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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
May. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Leica Geosystems Ag, Heerbrugg, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG, Heerbrugg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/006 (2013.01); G01C 3/08 (2013.01); G01J 1/4257 (2013.01); G02B 6/4206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light receiver designed to determine a position or orientation relative to a reference light wherein the light receiver comprises an elongated rod-shaped light receptor with two ends, a light coupler, a light guide, and light detection means at one or both ends for detection of guided reference light and a signal processor to process the at least one detection signal of the detection means and to determine the position by an evaluation of the detection signal. The light coupler comprises light absorbing and emitting material like fluorescent or phosphorescent material.