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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2019
Topcon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Motohiro Miyajima, Tokyo, JP;
Topcon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A surveying deviceconfigured to perform a survey by tracking, as a survey target, a prismattached to a cameraof a movable imaging device, includes an electronic distance meterconfigured to measure a distance to the survey target; a horizontal angle detectorand a vertical angle detectoreach configured to measure an angle; a main bodysupporting these members; a time obtainerconfigured to obtain a GPS time from a GPS satellite; a tilt sensorconfigured to detect a posture of the main body; a calibratorconfigured to calibrate the tilt sensor; and a survey controllerthat causes the calibratorto perform calibration during a period in which the time obtainerobtains the GPS time, as an advance preparation to be performed before the measurement.