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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Topcon Corporation, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Topcon Corporation, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G01C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 11/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G01C 15/002 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a camera and a surveying device are connected by a synchro cable, and a photographing condition obtaining unit obtains a photographing start time of the camera, a survey control unit makes a survey time measurement unit start time measurement. After the camera and the surveying device are disconnected, the survey control unit starts a survey by a predetermined surveying period ΔT when tracking of the prism starts. Based on the time measurement by the survey time measurement unit, the survey control unit associates the survey result with the photographing position of each image taken by the camera to generate the data for photogrammetry.