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Utility
Six Dof Measurement Aid Module for Determining 3D Coordinates of Points to Be Measured of an Object Surface
7 Oct 21
A six DOF measurement aid module for determining 3D coordinates of points to be measured of an object surface, comprising a laser tracker for determining the position and orientation of the six DOF measurement aid module.
Simon FUCHS, Daniel MOSER
Filed: 29 Mar 21
Utility
Distance Measuring Device
30 Sep 21
A distance measuring device comprising an optical transmitter channel for transmitting laser light along a transmitter path and an optical reception channel for receiving laser light along a reception path.
Heinz BERNHARD, Christian WEIS
Filed: 25 Mar 21
Utility
Auto centering levelling
21 Sep 21
A surveying system can include a surveying instrument, a control system, a tilt measuring system, a levelling unit, a camera system, and a second distance meter, wherein the control system is configured for obtaining an image position of a captured image, adjusting a tilt status until a first tilt status is obtained, the second distance meter aiming onto the location on the ground in the first tilt status, determining the first tilt status, effecting the second distance meter to measure a distance to the location on the ground, effecting a first angle encoder to measure a rotatory position of a support unit, effecting the levelling unit to adjust the tilt status, and calibrating a preconfigured centre point based on the distance to the location on the ground, a deviation between the first tilt status and the second tilt status, and/or the rotatory position of the support unit.
Heinz Bernhard, Hannes Maar, Dimitri Tsymbal, Benjamin Grabherr
Filed: 10 Mar 20
Utility
Light receiver
7 Sep 21
A light receiver designed to determine a position or orientation relative to a reference light wherein the light receiver comprises an elongated rod-shaped light receptor with two ends, a light coupler, a light guide, and light detection means at both ends and a signal processor to process the electric signals of the detection means and to determine the relative position and/or orientation by a comparative evaluation of the electric signals.
Peter Seitz, Thomas Ammer, Jürg Hinderling
Filed: 18 May 18
Utility
Method for creating point cloud representations
31 Aug 21
A method for creating point cloud representations for a point cloud generated based on images, wherein the method comprises receiving a point cloud generated based on images, retrieving, from a user, selection criterion information, wherein the selection criterion information is related to the quality information comprised by the points of the point cloud, and filtering the generated point cloud and creating a filtered-point-cloud representation to be displayed while leaving volume and substance of the generated point cloud unchanged, wherein for each point of the point cloud its quality information is compared with the retrieved selection criterion information and only those points of the point cloud are used for the creation of the filtered-point-cloud representation to be displayed, which have a quality information fulfilling the retrieved selection criterion information, and displaying the filtered-point-cloud representation to the user.
Thomas Bach, Martina Di Rita, Anargyros Martyridis, Kevin Hanson
Filed: 7 Jun 19
Utility
Construction Machine with Measuring System and Construction Site Measuring System
19 Aug 21
A construction machine comprising a chassis, a steering, and a powertrain for driving the construction machine by the chassis, an earth-moving tool for working a terrain, and a measuring system having a first measuring unit configured for generating first measuring data in a first detection range and comprising at least a first camera and a first LiDAR scanner configured for rotating a first measuring beam around a first axis and around a second axis non-parallel to the first axis with a rotating speed of at least 0.5 Hz with respect to each axis, an interface connecting the first measuring unit to a computer configured for, based on the first measuring data, at least one of generating a three-dimensional model of the terrain within the first detection range, identifying an obstacle or a person within the first detection range, and controlling the steering, the powertrain, and/or the earth-moving tool.
Magnus THIBBLIN, Tommi Juhani KAUPPINEN, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Matthias WIESER, Roman STEFFEN, Pascal GOHL
Filed: 17 Feb 21
Utility
Light receiver for position referencing
17 Aug 21
A light receiver designed to determine a position or orientation relative to a reference light wherein the light receiver comprises an elongated rod-shaped light receptor with two ends, a light coupler, a light guide, and light detection means at one or both ends for detection of guided reference light and a signal processor to process the at least one detection signal of the detection means and to determine the position by an evaluation of the detection signal.
Peter Seitz, Thomas Ammer, Martin Winistörfer
Filed: 18 May 18
Utility
Construction task referencing
10 Aug 21
A method, device and system for automatically deriving stationing zones for an electronic measuring or marking device in a worksite environment.
Bernd Möller, Thomas Ammer
Filed: 22 Aug 19
Utility
Geodetic Instrument with a Static Base
22 Jul 21
A geodetic instrument, e.g. a total station, laser scanner, laser tracker or laser level, for example for construction works.
Johannes HOTZ, Thomas BÖSCH, Josef MÜLLER
Filed: 21 Jan 21
Utility
Measuring apparatus comprising an interferometer and an absorption medium defining a dense line spectrum
20 Jul 21
A measuring apparatus comprising a tunable laser diode for generating a mono mode measurement radiation, said laser diode being designed as a laser beam source in such a way that an emission wavelength of the measurement radiation is variable within a wavelength range by means of the variation of a tuning parameter, comprising an absorption medium defining absorption lines within the wavelength range, comprising a memory having a line atlas for the absorption medium, comprising a detector for determining an absorptivity and comprising a control and evaluation unit for regulating the emission wavelength by means of the at least one tuning parameter in a manner dependent on the absorptivity determined in such a way that the emission wavelength remains stable.
