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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Thomas Jensen, Rorschach, CH;
Peter Kipfer, Marbach, CH;
Laurent Stauffer, Widnau, CH;
Reto Stutz, Berneck, CH;
Thomas Jensen, Rorschach, CH;
Peter Kipfer, Marbach, CH;
Laurent Stauffer, Widnau, CH;
Reto Stutz, Berneck, CH;
Leica Geosystems AG, Heerbrugg, CH;
Abstract
An electro-optical range finder () having a trapezoidal laser () as a laser source, a laser source controller () for generating pulsed laser radiation, receiving optics () and a detector () with an evaluation unit () for receiving and evaluating the measuring radiation (RS) reflected by a target (ZI), in order to measure distance, has a separate supply for the guided waveguide region () and the trapezoidal region () as well as transmitting optics () with astigmatism compensation and for collimating the laser radiation.