Management system for surveying instrument and storage medium used in management system for surveying instrument

• US 20060016085A1
• Filed: 06/24/2005
• Published: 01/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
• Inventors: Miyao, Yoshikatsu, Motoki, Yoshihiro, Imamura, Masaaki
• Application Number:
  US11/166,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20060016085A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 33/290
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 15/00 Surveying instruments or accessories not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C13/00

Abstract

A management system for a surveying instrument, comprising a surveying instrument having a storage unit capable to rewrite and a display unit where display is given based on data written in the storage unit, a first computer capable to transmit the data to the storage unit, and a first storage medium capable to read by the first computer, wherein a program developable by the first computer is stored in the first storage medium, the first computer prepares the data by the program, and the first computer can write the data to the storage unit.

Claims

1. A management system for a surveying instrument, comprising a surveying instrument having a storage unit capable to rewrite and a display unit where display is given based on data written in said storage unit, a first computer capable to transmit the data to said storage unit, and a first storage medium capable to read by said first computer, wherein a program developable by said first computer is stored in said first storage medium, said first computer prepares the data by said program, and said first computer can write the data to said storage unit.

3. A management system for a surveying instrument according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said data is a date management program for executing management of date such as maintenance time, a lease period, an expiration date of a lease period, and an expiration date of a rental period.

4. A management system for a surveying instrument according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said data is a security management program for performing display to identify an owner, a staff in charge of management or the like on a display unit of the surveying instrument.

6. A storage medium in said management system for a surveying instrument according to claim 1, wherein said program is stored.

2. A management system for a surveying instrument, comprising a surveying instrument having a storage unit capable to rewrite and a display unit where display is given based on data written in said storage unit, a second computer capable to transmit the data to said storage unit, a second storage medium capable to read by said second computer, a first computer for preparing said second storage medium, and a first storage medium where a main program readable by said first computer is stored, wherein the main program is developed by said first computer, an auxiliary program is prepared by said developed main program, said auxiliary program is written in said second storage medium, said second computer prepares said data according to said auxiliary program developed, and said second computer can write the data in said storage unit.

5. A management system for a surveying instrument according to claim 2, wherein said main program performs display to identify a preparer of said auxiliary program when display is performed on a display unit based on the data prepared by said auxiliary program.

7. A storage medium in said management system for a surveying instrument according to claim 2, wherein said auxiliary program is stored.