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| 20080204699 | Method and System for Determining the Position of a Receiver Unit - Disclosed are a method and a system for determining the position of a receiver unit ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080229592 | Geodetic Target Object and Surveying System - Disclosed is a geodetic target object comprising at least one reflector surface, a receive channel with a detector ( | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080252958 | Two-Sided Reflector and Two-Sided Target Object - A two-sided reflector ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080259449 | Telescope and Panfocal Telescope Comprising Planoconvex or Planoconcave Lens and Deflecting Means Connected Thereto - The invention relates to a telescope which is used to inject and/or to extract, by reflection, emitting and/or capturing bundles of beams. According to the invention, at least one deflecting means is joined to the planar surface by means of at least one lens of the telescope objective unit, which is embodied as a plan convex or plan concave lens. The lens is used as a lens of the objective unit and as a holder for the deflection means. The number of optical components in the telescope about one of the holders is reduced due to the dual function thereof. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080304043 | Single-Channel Heterodyne Distance-Measuring Method - According to the invention, high precision distance measurement may be carried out by the broadcast of pulsed electromagnetic radiation (ES) with at least two pulse repetition frequencies, whereby the pulse repetition frequencies are selected such that the corresponding pulse separations do not have a common multiple in the range of the order of magnitude of a maximum external measurement range. The radiation is hence transmitted both to a target for measurement over the measurement path outside the device and also over a reference path inside the device, whereby the radiation (IS) passing along the reference path defines at least one start pulse and the radiation (ES) passing along the measurement path defines at least one stop pulse. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090260240 | TARGET OBJECT USED FOR RETROFLEXION OF OPTICAL RADIATION - A target object ( | 10-22-2009 |
| 20140125990 | OPTICAL MEASURING SYSTEM WITH FILTER UNIT FOR EXTRACTING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - An optical measuring system determines coordinates of points for distance measurement. The measuring system includes a radiation source for emitting electromagnetic radiation and a receiving unit having a filter unit for extracting electromagnetic radiation in a defined wavelength range and having, a detector, such that the radiation extracted by the filter unit is detectable by the detector. The filter unit includes at least two mirror elements which are at least partly reflective and constructed in a multilayered fashion. The mirror elements are substantially parallel to one another. Two adjacent mirror elements in each case enclose a cavity and are arranged at a specific distance from one another. An optical thickness is defined by a refractive index of the cavity and by the distance between the mirror elements. Optical thickness varying means operate to varying the optical thickness, such that an extractable wavelength range of the filter unit is varied. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140286536 | POSITION AND ORIENTATION DETERMINATION IN 6-DOF - A method for a six degree of freedom position and orientation determination of a known shape in a scenery is disclosed. The method includes taking a range image with a range imaging camera and a visual picture with a digital camera. The range imaging camera includes a sensor array with a first number of pixels. Determining a 3D cluster of points from range information collected from the sensor array to a point of the scenery. The digital camera comprises an image sensor having a second number of pixels, resulting in a 2D picture. A stored 3D digital representation of the known shape may be fitted in a virtual space to match the reproduction of the known object in the 2D picture and the 3D cluster of points and determining the six degree of freedom position and orientation of the known shape according to the virtual match. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140307252 | SURVEYING DEVICE - Some embodiments of the invention may relate to an optical surveying device having a base for setting up the surveying device and a targeting unit, which is rotatable in relation to the base about two axes, and which defines a target axis or targeting a target object to be surveyed. In some embodiments, the targeting unit has a first beam path for emitting optical radiation in the direction of the target object to be surveyed and a second beam path for receiving a component of the optical radiation, which is reflected from the target object, by way of an optoelectronic receiving element. In some embodiments, at least one of the beam paths, has an optical element, which is implemented having an optically transparent, deformable volume body, and which has at least one interface toward a medium having an optical index of refraction deviating from the volume body. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140320603 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING 3D COORDINATES OF AN OBJECT - The invention relates to a method for determining 3D coordinates of an object ( | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150029489 | MEASURING DEVICE HAVING A SCANNING FUNCTIONALITY AND A SINGLE-POINT MEASUREMENT MODE - Embodiments described herein relate to a measuring device, comprising a base that defines a vertical axis, an assembly that can be pivoted about the vertical axis relative to the base, and a beam deflecting unit for varying the orientation of a measurement axis, wherein the beam deflecting unit can be rotated about a horizontal axis relative to the assembly. The measuring device further has a distance measurement functionality for measuring distance by means of the measurement radiation, an angle measurement functionality for determining an orientation of the measurement axis relative to the base, a control and processing unit for processing data and for controlling the measuring device, and a scanning functionality, wherein when the scanning functionality is executed, a scan is performed, and a point cloud comprising the scan points is produced. The assembly also has an imaging system. The measuring device may have a single-point measurement mode. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150042790 | GEODETIC SURVEYING DEVICE WITH A MICROLENS ARRAY - Some embodiments relate to a geodetic surveying device, comprising a beam source for generating measurement radiation, a base defining a vertical axis, a support carrying a targeting unit and defining a tilt axis, the support being arranged on the base and rotatable relative to the base about the vertical axis, and the targeting unit being arranged rotatable relative to the support about the tilt axis, and an angle- and distance-measuring functionality. Moreover, provision is made for an image acquisition unit for acquiring images of an object in a field of view defined by the image acquisition unit, and a control and processing unit. The image acquisition unit comprises at least an image sensor and a microlens array with a multiplicity of diffractive and/or refractive optical elements arranged in a defined two-dimensional manner. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150049186 | COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE HAVING A CAMERA - A coordinate measuring machine ( | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150085110 | SURVEYING APPARATUS HAVING A RANGE CAMERA - Embodiments described herein include a surveying apparatus for surveying a measurement scenery. The surveying apparatus may include a base defining a vertical axis; a support tiltable around the vertical axis; a telescope unit tiltable around the vertical axis and around a horizontal axis that is orthogonal to the vertical axis and comprises means for distance measurement; motor means for rotational driving of the support and the telescope unit; and angle determination means for detecting an orientation of the telescope unit with respect to the base. In some embodiments, the telescope unit comprises a first camera capable to take a visible image of the measurement scenery and/or means for capturing coordinates of 3D-points of the measurement scenery. In some embodiments, the surveying apparatus comprises a display capable to display at least a portion of the visible image taken by the first camera and/or at least a portion of the 3D-points. | 03-26-2015 |
