Target point detection method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9970762
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14727657

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The invention pertains to a target point detection method for an automatic search of at least one target point in a surveying environment in advance of a precise measurement of the at least one target point with a surveying device. In some embodiments, the surveying environment may include a plurality of points of non-interest, where a point of non-interest is a reflective object or surface, or a target comprising at least one retroreflector being positioned at each target point. In some embodiments, a method may include emitting electromagnetic radiation to illuminate retroreflectors emitted in the form of a vertical fan which is movable through a horizontal angular range; receiving signals reflected from retroreflectors within a fan-shaped detection area, determining at least a horizontal angle to the retroreflectors, assigning a time mark and/or a distance to each of the signals, and storing the detected signal in a two-dimensional data structure.

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LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AGHEINRICH-WILD-STRASSE 201 HEERBRUGG CH-9435

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Grimm, David Zürich, CH 6 3
Henning, Falko Bodolz, CH 1 3
Möller, Bernd Lüchingen, CH 9 43
Zogg, Hans-Martin Uttwil, CH 12 134

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