Surveying apparatus for surveying an object

    公开(公告)号:US11525677B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-13

    申请号:US16568060

    申请日:2019-09-11

    申请人: Trimble Jena GmbH

    摘要: The present invention relates to a surveying apparatus for surveying an object as well as a surveying system comprising the surveying apparatus having a simple and compact optical setup. The surveying apparatus comprises a lens arrangement including at least one movably arranged focus lens element for focusing to sight an object; an imaging unit configured to obtain an image of at least a part of the object; a distance measuring unit configured to measure a distance to the object along the optical axis of the distance measuring unit; and a beam splitter/combiner configured to combine a part of the optical imaging path of the imaging unit and a part of the optical distance measuring path of the distance measuring unit so that the optical axis of the imaging unit and the optical axis of the distance measuring unit are at least coaxially arranged with the optical axis of the lens arrangement between the lens arrangement and the beam splitter/combiner.

    OPTICAL SURVEYING INSTRUMENT
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210140766A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US17086759

    申请日:2020-11-02

    申请人: Trimble Jena GmbH

    摘要: The invention relates to optical surveying such as in building construction, road construction, landscaping and similar. A first image sensor obtains in a first wavelength range a first image of a scene within a field of view captured by an optical arrangement such as a telescope. A light emitter emits light in a second wavelength range and a second image sensor obtains a second image of the field of view in the second wavelength range. A target position of a reflecting target is found in the first image by detecting a known image pattern of the reflecting target in the first image. A region of interest in the second image is then a defined based on the identified target position in the first image, for detecting a reflector position of a reflector of the reflecting target in the region of interest. With the invention it becomes possible to improve the identification of a reflective target at reduced processing time, even if reflections from other objects than the reflective target are present.

    Tracker, surveying apparatus and method for tracking a target

    公开(公告)号:US10917601B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-09

    申请号:US16595158

    申请日:2019-10-07

    申请人: Trimble Jena GmbH

    发明人: Andreas Glimm

    IPC分类号: H04N5/378 G01C15/00 H04N5/345

    摘要: The present invention relates to a tracker and a surveying apparatus comprising the tracker, which improve the reliability of tracking a target. The tracker comprises a an image sensor arrangement having an imaging region composed of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix of columns and rows. The imaging region is arranged to take an image of a scene including the target. A controller receives or generates a timing signal indicating a time duration during which an illumination unit is switched on and off, controls the imaging region to take an image of the scene when the illumination unit is switched on, and reads out a subgroup of neighboring columns or rows constituting a stripe window of the imaging region so that an image section including the target is obtained, controls the imaging region to take another image of the scene when the illumination unit is switched off, and reads out another subgroup of neighboring columns or rows constituting another stripe window of the imaging region so that another image section including the target is obtained, and calculates a difference image section by determining a difference between the pixel values of the pixels of the image section and the other image section.

    Reflective target for surveying instruments

    公开(公告)号:US09664823B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-30

    申请号:US14810056

    申请日:2015-07-27

    申请人: Trimble Jena GmbH

    IPC分类号: G02B5/124 G02B5/122 G01C15/02

    CPC分类号: G02B5/122 G01C15/02 G02B5/124

    摘要: Reflective target for surveying instruments having a plurality of planar reflective sections arranged to form a shape having a target axis. Each reflective section includes a plurality of prisms, each prism constituted by a corner cube having three surfaces oriented perpendicular to one another and forming a base for receiving incident light, and each of the prisms is oriented such that a common edge formed by two of the three surfaces of the prism is oriented such that the common edge and the target axis or a line parallel to the target axis lie in a common plane.

