Abstract: The present invention provides an industrial machine, which comprises an industrial machine main unit 14, a construction working implement 8 installed on the industrial machine main unit, two cameras 18 and 19 each mounted at a known position with respect to a machine center of the industrial machine main unit, at least three targets 21 being installed on the working implement so that the targets are within visual field of each of the two cameras, and an arithmetic processing device 23 for extracting the images of at least three targets in common to the images from stereo-images taken by the two cameras, for obtaining a three-dimensional position of each target image, and for calculating a position and a posture of the working implement with respect to the industrial machine main unit based on the three-dimensional position obtained.

Abstract: A surveying system, which comprises a surveying instrument 1 which measures a distance and an angle by projecting a distance measuring light toward a target 12 and can measure a three-dimensional position data of said target and has a function to track the target, and a movable side control device 12 provided on the target side, wherein said surveying instrument has a communication means 15 capable to transmit the three-dimensional position data of the target measured by the surveying instrument to said movable side control device and a first control arithmetic unit 29 for controlling the search of the target by the surveying instrument, wherein said movable side control device has a displacement amount detecting means 38 of the target and a second control arithmetic unit 35 for calculating the displacement amount of the target based on a target detection signal from the displacement amount detecting means and for calculating a target position based on the displacement amount of the target and based on the th

Abstract: A laser surveying system, comprising a light source for emitting a laser beam, a projection optical system for turning the laser beam from the light source to a parallel luminous flux, a scanning unit for projecting the luminous flux of the projected laser beam for scanning, a scanning direction detecting unit for detecting a scanning direction, a photodetection optical system for receiving a reflected light of the projected laser beam from an object to be measured, a photodetection element for performing photo-electric conversion of the reflected light received via the photodetection optical system, and a distance measuring unit for measuring a distance based on a signal from the photodetection element, wherein the projection optical system has a luminous flux diameter changing means, and a luminous flux diameter of the projected laser beam is enabled to be changed.

Abstract: A plant sensor includes a light source section having first and second light emitters configured to irradiate the first and second measuring light toward the object to be measured, respectively, and a light receiver configured to receive reflected light from the object to be measured, and output light-receiving signals, a controller configured to control emission of the first and second light emitters at a different timing, an integrator configured to integrate the light-receiving signals, and output an integration signal, and a calculator configured to calculate, according to the integration signal, a reflection rate as a ratio of light volume of the reflected light of the first measuring light from the object to be measured to light volume of the first measuring light, a reflection rate as a ratio of light volume of the reflected light of the second measuring light from the object to be measured to light volume of the second measuring light, and obtains information regarding a growing condition of the objec

Abstract: The present invention provides a GPS-installed all-azimuth camera, comprising at least a pair of GPS antennas (29a and 29b) disposed on up and down in parallel to each other, a plurality of cameras (28a-28f) which are disposed on a plane running in parallel to the GPS antennas and are capable of obtaining images in all azimuths, and a case (27) for accommodating the cameras and the GPS antennas, wherein a reference position of the GPS antennas is concurred with an image reference position of the cameras.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surveying device, comprising a first image pickup unit 11 for projecting a laser beam and for receiving a reflection light from a target supported by a support member, a second image pickup unit 12 for acquiring an image including the target and with a field angle wider than a field angle of the first image pickup unit, drive units 15 and 17 for shifting collimating directions of the first image pickup unit and the second image pickup unit in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction respectively, an image processing unit 24 for processing images taken by the first image pickup unit and by the second image pickup unit, and a control arithmetic unit 22 for controlling said drive units so that the first image pickup unit and the second image pickup unit are directed toward the target based on the image processing of the image taken by the first image pickup unit and on the image processing of the image taken by the second image pickup unit, wherein the image processing

Abstract: The absolute angle calculation apparatus includes a calculation circuit calculating an absolute angular position based on a spatially modulated component in a photoelectrically-converted signal string. The calculation circuit includes a photoelectrically-converted signal string storage storing previous and current photoelectrically-converted signal strings obtained, for interpolating the absolute angular position, within a set time shorter than an absolute angle calculation time required to calculate the absolute angular position; a correlation detection circuit detecting a correlation between the previous and current photoelectrically-converted signal strings in the photoelectrically-converted signal string storage and detecting a shift amount therebetween; and an interpolation calculation circuit interpolating an inter-pattern absolute angular position equivalent value based on the shift amount obtained by the current measurement.

