IP Library Granted Patent US 11,644,575
Granted Patent B2
US 11,644,575 · App. 16/238,708 · Granted May 9, 2023

Surveying device and surveying method

Inventor: Nobuyuki Nishita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
G01S17/42G01C3/08G01C15/002G01S7/4804G01S7/4817
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,644,575
App. No.
16/238,708
Filed
Jan 3, 2019
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3645
USPC
356/4.01
Abstract

A technique is provided to more easily measure a distance of a target from a ground surface or a ceiling surface. A surveying device has a laser scanner part and a total station in a unitary manner. The surveying device includes a TS functional part, a laser scanner part, and a distance calculator. The TS functional part positions a reflective prism by using laser light. The laser scanner part performs laser scanning of a ground surface along a vertical plane containing the reflective prism and an optical axis for the laser positioning to obtain a laser scanned point cloud. The distance calculator calculates a distance between the ground surface and the reflective prism on the basis of one or multiple points, which are extracted from the laser scanned point cloud and in proximity to a straight line connecting the reflective prism and a specific plane.

Claims (37)

1. A surveying device comprising:

a horizontally rotating unit configured to rotate horizontally;

a total station (TS) functional part including a vertically rotating unit and configured to function as a total station, the vertically rotating unit fixed to the horizontally rotating unit in a vertically rotatable manner and including an optical system of distance measuring laser light;

a laser scanner part fixed to the horizontally rotating unit and configured to perform laser scanning along a vertical plane containing an optical axis of the distance measuring laser light; and

a processor or circuitry configured to:

calculate a three-dimensional coordinate position of a target reflective prism on a basis of a measured value that is obtained by using the distance measuring laser light of the TS functional part;

calculate a height “H” of the target reflective prism from a ground surface or a floor surface, on a basis of the calculated three-dimensional coordinate position of the target reflective prism and on a basis of a linear laser scanned point cloud that is obtained in laser scanning along the vertical plane by the laser scanner part;

obtain coordinates (X0, Y0, Z0) of a point on the ground surface or the floor surface vertically immediately under the target reflective prism,

in a case in which the calculated three-dimensional coordinate position of the target reflective prism is (Xp, Yp, Zp):

extract two points that have a point (Xp, Yp) therebetween from the laser scanned point cloud;

calculate an equation of a straight line connecting the two points;

calculate a point closest to the point (Xp, Yp) on the straight line, as the position (X0, Y0, Z0); and

calculate of the height “H” from an equation H=Zp−Z0.

2. A surveying device comprising:

a horizontally rotating unit configured to rotate horizontally;

a total station (TS) functional part including a vertically rotating unit and configured to function as a total station, the vertically rotating unit fixed to the horizontally rotating unit in a vertically rotatable manner and including an optical system of distance measuring laser light;

a laser scanner part fixed to the horizontally rotating unit and configured to perform laser scanning along a vertical plane containing an optical axis of the distance measuring laser light; and

a processor or circuitry configured to:

calculate a three-dimensional coordinate position of a target reflective prism on a basis of a measured value that is obtained by using the distance measuring laser light of the TS functional part;

calculate a height “H” of the target reflective prism from a ground surface or a floor surface, on a basis of the calculated three-dimensional coordinate position of the target reflective prism and on a basis of a linear laser scanned point cloud that is obtained in laser scanning along the vertical plane by the laser scanner part; and

obtain coordinates (X0, Y0, Z0) of a point on the ground surface or the floor surface vertically immediately under the target reflective prism,

in a case in which the calculated three-dimensional coordinate position of the target reflective prism is (Xp, Yp, Zp):

extract multiple laser scanned points in an area surrounding a point (Xp±ΔX, Yp±ΔY), from the laser scanned point cloud;

calculate a position of a geometric center of the extracted multiple laser scanned points as the position (X0, Y0, Z0); and

calculate the height “H” from an equation H=Zp−Z0.

3. A surveying device comprising:

a horizontally rotating unit configured to rotate horizontally;

a total station (TS) functional part including a vertically rotating unit and configured to function as a total station, the vertically rotating unit fixed to the horizontally rotating unit in a vertically rotatable manner and including an optical system of distance measuring laser light;

a laser scanner part fixed to the horizontally rotating unit and configured to perform laser scanning along a vertical plane containing an optical axis of the distance measuring laser light; and

a processor or circuitry configured to:

calculate a three-dimensional coordinate position of a target reflective prism on a basis of a measured value that is obtained by using the distance measuring laser light of the TS functional part;

calculate a height “H” of the target reflective prism from a ground surface or a floor surface, on a basis of the calculated three-dimensional coordinate position of the target reflective prism and on a basis of a linear laser scanned point cloud that is obtained in laser scanning along the vertical plane by the laser scanner part; and

obtain coordinates (X0, Y0, Z0) of a point on the ground surface or the floor surface vertically immediately under the target reflective prism,

in a case in which the calculated three-dimensional coordinate position of the target reflective prism is (Xp, Yp, Zp):

extract multiple laser scanned points from the laser scanned point cloud, the multiple laser scanned points surrounding a point (Xp, Yp) while being separated from the point (Xp, Yp) by distances of a threshold or shorter;

calculate a position of a geometric center of the extracted multiple laser scanned points as the position (X0, Y0, Z0); and

calculate the height “H” from an equation H=Zp−Z0.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2024
From: WESTPORT FUEL SYSTEMS CANADA INC.
To: HPDI TECHNOLOGY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Reel/Frame 068088/0781 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2019
From: NISHITA, NOBUYUKI
To: TOPCON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047889/0477 →