IP Library Granted Patent US 12,305,984
Granted Patent B2
US 12,305,984 · App. 17/970,245 · Granted May 20, 2025

Error prediction apparatus and error prediction method

Inventor: Takeshi Kikuchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
G01C15/00G01W1/10G06F11/0706
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Patent No.
US 12,305,984
App. No.
17/970,245
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an error prediction apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory configured to receive environment data of a surveying site in which a surveying instrument is installed, to input the environment data of the surveying site into an error prediction model and predict a predicted error that occurs in a surveying result obtained by the surveying instrument under an environment of the surveying site, and to create display data for displaying the predicted error when the predicted error exceeds an allowable value. The error prediction model is a learned model created by machine learning for a surveying instrument of the same model as the surveying instrument by using a set of the environment data indicating an environment of the time of surveying and error data in a surveying result as teacher data.

Claims (45)

1. An error prediction apparatus comprising a control arithmetic unit including at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the control arithmetic unit configured to:

receive environment data of a surveying site in which a surveying instrument is installed;

to input the environment data of the surveying site into an error prediction model and predict a predicted error that occurs in a surveying result obtained by the surveying instrument under an environment of the surveying site; and

to create display data for displaying the predicted error when the predicted error exceeds an allowable value, wherein

the error prediction model is a learned model created by machine learning for a surveying instrument of the same model as that of the surveying instrument by using a set of the environment data indicating an environment of the time of surveying and error data in a surveying result as teacher data.

2. The error prediction apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the error prediction apparatus is configured as the surveying instrument, and wherein

the surveying instrument includes an environment sensor to acquire the environment data and a display unit to display the display data.

3. The error prediction apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the error prediction apparatus is configured as an information processing apparatus configured to be communicable with the surveying instrument via a communication network, and

the surveying instrument includes an environment sensor configured to acquire the environment data and a display unit configured to display the display data.

4. The error prediction apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the error prediction apparatus is configured as an eyewear display apparatus, and wherein

the eyewear display apparatus includes a display unit configured to display the display data, a communication unit configured to be communicable with the surveying instrument, and an environment sensor configured to acquire the environment data and is configured to display the display data so as to allow observation of the display data while being superimposed on a site scene.

5. The error prediction apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the environment data includes a plurality of environment data, wherein

the control arithmetic unit is configured to calculate a contribution degree of environment data with respect to the predicted error, and wherein

the display data includes information in relation to the environment data having a high contribution degree of environment data with respect to the predicted error.

6. The error prediction apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the environment data includes a plurality of environment data, wherein

the control arithmetic unit is configured to calculate a contribution degree of environment data with respect to the predicted error, and wherein

the display data includes information in relation to the environment data having a high contribution degree of environment data with respect to the predicted error.

7. The error prediction apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the environment data includes a plurality of environment data, wherein

the control arithmetic unit is configured to calculate a contribution degree of environment data with respect to the predicted error, and wherein

the display data includes information in relation to the environment data having a high contribution degree of environment data with respect to the predicted error.

8. The error prediction apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the environment data includes a plurality of environment data, wherein

the control arithmetic unit is configured to calculate a contribution degree of environment data with respect to the predicted error, and wherein

the display data includes information in relation to the environment data having a high contribution degree of environment data with respect to the predicted error.

9. The error prediction apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire a current position of the surveying instrument, wherein

the apparatus is configured to be communicable with a weather server via a communication network, acquire environment forecast data of a peripheral area of a current position of the surveying instrument from the weather server, determine a time when a value of the predicted error based on the environment forecast data becomes not more than the allowable value, and include the time in the display data.

10. The error prediction apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire a current position of the surveying instrument, wherein

the apparatus is configured to be communicable with a weather server via a communication network, acquire environment forecast data of a peripheral area of a current position of the surveying instrument from the weather server, determine a time when a value of the predicted error based on the environment forecast data becomes not more than the allowable value, and include the time in the display data.

11. The error prediction apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire a current position of the surveying instrument, wherein

the apparatus is configured to be communicable with a weather server via a communication network, acquire environment forecast data of a peripheral area of a current position of the surveying instrument from the weather server, determine a time when a value of the predicted error based on the environment forecast data becomes not more than the allowable value, and include the time in the display data.

12. The error prediction apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire a current position of the surveying instrument, wherein

the apparatus is configured to be communicable with a weather server via a communication network, acquire environment forecast data of a peripheral area of a current position of the surveying instrument from the weather server, determine a time when a value of the predicted error based on the environment forecast data becomes not more than the allowable value, and include the time in the display data.

13. The error prediction apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire a current position of the surveying instrument, wherein

the apparatus is configured to be communicable with a weather server via a communication network, acquire environment forecast data of a peripheral area of a current position of the surveying instrument from the weather server, determine a time when a value of the predicted error based on the environment forecast data becomes not more than the allowable value, and include the time in the display data.

14. An error prediction method comprising the steps of:

by an arithmetic control unit including at least one processor and at least one memory,

acquiring environment data of a surveying site in which a surveying instrument is installed,

inputting the environment data of the surveying site into an error prediction model and predicts a predicted error that occurs in a surveying result obtained by the surveying instrument under an environment of the surveying site, and

creating a display for displaying the predicted error when the predicted error exceeds an allowable value, wherein

the error prediction model is a learned model created by machine learning for a surveying instrument of the same model as that of the surveying instrument by using a set of the environment data indicating an environment of the time of surveying and an error in a surveying result as teacher data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2022
From: KIKUCHI, TAKESHI
To: TOPCON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061522/0899 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-172628 · Oct 21, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230126808A1 · Apr 27, 2023
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