MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARKING A KNOWN TARGET POINT IN A COORDINATE SYSTEM
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Abstract
A measuring system for marking a known target point in a coordinate system includes a mobile marking unit and a geodetic measuring device. The measuring device has a sighting unit, angle measurement functionality, and a camera for capturing a camera image. The measuring system has a database storing a target point position, an output unit that presents the camera image, and a control and processing unit. The measuring system has presentation functionality that presents a spatial deviation between the marking unit and target point positions on the output unit in first and second directions using, respectively, using first and second deviation displays. The first deviation display indicates a distance of the target point position from a plane defined by the measuring device and the marking unit. The second deviation display indicates a distance of the target point position from a normal to the plane defined by the marking unit position.
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35 Claims
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16. A surveying system for marking a target that is known in a coordinate system, comprising:
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a mobile marking unit configured to precisely determine a marking unit position using a customizable reflector and/or a GNSS antenna; a geodetic surveying appliance for determining the position of the marking unit, the geodetic surveying appliance having access to data, stored in a database, representing a target position of the target, and including; a targeting unit that defines a targeting direction; an angle measuring functionality; a camera for capturing a camera image; an output unit on which the camera image, together with the target position and/or the marking unit position, can be presented; and a control and processing unit; and presentation functionality that, under the control of the control and processing unit, enables display on the output unit of a spatial discrepancy between the marking unit position and the target position, the spatial discrepancy being displayed; in a first direction using a first discrepancy indicator that indicates an interval from the target position to a plane defined by the surveying appliance and the marking unit; and in a second direction using a second discrepancy indicator that indicates an interval from the target position to a normal to the plane, which normal is stipulated by the marking unit position; wherein the spatial discrepancy is presented independently in the first direction and in the second direction. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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26. A geodetic surveying appliance that has access to data, stored in a database, representing a target position of a target, the geodetic surveying appliance comprising:
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a targeting unit that defines a targeting direction; angle measuring functionality for capturing the orientation of the targeting unit; a camera for capturing a camera image; an output unit on which the camera image can be presented; a control and processing unit; and presentation functionality that, under the control of the control and processing unit, enables display on the output unit of a spatial discrepancy between the marking unit position and the target position, the spatial discrepancy being displayed; in a first direction using a first discrepancy indicator that indicates an interval from the target position to a plane defined by the surveying appliance and the marking unit; and in a second direction using a second discrepancy indicator that indicates an interval from the target position to a normal to the plane, which normal is stipulated by the marking unit position; wherein the spatial discrepancy is presented independently in the first direction and in the second direction. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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33. A surveying system for marking a target that is known in a coordinate system, comprising:
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a mobile marking unit configured to precisely determine a marking unit position using a customizable reflector and/or a GNSS antenna; a geodetic surveying appliance for determining the position of the marking unit, the geodetic surveying appliance having access to data stored in a database representing a target position of the target and a map view of a terrain that has the target, the geodetic surveying appliance including; a targeting unit that defines a targeting direction; angle measuring functionality; a camera for capturing a camera image; an output unit on which the camera image and/or the map view can be presented; and a control and processing unit; and indicator functionality having an automatic changeover function that, when executed under the control of the control and processing unit; initiates display of the camera image and/or the map view on the output unit when a defined indicator criterion is met, the defined indicator criterion being a position ratio between the target position and the marking unit position; automatically initiates changeover between the camera image and the map view by taking account of a distance and/or angle threshold value, wherein the camera image and/or the map view are displayed together with the marking unit position and/or the target position. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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