| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 033228000 |
Process
| 108 |
| 033263000 |
Structurally installed
| 63 |
| 033286000 |
Alignment device
| 61 |
| 033290000 |
Level (i.e., surveyor's type)
| 44 |
| 033293000 |
Rod or target
| 23 |
| 033268000 |
Celestial
| 12 |
| 033275000 |
Combined
| 7 |
| 033285000 |
Horizontal angle measurer
| 6 |
| 033282000 |
Vertical angle | 5 |
| 20080276472 | Apparatus for measuring angle in relation to a remote surface - An apparatus for making measurements is disclosed. The apparatus includes a straight elongated element and a first laser distance meter rotatably coupled to a first end of the straight element. The apparatus further includes a second laser distance meter rotatably coupled to a second end of the straight element. The apparatus further includes a processor for determining a current angle of the straight element in relation to a remote straight surface based on distance readings from the first and the second laser distance meters. The apparatus further includes a display located on the straight element for displaying the current angle of the straight element as determined by the processor. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090241359 | Surveying device and surveying system - The present invention provides a surveying device, which comprises a light source for emitting a distance measuring light | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100095539 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND MEASURING METHOD - An optical device capable of measuring a condition such as deflection of a cylindrical body such as utility pole or cylindrical column precisely and rapidly is provided. The optical device has a telescope with a projection plate. The projection plate has a reference scale made of a plurality of full or substantially full circles arranged concentrically about a central axis of the telescope or a plurality of circular arcs arranged symmetrically about the central axis. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110030230 | MARKING AND/OR LEVELING DEVICE - The invention relates to a marking and/or leveling device ( | 02-10-2011 |
| 20100088908 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VERTICAL POSITIONS - The invention relates to a device and a method for determining the vertical spacing of objects while carrying out positioning tasks with a vertical travel portion. The object of providing a device and a method for determining the vertical spacing of objects while carrying out positioning tasks with a vertical travel portion, which, or with which, respectively, a vertical spacing determination can easily be carried out even after a power failure with a low outlay for apparatus, is achieved by a device for vertical spacing determination in that at least a first pressure sensor ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 033281000 |
Vertical and horizontal angle measurer | 5 |
| 20090133273 | Position control arrangement, especially for a surveying instrument, and a surveying instrument - In a position control arrangement for controlling the rotational position of a movable unit, especially for a surveying instrument, an electric motor is arranged to rotate the movable unit around an axis of rotation, and there are controllers for enabling the motor to stop the movable unit in a desired rotational position. The motor is a direct drive motor, the shaft of which forms the axis of rotation for the movable unit, and the motor is arranged to selectively operate in either a first, normal mode for rotating the movable unit to a desired position, or in a second, friction mode for providing resistance to a forced rotation of the movable unit from a predetermined position to a new position. A control unit detects the presence of a forced rotation and automatically changes the mode of operation in response thereto. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090235541 | SURVEYING INSTRUMENT, SURVEYING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DETECTING MEASURED OBJECT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DETECTING MEASURED OBJECT - A surveying instrument for measuring three-dimensional position of a measured object, has a detecting section for detecting a direction of the measured object by rotational emission of two or more fan-shaped laser beams in which at least one beam is inclined; an optical system including a tracking-light-emitting section for emitting a tracking light and a distance-measuring-light-emitting section for emitting a distance-measuring light; a tracking-light-receiving section for receiving the tracking light reflected by the measured object; and a driving section for driving the optical system in order to collimate the measured object according to an output of the detecting section and an output of the tracking-light-receiving section. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100180456 | MOTOR DRIVE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A SURVEYING INSTRUMENT - A motor drive apparatus for a surveying instrument and a control method for controlling a surveying instrument enables a fast rotation of an instrument axis with high angular resolution. The motor drive apparatus for a surveying instrument includes a first motor for rotating an instrument axis. The first motor includes a stator and a rotor having a rotation axis and a plurality of step positions relative to the stator. The motor drive apparatus also includes a mounting unit for mounting the first motor so as to be pivotable around the rotation axis and an adjusting unit for rotating the stator of the first motor around the rotation axis. