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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2012
Jurgen Dold, Sempach, CH;
Daniel Moser, Seengen, CH;
Roland Zumbrunn, Wittinsburg, CH;
Leica Geosystems AG, Heerbrugg, CH;
Abstract
A measuring system includes a laser tracker (), a target point marked by a reflector (), a surveying apparatus (), and an arithmetic and control unit (). The laser tracker emits a measuring beam (M) which is reflected by the reflector, a process that is used for determining the distance between the laser tracker () and the reflector (). The surveying apparatus has a known position and orientation relative to the measuring beam (M) while preferably being embodied as a survey camera. The inventive measuring system is designed so as to track the reflector () via the measuring beam (M). In a normal tracking mode (A), a measured value for controlling the orientation of the measuring beam (M) is derived from the detection of the measuring beam reflected by the reflector ().