Abstract: A measuring system, comprising a surveying instrument for projecting a laser beam by rotary irradiation and a photodetection sensor device installed at a measuring point, wherein the surveying instrument comprises a first radio communication unit, the photodetection sensor device comprises a second radio communication unit, and communication can be performed between the surveying instrument and the photodetection sensor device, wherein the surveying instrument comprises an angle detecting means for detecting a horizontal angle in a projecting direction of the laser beam and a first arithmetic unit for controlling the angle detecting means based on a receiving signal from the first radio communication unit, and the photodetection sensor device comprises a photodetection unit for receiving the laser beam and a second arithmetic unit for performing transmission of a photodetection notifying signal to notify the receiving of the laser beam by the photodetection unit and also for performing transmission of a synch

Abstract: A laser scanner, comprising a mirror rotatably provided, a driving unit for rotating the mirror, a distance measuring unit for projecting a distance measuring light for scanning to a measurement range via the mirror and for obtaining a position data by receiving the reflected distance measuring light via the mirror, a measuring direction observing means for indicating a projecting direction of the distance measuring light, and an operation unit for setting the measurement range by designating at least two measuring directions based on the result of observation of the measuring direction obtained by the measuring direction observing means.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surveying device, which comprises a light source for emitting a distance measuring light 6, an elevation rotary mirror 56 for deflecting said distance measuring light in a direction toward an object to be measured, a high-speed deflection mirror 62 for deflecting said distance measuring light at a speed higher than said elevation rotary mirror, a distance measuring light projecting unit for projecting said distance measuring light, and an arithmetic control unit for controlling driving of said high-speed deflection mirror and said elevation rotary mirror.

Abstract: A surveying instrument for measuring three-dimensional position of a measured object, has a detecting section for detecting a direction of the measured object by rotational emission of two or more fan-shaped laser beams in which at least one beam is inclined; an optical system including a tracking-light-emitting section for emitting a tracking light and a distance-measuring-light-emitting section for emitting a distance-measuring light; a tracking-light-receiving section for receiving the tracking light reflected by the measured object; and a driving section for driving the optical system in order to collimate the measured object according to an output of the detecting section and an output of the tracking-light-receiving section.

Abstract: A measuring system includes a measuring apparatus provided at an already-known point, a plurality of light-receiving apparatuses provided at measured points, and a main calculating apparatus for instructing to the measuring apparatus and to the light-receiving apparatus, the measuring apparatuses including a wireless communication section for communicating a measurement data with the light-receiving apparatus or with the main calculating apparatus, wherein the measurement data includes an angle detected by the emission-direction detecting section and a distance measured by the distance-measuring section, the light-receiving apparatus including a light-receiving side wireless communication section communicating the measurement data of the measured point with the measuring apparatus or with the main calculating section, the main calculating sections including a main memory collecting and storing the measurement data which is measured by the measuring apparatus and by the plurality of light-receiving apparatuses

Abstract: The present invention provides a surveying device, which comprises rotators 53, 56 and 61 for deflecting a distance measuring light in horizontal direction and for projecting the distance measuring light in rotary irradiation, at least one extension member 62 for increasing a spreading angle in vertical direction of the distance measuring light, and a means for attaching or detaching the extension member so that the extension member can be inserted and removed to or from a distance measuring optical axis.

