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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Trimble Inc., Westminster, CO (US);
Inventor:
Michael Vogel, Jena, DE;
Assignee:
Trimble Inc., Westminster, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 11/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surveying system comprises a base, a first alidademounted on the base and rotatable relative to the base about a first axis, a first optical instrumentmounted on the first alidade, wherein the first optical instrument is configured to emit a first beamof measuring light, a second alidademounted on the base and rotatable relative to the base about a second axis, and a second optical instrumentmounted on the second alidade, wherein the second axis substantially coincides with the first axis. The first optical instrument includes a scanner, and the second optical instrument includes at least one camera