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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2023
Hexagon Innovation Hub Gmbh, Heerbrugg, CH;
Beat Aebischer, Heerbrugg, CH;
Sybille Verena Komposch, Feldkirch, AT;
Christian Niklaus, Bad Ragaz, CH;
Philipp Lukas Rüst, Herisau, CH;
Patrik Titus Töngi, Balgach, CH;
Markus Wenk, Chur, CH;
HEXAGON INNOVATION HUB GMBH, Heerbrugg, CH;
Abstract
A surveying instrument, comprising at least one rotational movement axis such as a azimuth axis, which is for providing a positioning of the measurement direction of the surveying instrument, a rotational position encoder configured for deriving a rotational direction value around the movement axis and an acceleration sensor such as a MEMS-accelerometer for deriving a leveling for the surveying instrument and being rotatable around the rotational movement axis in different rotational positions. The instrument further comprises a mechanism designed to move the accelerometer from a first orientation in at least a second orientation, the second orientation being different to the first orientation, wherein the mechanism is designed and arranged in such a way that the targeting direction is uninfluenced by a movement of the accelerometer by the mechanism, and an evaluation unit configured to derive a calibrated leveling for the instrument.