Abstract: A surveying instrument, comprising a first image pickup unit for obtaining a first image in a collimating direction, a second image pickup unit for obtaining a second image highly magnified than the first image pickup unit, a display unit for displaying the images obtained by the first image pickup unit and the second image pickup unit, and a control unit for magnifying and continuously displaying the first image and the second image on the display unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surveying instrument, which comprises rotating units (3) and (4) operated rotatably, supporting units (6) and (3) to support the rotating units, a reflection mirror portion provided on one of the supporting unit or the rotating unit, tilt sensors (15) and (24) arranged on the other of the supporting unit and the rotating unit and for projecting a detecting light (36) and for detecting a relative tilting of reflection surface of said reflection mirror portion with respect to said supporting unit by receiving said detecting light reflected by the reflection mirror portion, and a control unit (26) for calculating an unsteadiness of rotation of the rotating unit based on a signal from the tilt sensor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surveying system, which comprises a surveying instrument 1 which measures a distance and an angle by projecting a distance measuring light toward a target 12 and can measure a three-dimensional position data of said target and has a function to track the target, and a movable side control device 12 provided on the target side, wherein said surveying instrument has a communication means 15 capable to transmit the three-dimensional position data of the target measured by the surveying instrument to said movable side control device and a first control arithmetic unit 29 for controlling the search of the target by the surveying instrument, wherein said movable side control device has a displacement amount detecting means 38 of the target and a second control arithmetic unit 35 for calculating the displacement amount of the target based on a target detection signal from the displacement amount detecting means and for calculating a target position based on the displacement amount of

Abstract: The present invention provides a surveying instrument provided with a tracking function, said surveying instrument comprising a first image pickup means 40 with a first solid image pickup element 33, a second image pickup means 37 with a second solid image pickup element 19, an image pickup control instrument for controlling image pickup conditions of said first image pickup means and said second image pickup means, and a control unit for controlling the tracking operation of a target 36 based on a target image signal obtained at the first solid image pickup element or based on a target image signal obtained at the second solid image pickup element, wherein the first image pickup means can acquire an image in wider range by said second image pickup means, and wherein the image pickup control instrument controls so that a target image is acquired by the first image pickup means when the target image is out of a photodetection range of the target of the second solid image pickup element and controls so that the

Abstract: Distance measuring device comprising a first light emitting unit for projecting a pulsed laser beam, a second light emitting unit for emitting a correction pulsed laser beam, a distance measuring light optical path to guide the pulsed laser beam for distance measurement toward a first photodetection unit, an internal reference light optical path for splitting an internal reference pulsed light from the pulsed laser beam for distance measurement and for guiding to a second photodetection unit, a correction light optical path for splitting the correction pulsed laser beam and for guiding to the first photodetection unit and the second photodetection unit, light amount adjusting means for changing light intensity of the correction pulsed laser beam and the internal reference pulsed light, and control arithmetic unit for calculating a distance based on difference of photodetection time of the pulsed light from the first photodetection unit and the second photodetection unit.

Abstract: A measuring system, comprising a surveying instrument for projecting a laser beam by rotary irradiation and a photodetection sensor device installed at a measuring point, wherein the surveying instrument comprises a first radio communication unit, the photodetection sensor device comprises a second radio communication unit, and communication can be performed between the surveying instrument and the photodetection sensor device, wherein the surveying instrument comprises an angle detecting means for detecting a horizontal angle in a projecting direction of the laser beam and a first arithmetic unit for controlling the angle detecting means based on a receiving signal from the first radio communication unit, and the photodetection sensor device comprises a photodetection unit for receiving the laser beam and a second arithmetic unit for performing transmission of a photodetection notifying signal to notify the receiving of the laser beam by the photodetection unit and also for performing transmission of a synch

Abstract: The absolute angle calculation apparatus includes a calculation circuit calculating an absolute angular position based on a spatially modulated component in a photoelectrically-converted signal string. The calculation circuit includes a photoelectrically-converted signal string storage storing previous and current photoelectrically-converted signal strings obtained, for interpolating the absolute angular position, within a set time shorter than an absolute angle calculation time required to calculate the absolute angular position; a correlation detection circuit detecting a correlation between the previous and current photoelectrically-converted signal strings in the photoelectrically-converted signal string storage and detecting a shift amount therebetween; and an interpolation calculation circuit interpolating an inter-pattern absolute angular position equivalent value based on the shift amount obtained by the current measurement.