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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Topcon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
You Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Topcon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G01C 15/06 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/002 (2013.01); G01C 15/06 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
A target deviceincludes: a prismconfigured to reflect light incident on the prism in a direction identical to a direction of incidence of the light; a support partconfigured to support the prism; and a plurality of direction indicatorsformed on the prismto indicate a direction of the prism. A surveying systemincludes the target deviceattached to a cameraof a UAV, and a surveying devicesurveying the prismas a target and taking a target image Tp including the prismto detect the orientation of the UAVbased on the direction indicatorsappearing in the target image.