Abstract: A position at which evaluation of a defect was performed is easily identified. Relative positional relationships between three-dimensional coordinates of feature points of a photographed object and positions of a panoramic camera 111 are calculated based on a moving image, which is photographed by the panoramic camera 111 while a vehicle 100 travels. The position of the object photographed by a hyperspectral camera 114 is calculated based on the relative positional relationships and exterior orientation parameters of the hyperspectral camera 114 with respect to the panoramic camera 111.

Abstract: A surveying instrument comprises a monopod installed on a reference point, a surveying instrument main body provided at a known distance from a lower end of the monopod and at a known angle with respect to an axis of the monopod and having a reference optical axis, wherein the surveying instrument main body performs an image pickup of an object to be measured and scans the object to be measured by a closed loop scan pattern respectively at a pre-rotation and a post-rotation of the surveying instrument main body, obtains cross points of a locus of a scan pattern of the pre-rotation and the post-rotation, obtains deflection angles of the cross point with respect to the reference optical axis of the pre-rotation and the post-rotation, and calculates a rotation angle of the surveying instrument main body based on a deviation between both of the deflection angles.

Abstract: A surveying device body includes a distance measuring section to measure a distance to the measurement target, an optical axis deflector that deflects distance measuring light with respect to a reference optical axis, a measurement direction imaging section that obtains an observation image, and an attitude detector that detects an incline of the surveying device body. A computation controller displays a portion of the observation image on the display unit, computes a direction angle of the distance measuring optical axis on the basis of a detection result of the attitude detector and a deflection angle of the distance measuring optical axis with respect to the reference optical axis, and measures the measurement target on the basis of the direction angle and a distance measurement result of the distance measuring section using a reference point as a reference.

Abstract: The invention provides a measuring instrument, which comprises a measuring unit for projecting a distance measuring light toward an object to be measured and for performing a distance measurement by receiving a reflected light from the object to be measured, and an attitude detecting device integrally provided with the measuring unit, wherein the attitude detecting device has tilt sensors for detecting a horizontality and relative tilt angle detectors for tilting the tilt sensors and for detecting a tilt angle of the measuring unit with respect to the horizontality under such condition that the tilt sensors detects the horizontality so that the horizontality is detected by the tilt sensor, and wherein the distance measurement of the object to be measured is performed by the measuring unit, and a vertical angle of a measuring point is determined based on the result of the tilt detection by the attitude detecting device.

Abstract: A method of measuring a state of concrete includes emitting an irradiation light to the concrete, the irradiation light including a wavelength range of near infrared light related to concrete measurement; and receiving a reflection light of the irradiation light P reflected on the concrete. At least five wavelengths ?1 to ?5, ?6 to ?10, different from each other by PLS regression analysis within a wavelength range of 900 nm to 2500 nm of absorption spectrum, are determined, and a degree of neutralization of the concrete caused by calcium hydroxide and a concentration of chloride ion is estimated.

Abstract: A survey system includes a camera provided on a UAV and taking a plurality of images for photogrammetry. A surveying portion tracking the camera and continuously determining a position of the camera and a relative photographing position calculation portion calculates a relative photographing position of each image based on the plurality of images taken by the camera, and a traveling path calculation portion calculates a traveling path of the UAV from a survey result obtained by the surveying portion. A photogrammetry analysis portion associating a point group of the relative photographing positions calculated by the relative photographing position calculation portion with a flight path calculated by the flight path calculation portion, and generating data for photogrammetry.

Abstract: The invention provides a measuring instrument, which comprises a measuring instrument main unit and an installment base unit for rotatably supporting the measuring instrument main unit in an up-to-bottom direction and in a left-to-right direction, wherein the measuring instrument main unit has a measuring unit for projecting a distance measuring light toward an object to be measured and for performing a distance measurement by receiving a reflected light from the object to be measured, and an attitude detecting device integrally provided with the measuring unit, wherein the attitude detecting device has tilt sensors for detecting a horizontality and relative tilt angle detectors for tilting the tilt sensors and for detecting a tilt angle of the measuring unit with respect to the horizontality under such condition that the tilt sensors detect the horizontality so that the horizontality is detected by the tilt sensors, and wherein the installment base unit has an up-to-bottom motor for rotating the measuring in

