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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/02 (2006.01); G01C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/006 (2013.01); G01C 15/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surveying instrument includes a pedestal provided with a guide light irradiation unit provided with a light source to irradiate with guide light indicating a collimation direction of the surveying instrument to an operator, a tracking optical system which locks a target, a ranging optical system which ranges a distance to the target, and a control circuit which calculates surveying data by a ranging result of the ranging optical system, and a transmitting and receiving unit which receives survey setting point data regarding a survey setting operation and sends the surveying data obtained by the control circuit.