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20150052763 | Cross Line Laser - A cross line laser ( | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150298325 | DIGITAL LEVEL AND LASER CLIPPER LINER KIT - The new digital level and laser clipper liner kit is concerned with providing a means for measuring and cutting hairlines, beards and mustaches in straight lines or at a desired angel with precision. Existing level-type devices for hair care are generally useful for a single hair maintenance task, whereas the new digital level and laser clipper kit provides a means for accurately performing all traditional haircutting tasks. The digital level and laser clipper liner kit contains: a digital level clipper liner, a front laser level tool, a side laser level tool, and skin-safe marking pens. | 10-22-2015 |
| 033299000 |
Instrument support | 4 |
| 20090100692 | LASER MARKER - A light source unit holder, on which a light source unit is mounted, is rockably supported via a gimbal mechanism, and projects a brightline using a laser beam emitted from the light source unit, the gimbal mechanism includes a pair of shafts that support the rocking body rockably from both sides thereof, a spherical-body receiving hole is formed at a tip of the pair of shafts, and also in the rocking body a spherical-body receiving hole is formed in a position to which the tips of the pair of shafts face, and a spherical body is interposed between the spherical-body receiving hole of the pair of shafts and the spherical-body receiving hole of the rocking body, the latter spherical-body receiving hole facing the spherical-body receiving hole of each shaft, so that the rocking body is rockably supported, for preventing dynamic sensitivity of the gimbal mechanism from decreasing. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100050448 | Bolt as-builter survey cone - Survey tool for performing as-built survey measurements with improved accuracy by engaging with and centering on stationary fasteners. The survey tool has a substantially conical receiver with a narrow end and a wide end, the wide end adapted for centering on stationary fasteners of various sizes. A connector is coupled to the narrow end of the conical receiver and is adapted for engaging a rod. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100186245 | Geodetic Apparatus - A geodetic apparatus, in particular tacheometer or theodolite, comprises an optical device for sighting objects, a first support on which the optical device is supported such that the optical device may turn around a first axis, and a first gear unit for transmitting a drive torque on the optical device so as to turn the optical device around the first axis. In thegeodetic apparatus, the first gear unit comprises a worm and a worm gear meshing with each other, wherein the worm has a plate-like body and a spirally extending worm thread is formed on a first side face of the body, and the worm gear has a plurality of teeth evenly distributed along a circle. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20150052766 | SURVEYING INSTRUMENT - A surveying instrument includes a main body including a base and a pedestal rotating in a horizontal direction relative to the base, and a cover member which covers the main body, wherein the pedestal is provided with a support member which supports a lens barrel of a ranging optical system to be rotatable in a vertical direction, and the cover member covers the support member of the pedestal, the lens barrel, and a guide light irradiation unit which irradiates with guide light indicating a collimation direction of the main body to an operator. | 02-26-2015 |
| 033297000 |
Reticle | 2 |
| 20140090259 | Reticle Piece Having Level Indicating Device - A reticle piece for use in an optical sight includes a generally cylinder-shaped body having a front face and a back face opposed therefrom. The reticle piece includes a reticle pattern and a level indicating device positioned between the front face and the back face of the body. The level indicating device includes a moveable leveling indicator. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20160169619 | RETICLE PIECE HAVING LEVEL INDICATING DEVICE | 06-16-2016 |
| 033276000 |
Multisight line | 2 |
| 20130111769 | System and Method for Duplicating Angles in Nature - An angle finder method is disclosed. Said angle finder method comprises aligning a cross-point of a plurality of adjustable reticles with a vertex of an angle in an object, rotating said adjustable reticles from an initial angle to an aligned angle matching said angle in said object, and transferring said aligned angle to a transfer medium. Wherein, said plurality of adjustable reticles are held within a view window and an angle finder comprises said view window and said adjustable reticles. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20110061251 | Small Form-Factor Size Sensor - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining a distance from a mobile device to a remote object or a size of the remote object. | 03-17-2011 |
| 033267000 |