Abstract: A surveying instrument comprises a monopod installed on a reference point, a surveying instrument main body having a reference optical axis and an operation panel, wherein the surveying instrument main body has a distance measuring unit, an arithmetic control module, a measuring direction image pickup module which acquires a first image, and an attitude detector which detects tilts of two axes of the surveying instrument main body to the horizontal, and wherein the operation panel has a display unit, a calculating module, and as operation module, and the at least either one of the arithmetic control module and the calculating module calculates a tilt angle of the reference optical axis to the horizontal and a tilt angle of the monopod to the vertical, and the at least either one measures a horizontal distance and a vertical distance to the object to be measured with reference to the reference point.

Abstract: The invention provides a UAV measuring apparatus, which comprises a flying vehicle, a laser scanner mounted on the flying vehicle and for performing two-dimensional scanning with a reference optical axis extending in an approximately vertically downward direction as the center, an image pickup unit having an image pickup optical axis parallel to the reference optical axis and a control arithmetic component, wherein the control arithmetic component is configured to synchronize the two-dimensional scanning performed by the laser scanner with an image pickup performed by the image pickup unit, and to correspond a scanning locus obtained by the two-dimensional scanning with an acquired image.

Abstract: The invention provides a surveying instrument, which comprises a first optical axis deflecting unit disposed on a projection optical axis of a distance measuring light for deflecting an optical axis of the distance measuring light at a deflection angle and in a direction as required, a second optical axis deflecting unit disposed on a light receiving optical axis for deflecting the reflected distance measuring light at the same deflection angle and in the same direction as the first optical axis deflecting unit and a projecting direction detecting unit for detecting a deflection angle and a deflecting direction by the first optical axis deflecting unit, wherein the distance measuring light is projected through the first optical axis deflecting unit and the reflected distance measuring light is received by the photodetection element through the second optical axis deflecting unit.

Abstract: A surveying instrument comprises a first measuring component having a control module and a second measuring component, wherein the control module acquires point cloud data of a whole circumference in a room with the use of the second measuring component in accordance with each installation point, makes the first measuring component to measure a predetermined position in the room, prepares outer shape data of a same height and a same shape in accordance with each installation point based on a measurement result of the first measuring component or the second measuring component, performs a shape matching of each outer shape data, and registers each point cloud data based on a movement amount and a rotation amount at the time of performing the shape matching.

Abstract: A distance measuring light projecting module comprises a light receiving module for receiving a reflected distance measuring light and a background light, a distance measuring unit for receiving the reflected distance measuring light and performs a distance measurement, an image pickup module for receiving the background light and for acquiring a background image, an optical axis deflector for integrally deflecting an optical axis of the distance measuring light and an optical axis of the background light, and an arithmetic control module for controlling the optical axis deflector, wherein the optical axis deflector has a rotary driving module for rotating a pair of disk prisms individually, and a projecting direction detecting module for detecting a rotation angle of each of the disk prisms.

Abstract: The invention provides a surveying system, which comprises a surveying instrument, wherein the surveying instrument comprises a measuring unit for performing a distance measurement by projecting a distance measuring light toward an object to be measured and by receiving a reflected distance measuring light from the object to be measured, an image pickup unit having an image pickup optical axis running in parallel to a projection optical axis of the distance measuring light and for picking up an image including the object to be measured, an attitude detecting unit provided integrally with the measuring unit and for detecting a tilt angle with respect to the horizontal of the measuring unit, a coordinates acquiring unit for detecting a position of the surveying instrument and an arithmetic processing unit, wherein a first image of the object to be measured is acquired by the image pickup unit from a first position where coordinates of the first position are acquired by the coordinates acquiring unit, a second i

Abstract: To provide a measurement system in which a desired reflection target is properly identified. The system 1 includes a prism 4, and a total station 3 which, for conducting distance measurement based on reflected distance-measuring rays which are output to the prism 4 and reflected therefrom. The prism 4 is equipped with specific identification information such that the total station 3 sets up the identification information 6, and incorporates the specific identification information 6 of the prism 4 for checking the above specific identification information 6 and the setup identification information 6.

