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Surveying apparatus

US6563574B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 28, 2001
Grant dateMay 13, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 28, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C1/04
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to both a surveying apparatus with a picking-up device and a electronic storage medium, and particularly to a surveying apparatus capable of combining a background image captured by a picking-up device with survey data obtained by the surveying apparatus and displaying the combined image on a display unit, wherein the surveying apparatus is configured such that the picking-up device can be connected to the surveying apparatus, the picking-up device having an optical axis approximately parallel with an optical axis of the surveying apparatus, the surveying apparatus comprising: an operation unit for associating measurement data obtained by the surveying apparatus with image data obtained by the picking-up device and displaying a measurement target position mark in the image data; a first storage unit for storing the measurement data associated with the image data; a second storage unit for storing the image data associated with the measurement data; and a display unit for, when necessary, displaying at least one of the measurement data and the image data stored in the first storage unit and the second storage unit, respectively.

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