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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2008
Applicant:
Mikael Hertzman, Sollentuna, SE;
Inventor:
Mikael Hertzman, Sollentuna, SE;
Assignee:
Trimble AB, Danderyd, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and a geodetic scanner for determining the appearance of a target. In the method and geodetic scanner of the present invention, an initial can is performed to calculate or determine a set of optimal gain values for each one of a number of predetermined positions (-) at the surface of the target (). Once gain values (g-g) have been determined for all predetermined positions, distances to each one of the predetermined positions are calculated using the gain values. The present invention is advantageous in that the measurement rate and the overall efficiency are increased.