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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Leica Geosystems Ag, Heerbrugg, CH;
Inventor:
Reto Stutz, Berneck, CH;
Assignee:
LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG, Heerbrugg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G01S 7/486 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/88 (2013.01); G01S 7/4861 (2013.01); H03M 1/1245 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a distance measuring method comprising at least the step of emitting at least one measurement signal to a target object, in which at least one start signal is produced, and the measurement signal is back scattered from the target object as a target signal. Said target signal is sampled at a sampling frequency and the relative position of the start signal and the target signal is determined for deriving a distance to the target object from the relative position from the start signal and the target signal. The sampling frequency can be adjusted and is set in accordance with a large distance to the target object.