    Optical instrument and method for obtaining distance and image information
    7.
    发明授权
    Optical instrument and method for obtaining distance and image information 有权
    用于获取距离和图像信息的光学仪器和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08368875B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-05

    申请号:US12507753

    申请日:2009-07-22

    IPC分类号: G01C3/08

    CPC分类号: G01C15/002 G01B11/24

    摘要: An optical instrument and a method for obtaining distance and image information of an object is disclosed to improve the speed and accuracy of data acquisition. The instrument comprises a camera, positioning unit, distance measuring unit, lens arrangement and control unit. The camera acquires images of an object and the control unit defines an area to be scanned as well as an object feature of the object, wherein measurement pixels corresponding to positions on the object may be defined in the area with an increased density of measurement pixels at the object feature. Subsequently, the distances to the object at the selected positions of interest are measured.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于获得物体的距离和图像信息的光学仪器和方法,以提高数据采集的速度和精度。 仪器包括摄像机,定位单元,距离测量单元,镜头布置和控制单元。 相机获取对象的图像,并且控制单元定义要扫描的区域以及对象的对象特征,其中可以在具有增加的测量像素密度的区域中定义对应于对象上的位置的测量像素 对象特征。 随后,测量在所选择的关注位置处的对象的距离。

    DISTANCE-MEASURING SYSTEM
    8.
    发明申请
    DISTANCE-MEASURING SYSTEM 有权
    距离测量系统

    公开(公告)号:US20120092642A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-19

    申请号:US13030758

    申请日:2011-02-18

    申请人: Hermann GÖRING

    发明人: Hermann GÖRING

    IPC分类号: G01C3/08 G01S7/497

    摘要: A distance-measuring system includes a light source, a light detector, and measuring optics for projecting light emitted by the light source to a target and for guiding light reflected from said target towards the light detector. The distance-measuring system also includes reference optics for guiding light emitted by the light source within the system towards the light detector as internal reference light and a variable attenuator for adjusting intensity of light incident on the light detector. The variable attenuator includes an attenuating filter arranged in a beam path between the measuring optics and the light detector and an actuator coupled to the attenuating filter for moving the attenuating filter. The distance-measuring system further includes an optical selector coupled to at least one of the actuator or the attenuating filter and moved by the actuator together with the attenuating filter.

    摘要翻译: 距离测量系统包括光源,光检测器和用于将由光源发射的光投射到目标并用于将从所述目标物反射的光引导到光检测器的测量光学器件。 距离测量系统还包括用于将系统内的光源发射的光引导到作为内部参考光的光检测器的参考光学器件和用于调节入射在光检测器上的光的强度的可变衰减器。 可变衰减器包括布置在测量光学器件和光检测器之间的光束路径中的衰减滤波器以及耦合到衰减滤波器的用于移动衰减滤波器的致动器。 距离测量系统还包括耦合到致动器或衰减滤波器中的至少一个并被致动器与衰减滤波器一起移动的光学选择器。

    Optical instrument and method for obtaining distance and image information
    9.
    发明授权
    Optical instrument and method for obtaining distance and image information 有权
    用于获取距离和图像信息的光学仪器和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08085387B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-27

    申请号:US12507755

    申请日:2009-07-22

    IPC分类号: G01C3/08

    CPC分类号: G01C15/00 G01C11/025

    摘要: An optical instrument and a method for obtaining distance and image information of an object is disclosed to improve the speed and accuracy of data acquisition. The instrument comprises a camera, positioning unit, distance measuring unit, lens arrangement and control unit. The camera acquires images of an object and the control unit defines an area to be scanned and measurement pixels of an object in the image, wherein the measurement pixels are converted into an approximation of coordinates of positions to be measured assuming a default distance to the positions, and the optical axis of the lens arrangement is adjusted sequentially onto the positions to be measured. After measuring the distances to the positions, the coordinates are recalculated increasing the accuracy of the coordinates.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于获得物体的距离和图像信息的光学仪器和方法,以提高数据采集的速度和精度。 仪器包括摄像机,定位单元,距离测量单元,镜头布置和控制单元。 相机获取对象的图像,并且控制单元定义要扫描的区域和图像中的对象的测量像素,其中测量像素被转换为假设与位置的默认距离的要测量的位置的坐标的近似 ,并将透镜装置的光轴顺序地调整到要测量的位置上。 在测量到位置的距离之后,重新计算坐标以增加坐标的精度。