With telemetric means | 1 |
| 20140304995 | Surveying System - The invention provides a surveying system, which comprises an electronic level and staff devices belonging to either one of two or more groups, wherein the staff device has staffs with bar codes corresponding to groups, to which a staff belongs, and mobile station devices installed on the staffs, wherein the mobile station device has a mobile station display unit to display working data and a mobile station communication unit for performing wireless communication to and from the electronic level, wherein the electronic level has an image pickup unit for acquiring images within a range of working, a control device for extracting staff images from the images, for identifying as to which group the bar code pattern of the extracted staff image belongs and for determining three-dimensional position of the staff based on the staff image, and a main communication unit for transmitting the three-dimensional position obtained to the mobile station device, and wherein the mobile station device displays the relation between the three-dimensional position of the staff as received and the working data on the mobile station display unit. | 10-16-2014 |
| 033262000 |
Body related | 1 |
| 20090320302 | Square foot alignment device - In such sports, as golf, foot alignment in a stance is an important. To obtain proper foot alignment is hard. There are many aids one could use to help a person to obtain a proper alignment. But, this invention/patent idea of a “ray line beam device” that is attached to the shoe gives a person an opportunity to line their feet properly. | 12-31-2009 |
| 033229000 |
Aerial bomb sight | 1 |
| 20160069646 | FASTENER TARGETING SYSTEM - An apparatus includes a first end and a second end opposed to the first end. A body connects the first end to the second end. The second end includes a mark in a center of the second end, a first plurality of marks positioned on a first axis, a second plurality of marks positioned on the first axis on an opposite side of the center mark as the first plurality of marks, a third plurality of marks positioned on a second axis, a fourth plurality of marks positioned on the second axis on an opposite side of the center mark as the third plurality of marks, a fifth plurality of marks positioned on a third axis, and a sixth plurality of marks positioned on the third axis on an opposite side of the center mark as the fifth plurality of marks. | 03-10-2016 |
| Entries |
| Document | Title | Date |
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| 20090064514 | Compact Multifunction Sight - A multifunction sight is disclosed. The multifunction sight includes an body, a receiving aperture, an emitting aperture, a parabolic reflector, and an optical detector. The receiving aperture passes radiation in a first band and a second band into the body where the first band is different from the second band. The emitting aperture that passes the radiation in the first band out of the body. The parabolic reflector displays a point source such that the point source is visible from the emitting aperture. The point source appears aligned with where the multifunction sight is aimed irrespective of a visual alignment with the emitting aperture. The optical detector is affixed to the body and coupled to the radiation in the second band, and receives coded radiation with the second band. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090113731 | ARRANGEMENT FOR DEPICTING A LINEAR MARKING - An arrangement for depicting a linear optical marking on a surface, including a radiation source emitting light, such as laser radiation, as well as a first lens arranged in the beam path having a first and a second surface penetrated by the radiation, of which one surface features a parabolic or elliptical trace at least partially in cross section, formed of curved sections of different radii, the trace extending symmetrically with respect to a plane of symmetry of the lens, along which runs the beam directed in parallel, preferably by means of a second lens. In order to achieve a uniform power distribution along the line, it is proposed that the first surface formed of sections with different radii faces the radiation. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090126209 | Measuring instrument - A measuring instrument includes a body, a horizontal optical module, and several vertical optical modules; the horizontal optical module is fixed on a top of the body, and has a brushless motor and a prism, which work together to make emitted light of the module cover a horizontal plane to form as a horizontal making line for use in construction; the body has several fixing members, which are fixedly positioned around the horizontal optical module such that horizontal central lines of every two adjacent ones of the fixing members are perpendicular to each other; the vertical optical modules are fixedly joined on the fixing members respectively such that light emission directions of every two adjacent ones of the vertical optical modules are perpendicular to each other, and light emitted from each of the vertical optical modules covers a vertical plane. