IN-THE-FIELD LEVELING CALIBRATION OF A SURVEYING INSTRUMENTThe invention relates to a surveying instrument (1), comprising at least one rotational movement axis (2a) such as a azimuth axis, which is for providing a positioning of the measurement direction (4)…DRIVE·May 20·2 min readFollowG01C15/00HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
CLOSE-RANGE ELECTRONIC DISTANCE MEASUREMENTThe present invention relates to a surveying instrument and method for accurately determining the distance to a, in particular retro-reflective, target in the close range for a specific setup of the s…DRIVE·May 20·2 min readFollowG01B11/272HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
OPTO-ELECTRONIC GEODETIC SURVEYING INSTRUMENTA geodetic surveying instrument (1) comprising a sighting unit (23) for aiming in a target direction (t) at a measurement target point, a defined axis of rotation for setting the target direction (t) …DRIVE·Apr 1·2 min readFollowG01C15/00HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
IMAGE-BASED METHOD OF DEFINING A SCANNING AREAImage-based method of defining a scanning area with a measuring radiation-based measuring device (10) such as a laser scanner, the method comprising roughly aligning a targeting axis (2) of the measur…DRIVE·Dec 17·2 min readFollowG01B11/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
GEODETIC SURVEYING DEVICE FOR MEASURING SCENES COMPRISING NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL TARGETSThe invention relates to a geodetic surveying device for measuring cooperative reflecting targets and diffusely reflecting targets. The carrier unit (5) of the surveying device is configured to provid…DRIVE·Dec 10·2 min readFollowG01C15/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SCAN DATA OF AN AREA OF INTERESTThe invention pertains to a system and a method (100) for generating three-dimensional scan data of one or more areas of interest in an environment, the method comprising a user defining (110) the one…DRIVE·Aug 27·2 min readFollowG01C21/12HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
SURVEYING DEVICE WITH IMAGE EVALUATOR FOR DETERMINING A SPATIAL POSE OF THE TARGET AXISThe invention relates to a surveying device (1) for a coordinative position determination of a spatial point, wherein the surveying device (1) comprises a camera (5) which is fixedly mounted to a tran…DRIVE·Apr 30·1 min readFollowG01B11/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
MULTI-BEAM MEASURING DEVICE FOR 3D SCANNING OF AN ENVIRONMENT HAVING MULTIPLE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ARRAYS AND UNIFORM BEAM DISTRIBUTIONThe present invention relates to a measurement device (1) for the three-dimensional geometric capture of an environment by means of a plurality of transmission beams, wherein the transmission unit com…DRIVE·Apr 16·1 min readFollowG01C15/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
SURVEYING DEVICE COMPRISING A RANGE IMAGING SENSOR AND A SETTABLE TARGET ILLUMINATOR TO PROVIDE AN AREA ILLUMINATION IN DIFFERENT ILLUMINATION STATESThe invention relates to a surveying device (1) embodied as total positioning system or total station, wherein the surveying device (1) comprises a laser distance measuring module configured to genera…DRIVE·Apr 16·1 min readFollowG01C15/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
SENSOR WITH CURVED REFLECTORSensor device (21) comprising a retro-reflecting element (22) having a front boundary surface (23) configured for entry of measuring light (11) into the retro-reflecting element (22) and a back bounda…DRIVE·Nov 6·2 min readFollowG01B11/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
MOTION-BASED CONTROL FOR A SURVEYING SYSTEMThe invention pertains to a surveying system for measuring the position of a measuring point, the surveying system comprising a survey pole (10) with a body having a pointer tip for contacting the mea…DRIVE·Oct 9·2 min readFollowG01C15/06HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
MEASURING SYSTEM WITH PANORAMIC IMAGE ACQUISITION FUNCTIONALITYThe invention relates to a measuring system for acquiring three-dimensional measuring points, comprising a base unit, a support unit mounted on the base unit and rotatable relative to the base unit ar…DRIVE·Aug 28·2 min readFollowG01C11/02HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
SCANNING DEVICE WITH POINT-TO POINT FOCUSINGMethod and opto-electronic measuring device (1) for measuring of an object's surface with a measuring rate of at least one thousand object points (P, Px, P1, P2, P3) per second. Using a high-speed aut…DRIVE·Jun 26·1 min readFollowG01B11/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
