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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2022
Applicant:
Hexagon Innovation Hub Gmbh, Heerbrugg, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HEXAGON INNOVATION HUB GMBH, Heerbrugg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2013.01); G01C 15/002 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surveying device embodied as total positioning system or total station, wherein the surveying device comprises a laser distance measuring module configured to generate a distance measuring beam for a single point measurement to determine a distance to a measurement point targeted by the distance measuring beam. Furthermore, the surveying device comprises a range imaging module with a switchable target illuminator for providing different distance-dependent illumination states of an area illumination comprising a broad and a narrow illumination state.