MEASURING DEVICE, MEASURING METHOD, AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR

• US 20170097420A1
• Filed: 09/30/2016
• Published: 04/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Topcon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Topcon Corporation
• Inventors: Shoji, Atsushi, Oide, Akira, NAGASHIMA, Hiroki
• Application Number:
  US15/281,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20170097420A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 17/42 Simultaneous measurement of distance and other co-ordinates indirect measurement G01S17/46
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/00 Three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10028 Range image; Depth image; 3D point clouds

Abstract

A technique for efficiently performing operations for identifying a current position in a method of measuring electromagnetic waves is provided. A measuring device includes a measurement planned position data receiving unit 302, a current position data receiving unit 303, and a GUI controlling unit 306. The measurement planned position data receiving unit 302 receives data of measurement planned positions at each of which electromagnetic waves are measured. The current position data receiving unit 303 receives data of a current position of an electromagnetic wave measuring device. The GUI controlling unit 306 controls displaying of a relationship between the current position of the electromagnetic wave measuring device and the measurement planned position on a display based on data of the measurement planned positions and data of the current position.

Claims

1. A measuring device comprising:

a controlling unit configured to control displaying of a relationship between a measurement planned position for an electromagnetic wave and a current position of an electromagnetic wave measuring device, on a display, based on first data relating to the measurement planned position for the electromagnetic wave and based on second data relating to the current position of the electromagnetic wave measuring device.

2. The measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the controlling unit controls displaying of a direction and a distance to the measurement planned position.

3. The measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a notification controlling unit configured to control displaying of a notice when a distance between the measurement planned position and the current position is not greater than a predetermined value.

4. The measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a point cloud position data obtaining unit configured to obtain point cloud position data that is measured by a position measuring device, the position measuring device being configured to measure a position of the electromagnetic wave measuring device;

a three-dimensional model generating unit configured to generate a three-dimensional model based on the point cloud position data;

a matching relationship identifying unit configured to identify a matching relationship between the three-dimensional model and a model of circumstances surrounding the position measuring device; and

a position judging unit configured to identify a position of the position measuring device surrounded by the modeled circumstances, based on the matching relationship.

5. The measuring device according to claim 4, wherein the point cloud position data is measured by a laser scanner, and the position judging unit identifies the position of the position measuring device surrounded by the modeled circumstances, based on a positional relationship between the point cloud position data and the position measuring device and based on the matching relationship.

8. The measuring device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a notification controlling unit configured to control displaying of a notice when a distance between the measurement planned position and the current position is not greater than a predetermined value.

9. The measuring device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a point cloud position data obtaining unit configured to obtain point cloud position data that is measured by a position measuring device, the position measuring device being configured to measure a position of the electromagnetic wave measuring device;

a three-dimensional model generating unit configured to generate a three-dimensional model based on the point cloud position data;

a matching relationship identifying unit configured to identify a matching relationship between the three-dimensional model and a model of circumstances surrounding the position measuring device; and

a position judging unit configured to identify a position of the position measuring device surrounded by the modeled circumstances, based on the matching relationship.

10. The measuring device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a point cloud position data obtaining unit configured to obtain point cloud position data that is measured by a position measuring device, the position measuring device being configured to measure a position of the electromagnetic wave measuring device;

a three-dimensional model generating unit configured to generate a three-dimensional model based on the point cloud position data;

a matching relationship identifying unit configured to identify a matching relationship between the three-dimensional model and a model of circumstances surrounding the position measuring device; and

a position judging unit configured to identify a position of the position measuring device surrounded by the modeled circumstances, based on the matching relationship.

6. A measuring method comprising:

controlling displaying of a relationship between a measurement planned position for an electromagnetic wave and a current position of an electromagnetic wave measuring device, on a display, based on first data relating to the measurement planned position for the electromagnetic wave and based on second data relating to the current position of the electromagnetic wave measuring device.

7. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable program codes for measurement, the computer-executable program codes comprising program code instructions for:

controlling displaying of a relationship between a measurement planned position for an electromagnetic wave and a current position of an electromagnetic wave measuring device, on a display, based on first data relating to the measurement planned position for the electromagnetic wave and based on second data relating to the current position of the electromagnetic wave measuring device.