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Granted Patent B2
US 12,228,401 · App. 17/940,578 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Survey system

Inventor: Takeshi Kikuchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
G01C15/06G01C15/002G01C15/14G02B27/0172G06F3/014
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Patent No.
US 12,228,401
App. No.
17/940,578
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A survey system is provided which includes a surveying instrument capable of performing distance and angle measurements of a target attached to a pole, a controller as a glove-shaped wearable device to be worn on a hand of a worker, and configured to transmit commands to the surveying instrument from an input unit for inputting commands, and an eyewear device capable of performing display superimposed on a landscape. Measurement points are displayed by being synchronized with and superimposed on a landscape of a survey site on the eyewear device, and by inputting a command by a worker from the glove-shaped controller that the worker wears into the surveying instrument while the worker grips the pole, distance and angle measurements of the target are made. Unnecessary turning of gaze and hand movements are omitted, and a survey work can be efficiently performed by the worker alone.

Claims (17)

1. A survey system comprising:

a target; a pole to which the target is attached;

a surveying instrument including a distance-measuring unit configured to measure a distance to the target, an angle-measuring unit configured to measure a vertical angle and a horizontal angle at which the distance-measuring unit faces, a driving unit configured to drive a vertical angle and a horizontal angle of the distance-measuring unit to set angles, a communication unit, and an arithmetic control unit configured to execute input commands, and capable of making distance and angle measurements of the target;

a controller including a communication unit and an input unit for inputting commands, and configured to transmit commands to the surveying instrument by communicating with the surveying instrument;

an eyewear device including a communication unit, a display, a relative position detection sensor configured to detect a position of the device, and a relative direction detection sensor configured to detect a direction of the device;

a storage unit configured to store a measurement point at a survey site; and

an arithmetic processing unit including a synchronous-measuring unit configured to receive information on a position and a direction of the eyewear device and synchronize the information with coordinates of the measurement point, wherein

the controller is a glove to be worn on a hand and is provided with the input unit on a fingertip portion, and

on the display, the measurement point calculated by the arithmetic processing unit is displayed so as to be superimposed on a landscape of the survey site, and distance and angle measurements by the surveying instrument are made according to a command input from the controller.

2. The survey system according to claim 1 , wherein

the input unit is a sensor provided on at least a fingertip portion of the thumb of the glove to detect a contact, and configured to detect a contact direction, a movement direction of a contacted object, a contact strength, and a contact point, etc., and input a plurality of kinds of commands according to detection patterns.

3. The survey system according to claim 2 , wherein

the sensor is an electrostatic sensor or a pressure sensor.

4. The survey system according to claim 1 , wherein

the surveying instrument includes a tracking unit configured to automatically track the target, and is configured so that the target is automatically tracked when the target is within a predetermined range from the measurement point, and position information of the target is displayed in real time on the display.

5. The survey system according to claim 1 , wherein

the storage unit and the arithmetic processing unit are included in the surveying instrument.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2022
From: KIKUCHI, TAKESHI
To: TOPCON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061081/0554 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-155916 · Sep 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230096054A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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