64, the directional detector 56 provided in the surveying instrument 50 can reliably receive the guiding light 64; and, collimation preparation to advance telescope 54 substantially toward target 60 before the automatic collimation is started can be performed reliably even though there is a large vertical interval between surveying instrument 50 and target 60, and even if surveying instrument 50 and target 60 are not exactly facing each other .
Without limitation to the above embodiment, the present invention can be modified in various ways. For example, in the above mentioned embodiment, the guiding light 64, which is a disk lobe, is emitted from the guiding light transmitter 66 during upward and downward movement for scanning, and is detected
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Further, in the light emitter 66 of the above mentioned embodiment, light emitted from light source 200 is changed to linearly polarized light by means of polarization plate 204. However, since a laser diode emits linearly polarized light, polarization plate 204 may be omitted. If the guide light transmitter 66 has a light-emitting portion that emits linearly polarized light in this way, the polarization plate 204 may be omitted. Alternatively, a semiconductor laser with circularly polarized light that emits circularly polarized light (see patent document 2 mentioned above) may be used as the light source 200. The use of the semiconductor laser with circularly polarized light allows the polarization plate 204 and quartz wave plate 206 to be omitted, and consequently allows construct the guiding light transmitter 66 so that it has an extremely simple construction. However, in the guide light transmitter 66 according to the above embodiment, linearly polarized light is changed to circularly polarized light by means of quartz wave plate 206. However, a suitable polarization change portion which changes linearly polarized light to circularly polarized light can be used instead of quartz wave plate 206. required by the beacon transmitter 66 to emit the circularly polarized beacon 64.
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Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing a surveying system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of an articulated light transmitter and a directional detector for the surveying system.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the entire surveying system.
Fig. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the surveying system.
Fig. 5 is a view to explain the effects of the surveying system.
Fig. 6 is a view showing a traditional surveying instrument equipped with a remote control unit.
Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a light receiving unit mounted in the traditional surveying instrument.
Description of the symbols
Surveying Instruments
instruments Frame
Telescopic
Directional detector (collimating preparations)
Kollimeringsljus
Goal
Led light
Ledljussändare
Radio apparatus (collimating preparatory organs)
100 Central unit (collimating preparatory organs)
101 Drive lot (collimating preparatory body)
200 Light source (light emitting lot)
204 Polarization plate (light emitting portion)
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206, 212 lots)
CP, CP "
LP, LP '
polarizing plate
Quartz Wave Plate (Polarization ChangeCircular Polarized Light
Linear polarized light
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Contents3
7 sheets
Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5 Sheet 6 Sheet 7
10 members in 5 offices
Priority claims4
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004144899 | Japan | A | |
| 2004144899 | Japan | A | |
| 04144899 | – | – | – |
| JP20040144899 | – | – | – |
Members10
| Document | Office | Kind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE0500941L | Sweden | L | |
| US2005254044A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| JP2005326284A | Japan | A | |
| DE102005019058A1 | Germany | A1 | |
| CN1721818A | China | A | |
| SE527489C2This record | Sweden | C2 | |
| US7345748B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| JP4177784B2 | Japan | B2 | |
| CN100535592C | China | C | |
| DE102005019058B4 | Germany | B4 |
1 legal event, as the office reported them to INPADOC
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Numbers
- Publication, DOCDB
- 527489
- Publication, EPODOC
- SE527489
- Application
- 500941
- Application, DOCDB
- 0500941
- Application, EPODOC
- SE20050000941
Titles2
- Swedish
- Lantmäterisystem
- English
- Land Survey System
Classification
- CPC, 2
- G01C15/002
- G01C5/00
- IPC, 8
- G01C1 02
- G01B11 26
- G01C15 00
- G01B11 27
- G01C1 00
- G01C3 08
- G01C5 00
- G01C15 02