Thomas Lüthi, Burkhard Böckem, Yves Salvadé
Filed: 9 May 19
Utility
Insertion Apparatus
17 Jun 21
An apparatus for inserting a measurement light beam which can be projected onto a target object, comprising a light-refracting component having an optical axis, and at least two mirrors for deflecting the measurement light beam, and an optical overall body consisting of at least one optically effective material, wherein the optical overall body is configured in such a way that the at least two mirrors are fitted inside or at the edge, in particular as a part, of the optical overall body, in such a way that the measurement light beam entering the optical overall body is offset parallel to the incident measurement light beam when emerging from the optical overall body, so that the emerging measurement light beam lies on the optical axis of the light-refracting component of the apparatus and is projected in this form onto the target object.
Thomas BÖSCH, Josef MÜLLER
Filed: 11 Dec 20
Utility
Method for 2D picture based conglomeration in 3D surveying
25 May 21
A method for a three dimensional surveying of a 3D-scene for deriving a true-to-size 3D-model.
Bernhard Metzler, Tobias Heller, Siegfried Wiltsche
Filed: 20 Nov 18
Utility
Laser Scanner with Calibration Functionality
20 May 21
A laser scanner comprising a base, a body, a first motor for rotating the body relative to the base at a first speed, a first angle encoder determining a first angle of the body, an emitter emitting a transmission beam, a receiver detecting a reception beam, a deflector deflecting the transmission beam towards a setting, deflecting the reception beam to the receiver, a second motor rotating at a second speed higher than the first speed, a second angle encoder determining a second angle of the deflector, a processor determining a distance based on the emitted transmission beam and the detected reception beam, determining a point based on the first angle, the second angle, and the determined distance.
Christian NIKLAUS, Christoph HERBST
Filed: 18 Nov 20
Utility
Stylus having distance meter
27 Apr 21
A handheld stylus for the precise operation of a touch-sensitive display screen, comprising an oblong housing, which is designed in such a way that the stylus is provided to be held in one hand like a pen, and a tip, which is designed for touching the display screen, wherein the stylus comprises a laser distance meter integrated into the housing for measuring distances to spatial points along an emission direction.
Burkhard Böckem
Filed: 15 Oct 19
Utility
Surveying Instrument
4 Mar 21
A surveying instrument for executing a relocation functionality, which determines first coordinates of a stationary target point associated with the start signal, in response to a start signal, a first actuator and a second actuator are controlled such that the stationary target point remains within a detection area of a tracking unit of the surveying instrument, determines second coordinates of the stationary target point, receives an end signal, wherein the second coordinates of the stationary target point are associated with the end signal, and based at least in part on the first and second coordinates of the stationary target point, and determines a relative pose of the surveying instrument with respect to a first setup location and a second setup location, wherein the first setup location is associated with the first coordinates and the second setup location is associated with the second coordinates.
Elvir MALKOC, Josef MÜLLER, Johannes HOTZ
Filed: 2 Sep 20
Utility
Surveying System with Image-based Measuring
25 Feb 21
A method for image-based point measurement includes moving a surveying system along a path through a surrounding and capturing a series of images of the surrounding.
Bernhard RICHTER, Zoltán TÖRÖK, Elmar Vincent VAN DER ZWAN, Bernhard METZLER
Filed: 22 Aug 19
Utility
Drive System In a Geodetic Measurement Instrument
25 Feb 21
A geodetic surveying instrument to move a measurement light beam into a desired measurement direction in space, comprising at least one movement axis which is motorized, providing a positioning of the measurement direction of the geodetic surveying instrument, and an instrument-encoder at the movement axis configured for deriving the measurement direction as a measurement value of the geodetic surveying instrument.
Benjamin MÜLLER, Thomas Lienhard SCHMITT, Christoph HERBST, Hannes Martin WACHTER
Filed: 20 Aug 20
Utility
Geodetic System
25 Feb 21
A target of a geodetic system based on global and local identification references.
Markus GESER, Daniel HOFSTETTER, Martin MAYER
Filed: 19 Aug 20
Utility
Combined Point Cloud Generation Using a Stationary Laser Scanner and a Mobile Scanner
25 Feb 21
Three-dimensional (3D) point cloud generation using a stationary laser scanner and a mobile scanner.
Thomas MÖRWALD, Zoltán TÖRÖK, Bernhard METZLER
Filed: 21 Aug 20
Utility
Localization of a Surveying Instrument
18 Feb 21
A method for surveying an environment by a movable surveying instrument configured to be carried by a human with a progressional capturing of 2D-images by at least one camera and applying a visual simultaneous location and mapping algorithm (VSLAM) or a visual inertial simultaneous location and mapping algorithm (VISLAM) with a progressional deriving of a sparse evolving point cloud of at least part of the environment, and a progressional deriving of a trajectory of movement.
Zoltán TÖRÖK, Thomas MÖRWALD
Filed: 12 Aug 20