TARGET OBJECT WITH IMPROVED ANGULAR INCIDENCE RANGE FOR RETROREFLECTIONThe invention relates to a target object 1 providing a large angular incidence range for retroreflection and a reduced amount of interfering reflections. For example, the target object 1 is configured…DRIVE·Apr 3·2 min readFollowG01C15/06HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
SURVEYING DEVICE WITH A COAXIAL BEAM DEFLECTION ELEMENTThe invention relates to surveying device (1) such as a total station, multi station or theodolite, with a targeting unit (2) carried by a support (3), the targeting unit (2) being arranged rotatable …DRIVE·Nov 8·2 min readFollowG01C15/00HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
LEVELING SENSORThe invention relates to a capacitive measuring tilt sensor (1), comprising a cavity (20) with a fluid (21) and a bubble (22). The cavity (20) is configured with, an electrically conducting or conduct…DRIVE·Feb 8·2 min readFollowG01C15/008HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
IMPROVING STRUCTURED LIGHT PROJECTION THROUGH THE MINIMIZATION OF VISUAL ARTIFACTS BY WAY OF DELIBERATELY INTRODUCED OPTICAL ABERRATIONSTriangulation device (8,9,10) for measuring a measurement object (12) by a projection of a structured light pattern (11) onto the measurement object (12), the triangulation device comprising a project…DRIVE·Oct 26·2 min readFollowG01B11/2433HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
ONLINE LEVELING CALIBRATION OF A GEODETIC INSTRUMENTThe invention relates to a method for determining a calibrated leveling (23) of a surveying instrument (1) with an accelerometer (9) with, a moving (12) of the accelerometer (9) around a rotation axis…DRIVE·Aug 24·2 min readFollowG01C15/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A ROAD CONDITIONThe invention pertains to a road condition determining system (40) and a method for determining a condition of a road traversed by at least one vehicle. The road condition determining system (40) comp…DRIVE·Aug 24·1 min readFollowB60T8/172HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Measuring device with deformable optical elementThe invention relates to an optical surveying device (11) with a base (1) for positioning the surveying device (11) and an aiming unit (3) rotatable relative to the base (1) about two axes (7, 8), whi…DRIVE·Oct 15·2 min readFollowG01C15/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Rotation laser with lens that can be intentionally deformed by actuatorsThe invention relates to a rotation laser (1) and a method for operating a rotation laser (1) according to the invention, wherein the rotation laser is provided with a laser light source (3) for gener…DRIVE·Oct 15·2 min readFollowG01C15/004HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Sensor synchronisation method and corresponding sensor measuring systemThe method involves providing extrapolation rule and extrapolated time associated with intended value of a master sensor to be predetermined on basis of the extrapolation rule. A first synchronization…DRIVE·Aug 27·1 min readFollowG01B11/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Mobile field controller for measuring and remote controlThe controller (22) has an electronic display to receive, process and transmit the data for remote control of surveying equipment (21). A geodetic target object (26) is placed at housing, and target p…DRIVE·Aug 13·1 min readFollowG01C15/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Optical single-point measurementThe method involves emitting measurement radiation, when an optical measurement axis of the measurement radiation is aligned with the point (10) to be measured. The optical measurement point region is…DRIVE·Aug 6·1 min readFollowG01B11/026HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Method and device for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an objectThe invention relates to an optical measuring device (1) for determining 3D coordinates of an object (2), comprising a projector device (11) for illuminating the object (2) with at least one predefine…DRIVE·May 7·2 min readFollowG01B11/2545HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Machine control system for a wheel loader comprising a grading bladeMachine control system for controlling a land levelling or earthmoving process of a wheel loader (100) relative to a working plane (1), the wheel loader (100) being equipped with a land levelling or e…DRIVE·Apr 30·2 min readFollowE02F3/3411HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Inclination sensorThe invention relates to an inclination sensor for determining an inclination of an object with respect to a reference vector (75) of a reference coordinate system, comprising a tilt detector (18, 28)…DRIVE·Feb 