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Surveying instrument and method for acquiring image data by using the surveying instrument
   
Document Number
US Patent 6859269
Issued Date
February 22, 2005
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A surveying instrument, comprising a distance measuring unit for measuring a distance to a collimating point, an angle measuring unit for measuring a vertical angle and a horizontal angle of the collimating point, an image pick-up means for acquiring an image in a collimating direction, a driving unit for directing the image pick-up means in a direction of a predetermined object to be measured as selected based on an entire image data acquired by the image pick-up means, and a control arithmetic unit for recording by associating an image of an object to be measured with survey data to the object, wherein the image is picked-up in the direction directed by the driving unit and the survey data is measured by the distance measuring unit and the angle measuring unit.
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Published
February 22, 2005
Application Number
10/387,874
Filed
March 13, 2003
US Classification
356/141.1   356/612 382/154
Int'l Classification
G01C   1/00   (20060101)   G01C   1/02   (20060101)  
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Attorney/Law Firm
Priority Data
Mar 20, 2002 [JP] 2002-78862
USPTO Field of Search
356/141.1   356/612   382/154  
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