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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2022
Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh, Heerbrugg, CH;
Jürg Hinderling, Marbach, CH;
Thomas Piok, Koblach, AT;
HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH, Heerbrugg, CH;
Abstract
A target object providing a large angular incidence range for retroreflection and a reduced amount of interfering reflections. The target object is configured to provide a 360° all-around retroreflection about a vertical axis and ±45° angular incidence range from the horizontal. According to one aspect, the target object comprises eight triple prisms arranged around the arrangement axis in such a way that their contour embeds in an octahedral shape, wherein four of the eight triple prisms are arranged to embed in a first pyramidal body and other four of the eight triple prisms are arranged to embed in a second pyramidal body. Each of the first and the second pyramidal bodies comprises a pyramid base and four lateral surfaces, wherein the pyramid bases of the first and the second pyramidal bodies are arranged parallel to each other.