12·2 min readFollowG01C15/00HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Distance measuring method using dynamic pulse width adaptationMethod for measuring a distance to an object with emitting pulsed laser light with defined measurement pulse width, wherein the pulse width of the laser light is dynamically adjustable, receiving at l…DRIVE·Dec 25·2 min readFollowG01C15/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Surveying apparatus having a range cameraSurveying apparatus (1) for surveying a measurement scenery, comprising a first camera capable to take a visible image of the measurement scenery and/or means for capturing coordinates of 3D-points of…DRIVE·Nov 13·1 min readFollowG01B11/14HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Measuring system with a measuring device and a scan moduleThe surveying system (50) has pivoting structure (20a) provided on base (20b). A motorized rotatable beam deflector (11) is provided for deflecting scanning beam (60). A second angular position survey…DRIVE·Jul 31·1 min readFollowG01C1/02HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Surveying device with scan functionality and single-point measuring modeThe instrument (1) has a base (10) defining a vertical axis (11). A beam deflector (30) is rotated about a horizontal axis (31) relative to a body (20). A visual field is defined by an imaging system …DRIVE·Jul 31·1 min readFollowG01B11/14HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Method, device and computer program for measuring an angle between two separated elements and its useThe method involves positioning light detector (6) in second element plane (20) to second element (2). The interference patterns (31,31',31") caused by reference light wave (400') to light detector. T…DRIVE·Jul 24·1 min readFollowG01B11/26HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Method for operating a laser scannerThe method involves scanning (a) at least three points in the space of the to-be-scanned object, and determining a distance vector with at least one of the coordinates of the space point of the object…DRIVE·Jun 5·1 min readFollowG01B11/005HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Geodesic measuring system and method with multiple target tracking functionalityThe measuring system has a measuring device, particularly formed as theodolite, total station (1) or laser tracker with position determination functionality for determining the position of the target …DRIVE·Mar 20·1 min readFollowE02F3/84HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Optical measurement system with filter unit for extracting electromagnetic radiationThe system has a receiving unit whose rotatable interference filter (51) extracts electromagnetic radiation in defined wavelength range. A changing unit changes optical thickness such that extractable…DRIVE·Jan 30·1 min readFollowG01B11/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Method for preparing target candidates for selecting a targetThe method involves recording image in sighting direction, when measuring device is coarsely oriented towards target point. A certain target object candidate is searched in recorded image based on pre…DRIVE·Jan 9·1 min readFollowG01C1/04HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Construction measuring device for detecting, measuring and marking edges and corner points of bordering surfacesThe construction measuring device has an edge tracking- and projection functionality that is provided between the conjoining and any-shaped surfaces of a construction, where the edge tracking- and pro…DRIVE·Jan 2·1 min readFollowG01B11/00HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Calibration method for a device with scan functionalityThe method involves measuring angular coordinates of target (2) in first angular position of deflector, as first position, and measuring angular coordinates of target in second angular position, as se…DRIVE·Nov 14·1 min readFollowG01B11/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Geodesic marking system for marking target pointsThe system (1) has geodetic position determination arrangement (20) to determine external actual position of automotive, unmanned, remotely controllable air vehicle (10) such as aircraft. A control un…DRIVE·Oct 17·1 min readFollowB64C19/00HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
Method and system for controlling an unmanned aircraftThe system (1) has an evaluation unit determining an actual state of an automotive unmanned controllable aerial vehicle (20) in a coordinate system, where the actual state is utilized for determining …DRIVE·Oct 17·1 min readFollowG01C15/002HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CT GMBH [CH]
