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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2009
Applicant:
Lars Schumacher, Relsberg, DE;
Inventor:
Lars Schumacher, Relsberg, DE;
Assignee:
Trimble Kaiserslautern GmbH, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical instrument with an angle indicator and a method for operating the same enabling simple monitoring of instrument inclination and operation in a large angle range. The optical instrument comprises a base portion, a head portion tiltable relative to the base portion within a device angle range, a base angle indicator attached to the base portion for determining a base angle of the base portion and a determination unit for determining an indication angle range of the head portion based on the base angle and the device angle range.