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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2011
Hitoshi Otani, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Atsushi Tanahashi, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Inaba, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Takeshi Ishida, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Junki Kaneko, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Hitoshi Otani, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Atsushi Tanahashi, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Inaba, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Takeshi Ishida, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Junki Kaneko, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON, Tokyo-to, JP;
Abstract
A geographic data collecting system, comprising a distance measuring unit for projecting a distance measuring light and for measuring a distance to an object to be measured, a camera for taking an image in measuring direction, a display unit for displaying the pickup image, a touch panel provided to correspond to a screen position of the display unit, a tilt sensor for detecting a tilting of the measuring direction, and an arithmetic unit for calculating a distance to the object to be measured by giving consideration on the tilting in the measuring direction and a point-to-point distance as specified on the image by specifying two or more points of the object to be measured on a displayed image via the touch panel.