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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2022
Applicant:

Topcon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masae Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;

Naoki Shoji, Tokyo, JP;

Jun Abe, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

TOPCON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/487 (2006.01); G01S 17/26 (2020.01); G01S 17/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/26 (2020.01); G01S 7/4873 (2013.01); G01S 7/4876 (2013.01); G01S 17/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

The light wave distance meter is disclosed, including: a distance measuring light-emitting unit; a light-receiving signal generating unit; and a control arithmetic unit. A light-receiving signal includes a first intermittent light-receiving signal corresponding to a first distance measuring light, a second intermittent light-receiving signal corresponding to a second distance measuring light, a third intermittent light-receiving signal corresponding to a third distance measuring light, and a fourth intermittent light-receiving signal corresponding to a fourth distance measuring light. The control arithmetic unit executes an error determination control to acquire a shift signal generated by shifting at least a phase of any one of the first to fourth intermittent light-receiving signals by 2π·n−π/2 or 2π·n+π/2, and compares the phase of the shift signal and the phase of the intermittent light-receiving signal at least between either the first frequencies or between the second frequencies.


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