Abstract: To provide a surveying instrument capable of evaluating tracking performance without using a device other than the surveying instrument. In order to attain the object described above, a surveying instrument includes a tracking section that detects a position of a target from a shot image, a virtual target position calculating section, a virtual tracking section that converts a position of a virtual target as if it was captured by the tracking section, a tracking arithmetic section that handles an output of the virtual tracking section the same as an output of the tracking section and determines rotational movements of a horizontal shaft and a vertical shaft, a motor control section, motors that rotate the horizontal shaft and the vertical shaft, and encoders that detect rotation amounts of the horizontal shaft and the vertical shaft.

Abstract: A laser measuring instrument comprises a light emitter, a driver, a scanning unit, a light receiving signal processing module for detecting a reciprocating time per pulsed light of a distance measuring light and performing a distance measurement, and a timing generating circuit for issuing a timing signal, wherein the timing generating circuit is configured to issue a timing signal for making the light emitter pulse-emit in a short cycle and a timing signal for pausing a light emission, the driver is configured to make the light emitter pulse-emit according to the timing signals, a light emission time interval in the short cycle is set such that a measuring point is multiply irradiated with the pulsed light by two or more times within a time when the pulsed light passes the measuring point, and the light receiving signal processing module is configured to integrate acquired light receiving signals and to carry out the distance measurement.

Abstract: A surveying system comprising a rover having an illuminating lamp for emitting an illumination light, a second azimuth indicator for detecting an azimuth angle of an optical axis of the illumination light, a surveying instrument comprises a surveying instrument main body and a rotary driving unit capable of rotating the surveying instrument main body in at least a left-and-right direction, wherein the surveying instrument main body comprises a first azimuth indicator for detecting an azimuth angle of a reference optical axis, and as arithmetic control module, and wherein the arithmetic control module is configured to calculate the azimuth angle of the reference optical axis which is in parallel or approximately parallel with the optical axis of the illumination light based on the azimuth angle of the optical axis of the illumination light received from the rover and the azimuth angle of the reference optical axis.

Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling an ultrasonic motor to reduce noise sounding during low-speed rotation in a surveying instrument adopting the ultrasonic motor for a rotary shaft, and a surveying instrument for the same. In a method for controlling an ultrasonic motor according to an aspect of the present invention, in a low-speed rotation range of an ultrasonic motor, a ratio of an acceleration period as a time of application of the drive signal in a control cycle is controlled, and a time to start the acceleration period is randomly shifted for each control cycle. In a method for controlling an ultrasonic motor according to another aspect, a time to start the acceleration period is regularly shifted for each control cycle. In a method for controlling an ultrasonic motor according to still another aspect, second-half acceleration control and first-half acceleration control are alternately repeated.

Abstract: The invention provides a measuring instrument, which comprises a light emitting element, a distance measuring light projecting unit, a light receiving unit, a distance measuring unit for performing a distance measurement, a first optical axis deflecting unit for deflecting an optical axis of a distance measuring light, a second optical axis deflecting unit for deflecting a reflected distance measuring light, a projecting direction detecting unit for detecting a deflection angle and a deflecting direction, and a control unit, wherein the distance measuring light is projected through the first optical axis deflecting unit, the reflected distance measuring light is received by a light receiving element through the second optical axis deflecting unit, and the control unit acquires three-dimensional data of a measuring point based on a result of the distance measurement of the distance measuring unit and on a detection result of the projecting direction detecting unit.

Abstract: To provide a method of measuring a state of concrete capable of easily determining or measuring deterioration of the concrete without using a spectroscopy while maintaining the estimation accuracy. The method of the present disclosure emits an irradiation light to the concrete, the irradiation light including a wavelength range of near infrared light related to concrete measurement; and receives a reflection light of the irradiation light P reflected on the concrete. The method determines at least five wavelengths ?1 to ?5, ?6 to ?10, different from each other by PLS regression analysis within a wavelength range of 900 nm to 2500 nm of absorption spectrum, and estimates a degree of neutralization of the concrete caused by calcium hydroxide and a concentration of chloride ion.