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Granted Patent B2
US 11,313,680 · App. 16/852,915 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Positioning device, positioning method, and program

Inventor: Kaoru Kumagai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Topcon Corporation
G01C15/006G01C15/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,313,680
App. No.
16/852,915
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A technique for calculating charge in accordance with a state of use of a user in a rental business of total stations is provided. A total station includes a positioning unit, an operation receiving unit, a positioning mode selector, and a counter. The positioning unit performs positioning by using pulsed laser light. The operation receiving unit receives operation of a user. The positioning mode selector selects one of a first positioning mode and a second positioning mode on the basis of operation of the user to the operation receiving unit. In the first positioning mode, positioning is performed at a specific point at a relatively small laser wave number. In the second positioning mode, positioning is performed at a specific point at a relatively large laser wave number. The counter counts up each of the selected times of the first positioning mode and the second positioning mode.

Claims (15)

1. A positioning device comprising a processor or circuitry configured to:

perform positioning by using laser light;

select one of a first positioning mode and a second positioning mode, the first positioning mode causing positioning to be performed at a specific point at a relatively small laser wave number, the second positioning mode causing positioning to be performed at a specific point at a relatively large laser wave number; and

count up selected times of the first positioning mode and selected times of the second positioning mode.

2. A positioning method for performing positioning by using laser light, the positioning method comprising:

selecting one of a first positioning mode and a second positioning mode, the first positioning mode causing positioning to be performed at a specific point at a relatively small laser wave number, the second positioning mode causing positioning to be performed at a specific point at a relatively large laser wave number; and

counting up selected times of the first positioning mode and selected times of the second positioning mode.

3. A non-transitory computer recording medium storing computer executable instructions for performing positioning by using laser light, the computer executable instructions made to, when executed by a computer processor, cause the computer processor to:

select one of a first positioning mode and a second positioning mode, the first positioning mode causing positioning to be performed at a specific point at a relatively small laser wave number, the second positioning mode causing positioning to be performed at a specific point at a relatively large laser wave number; and

count up selected times of the first positioning mode and selected times of the second positioning mode.

4. The positioning device according to claim 1 , further comprising a processor or circuitry configured to transmit the counted selected times of the first positioning mode and the second positioning mode to a management server.

5. A positioning device comprising a processor or circuitry configured to:

perform positioning by using laser light;

select one of a first positioning mode and a second positioning mode, the first positioning mode causing positioning to be performed at a specific point at a relatively small laser wave number, the second positioning mode causing positioning to be performed at a specific point at a relatively large laser wave number; and

transmit information of the mode that is selected between the first positioning mode and the second positioning mode and transmit data of the positioning, to a management server.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2020
From: KUMAGAI, KAORU
To: TOPCON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052441/0655 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-082941 · Apr 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200340811A1 · Oct 29, 2020
Cited By (1)
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