Measuring system for alignment and measurement with an electronic tachymeter

• US 4,321,683 A
• Filed: 08/27/1979
• Issued: 03/23/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jenoptik JENA GmbH (Jenoptik AG)
• Original Assignee: Jenoptik JENA GmbH (Jenoptik AG)
• Inventors: Hentschel, Peter, Meyl, Wolfgang, Goring, Hermann
• Primary Examiner(s): Wise, Edward J.
• Application Number:
  US06/069,944
• Time in Patent Office: 939 Days
• Field of Search: 364/561, 364/562, 356/5, 356/4, 356/141, 356/152
• US Class Current: 702/152
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 15/002 Active optical surveying means optical plumbing G01C15/105
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 3/00 Measuring distances in line of sight; Optical rangefinders tapes, chains or wheels for measuring length G01B3/00; active triangulation systems, i.e. using the transmission and reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, G01S17/48

Abstract

A measuring system includes a tachymeter station and a reflector or evaluating station. The tachymeter station is provided with an electronic tachymeter, along with a calculating or computing device and a portable radio transmitter, for transmitting data processed by the calculator in accordance with measurement data from the tachymeter. The transmission of information is in the form of pulse width modulation. The reflector or evaluating station includes a radio receiver having a pulse demodulator, and a display unit for displaying coordinate positions in accordance with received data.

Claims

1. In a measuring system for alignment and measuring including a tachymeter station having an electronic tachymeter comprising a calculating means and data transmitting means at the tachymeter station and a receiving device and a pulse integrator at a second station, said tachymeter station further including an information analyzer for analyzing measuring data from said electronic tachymeter, said information analyzer comprising a decoder, a counter, terminal strip means connected to apply input data to said decoder and counter, a shift register connected to receive signals from said decoder, pulse width modulating means connected to pulse width modulate the output of said shift register, said data transmitting means being connected to transmit signals from said modulator, the measuring system further comprising a second presettable counter, comparison means connected to provide an output signal in response to the comparison of data in said first-mentioned and preset counters, and means for controlling said shift register with the output of said comparator.

2. The measuring system of claim 1 wherein said information analyzer further comprises a decimal point memory connected to control the transmission of decimal points.

3. The measuring system of claim 2 wherein said calculating means has a seven-segment multiplexed display, wherein said terminal strip is connected to receive signals applied to said display, and further comprising means for controlling said first-mentioned counter at the multiplex rate of said display.

4. In a measuring system for alignment and measuring including a tachymeter station having an electronic tachymeter comprising a calculating means and data transmitting means at the tachymeter station and a receiving device and a pulse integrator at the second station, said pulse integrator comprising an input amplifier, a gate circuit connected to said input amplifier for demodulating signals received thereby, a circulating memory connected to receive signals from said gate circuit, a display device, and selective switch means coupled to selectively apply signals from said circulating memory to said display device.