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090205212 | ROTATING LASER TRANSMITTER - The transmitter has a generally flat, circuit board stator, a rotor including a plurality of magnets mounted in a ring around a central opening, and a bearing, supporting the rotor for rotation about an axis that extends through the central opening, A pentaprism assembly including an optics holder is mounted on the rotor for rotation therewith. The pentaprism assembly receives a beam of laser light through the central opening and redirects at least a portion of the laser light outward in a direction normal to the rotation axis. A laser source, mounted on the stator, provides a beam of laser light through the central opening to the pentaprism assembly. The beam of laser light is aligned with the rotation axis. The laser source includes a collimating lens positioned within the rotor. A shield plate of magnetic material beneath the stator exerts a force on the rotor in conjunction with the magnets, taking play out of the bearing. The transmitter uses Hall effect sensors on the stator to control switching current to coils on the stator. The transmitter also uses the outputs of the Hall effect sensors and a timer output to control dithering of the laser beam. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100050447 | LASER DEVICE - A laser device, including a cradle with a laser unit exiting from this, the cradle being connected to a base element, relative to which the cradle can be adjusted in terms of inclination by at least one actuating drive. In order to achieve a secure mounting of the cradle for the laser unit with simple structural means, while at the same time eliminating any play between the mutually tilting parts, it is proposed that the cradle be connected to the base element, first, by a solid joint, and secondly by two adjusting drives, wherein the adjusting drives are arranged with respect to the solid joint so that the lines of connection between lengthwise axis of the solid joint and the adjusting drives subtend a right angle. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110099821 | IMAGE CALIBRATION DEVICE INTEGRATED WITH OPTICAL LOCATER - The present invention discloses an image calibration device integrated with an optical locater. The image calibration device includes an image calibrator and the optical locater. The image calibrator can be arranged on an image capturing device to act as a reference to calibrate the image taken by the image capturing device. The optical locater has at least one pointing light source, which is located on a surface of the image calibrator, so that the pointing light source is used to assist in marking the location aimed by the image calibrator, thereby realizing the area captured by the image capturing device. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120137528 | Laser Guided Striping Tool - A guidance system is used with a striping tool for creating a straight line on a surface. The guidance system has a dust resistant housing, a laser, a power supply, and a laser support arm. The dust resistant housing has an opening through which a laser beam may pass. The laser is disposed within the housing and aligned such that a beam from the laser will pass through the opening. The power supply provides power to the laser. The laser support arm is pivotally affixed to the striping tool. The housing is affixed to the arm such that the laser within the housing is aligned to pivot in a plane perpendicular to the surface and along a straight line created by the striping tool. The arm is pivotal to allow projection of a beam from the laser to the surface in the direction of movement of the striping tool. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130000133 | Rotary Laser Irradiating System And Rotary Laser System - A rotary laser irradiating system, comprising a light emitting unit ( | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130167384 | Laser Centering Tool for Surface Areas - A laser centering tool for surface areas used to find the center point of a surface. The laser centering tool uses single or multiple laser sources to project a plurality of lines on a horizontal or vertical surface. It may comprise of multiple lasers, rotational plates, prism, beam splitter, gear housing, and/or a gear mechanism. At least one center laser line remains stationary between at least two edge laser lines. The edge lasers may be moved to outline the edge of a surface. At least one center laser projects a beam that indicates the center point of the edge lasers. The edge laser lines may be moved by rotational plates, a set of mirrors, or prism. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20140033552 | APERTURE RATIO MEASUREMENT SENSING DEVICE - An aperture ratio measurement sensing device is provided. The aperture ratio measurement sensing device comprising a light sensing module and a signal measurement module is used for measuring a distance/angle to which a motion object in a use state is moved/opened with respect to an opening portion. The light sensing module is disposed on a structure of a building near the motion object. The signal measurement module is used for measuring a light signal received by the light sensing module, and determining the aperture ratio of the opening portion according to the intensity of the light signal. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140196293 | Rotary Drive Unit Of A Surveying Instrument And A Surveying Instrument - A surveying instrument which comprises a rotation unit | 07-17-2014 |
