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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo-to, JP;
Kaoru Kumagai, Tokyo-to, JP;
Hitoshi Otani, Tokyo-to, JP;
Naoto Kasori, Tokyo-to, JP;
You Sasaki, Tokyo-to, JP;
Jun Sasagawa, Tokyo-to, JP;
Nobuyuki Fukaya, Tokyo-to, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON, Tokyo-to, JP;
Abstract
A measuring instrument comprises an spherical camera () for acquiring image data over total circumference, a laser scanner () installed integrally with the spherical camera and for acquiring point cloud data of the surroundings, a synchronous control unit () for controlling acquisition of data of the spherical camera and the laser scanner, a storage unit () for recording the image data and the point cloud data, an absolute scale acquiring means for acquiring an absolute scale for obtaining an absolute position of when images are photographed by the spherical camera, and a control arithmetic unit (), wherein the control arithmetic unit calculates a 3D model based on the image data, the point cloud data, and the absolute position.