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Electronic surveying apparatus

US7177016B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateApr 14, 2004
Grant dateFeb 13, 2007
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2024

Classification

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

Abstract

An electronically surveying apparatus of the present invention includes a storing portion for storing positional information of a surveying apparatus body and design data; an angle-measuring portion for electronically measuring an angle between a reference direction and an aimed direction; an arithmetic processing portion for obtaining a model of an expected arrangement at completion of an object which is expected to be seen from the surveying apparatus body in the aimed direction by calculation, based on the angle measured by the angle-measuring portion and the design data; and a displaying portion for displaying the model of the expected arrangement at completion of the object.

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