Surveying instrument
US4335306A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 1979 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S17/06
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A tacheometer includes two angle encoders each utilizing a method of eccentricity correction wherein three detectors responsive to encoded angular displacement are arranged linearly along a line passing through the desired axis of angular displacement. Two of the detectors are disposed diametrically opposite each other, at equal distances from and on opposite sides of the desired axis. In the absence of eccentricity the actual axis of angular displacement is the desired axis, and the outputs of the diametrically opposed detectors are complementary. The presence of eccentricity causes the two axes to separate, and produces a corresponding change in the outputs of the diametrically opposed detectors, rendering them non-complementary. The degree of change is measured and used to correct an angular displacement detected by the third detector, located at a different distance from the desired axis.
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