Abstract: A leveling base includes the leveling base including a pedestal, a leveling plate provided to the pedestal via leveling screws such that the leveling is enabled, and a prism unit including a prism having retroreflective characteristics. The prism unit is provided on the leveling plate, the prism unit retro-reflects a light beam entering from a vertically lower side by the prism, a lower through-hole through which a light beam which enters/is reflected to the prism penetrates is provided in the pedestal, and an attachment/detachment portion which enables the attachment/detachment of a predetermined measuring device is provided on an upper surface of the leveling plate.

Abstract: Provided are a measuring method and a measurement system which enable scanning of only a member as a construction management target, and promptly obtain measurement results on-site. In order to achieve the above-described object, by using a measuring device including a distance-measuring unit configured to perform a non-prism measurement of a distance and an angle to a measurement point, a measurement system performs the non-prism measurement along a three-dimensional measurement line formed by connecting three-dimensional coordinates of two or more designated points designated on a three-dimensional space with respect to a measuring target by a straight line, and from three-dimensional coordinates of measurement points measured near the three-dimensional measurement line, calculates measurement results of a member spacing and/or a member thickness of the measuring target, and displays the measurement results on a display unit.

Abstract: Provided is a surveying instrument including a surveying instrument main body, in which the surveying instrument main body includes a distance measuring module configured to project the distance measuring light toward an object and to perform the distance measurement, an optical axis deflector configured to at least uniaxially perform a scan using the distance measuring light, a storage module configured to store a two-dimensional map, and an arithmetic control module, and the arithmetic control module is configured to compare two-dimensional coordinates excluding a height in three-dimensional coordinates of each point acquired along a locus of the distance measuring light with the positional information of the measuring point in said two-dimensional map, and select a point which is in a range of a threshold value set in advance from the positional information of the measuring point in the two-dimensional map as the measuring point.

Abstract: Provided is a survey instrument installation device that can be easily installed at a measurement point or a reference point. A survey instrument installation device including at least one leg includes: a pole reception unit provided in the survey instrument installation device; and a pole configured to support a survey instrument, the pole being inserted into the pole reception unit, wherein a lower end of the pole functions as a shoe installed at a reference point, and the pole reception unit supports the pole tiltable in all directions and supports the pole movable in an axial direction.

Abstract: A survey system includes a survey device and a target. The survey device includes a main body rotatable around a vertical axis, a telescope supported by the main body and rotatable around a horizontal axis, a wide angle imaging unit having a second angle of view wider than a first angle of view of the telescope, and a target identification unit configured to identify a target image. The target image is identified based on a differential image between a first image captured by the wide angle imaging unit during an on-period with laser light emitted from an emission unit and a second image captured during an off-period in which laser light is not emitted from the emission unit. The target image is quickly identified even when the target is significantly separated in the horizontal direction from a position directly in front of the survey device.

Abstract: A first surveying unit comprises a frame in a horizontally rotatable manner, a telescope unit in a vertically rotatable manner, a first angle measuring unit and a first distance measuring unit which measure a prism, wherein the second surveying unit comprises a scanning mirror which rotatably irradiates a laser beam and a second angle measuring unit which detects a rotation angle of the scanning mirror, wherein a target instrument comprises a pole installed at a measuring point, the prism has a known positional relationship with a lower end of the pole, and a target plate mounted on the pole, wherein an arithmetic control module scans a laser beam, calculates a measuring point direction vector based on point cloud data of the target plate, and calculates a three-dimensional coordinate of the measuring point based on an optical center of the prism, the measuring point direction vector, and the positional relationship.

Abstract: An inner frame is rotatably supported by the outer frame through a first shaft, a tilt detecting unit has a tilt sensor and is rotatably supported by the inner frame through a second shaft orthogonal to the first shaft, a first encoder is provided on the first shaft, a second encoder is provided on the second shaft, the tilt detecting device includes the motors provided on the respective shafts so that the respective shafts are rotated, and an arithmetic processing module which drives and controls the respective motors, in which the arithmetic processing module is configured to drive the respective motors so that the tilt sensor detects the horizontality based on a signal issued by the tilt sensor and to calculate a tilt of the outer frame based on the outputs from the first and second encoders when the tilt sensor detected the horizontality, and the arithmetic processing module is configured to reverse the tilt detecting unit 180° at least once based on the outputs from the respective encoders in relation to

Abstract: A technique is provided for measuring attitude of an aerial vehicle without using a highly accurate IMU. A total station (TS) for tracking a UAV includes a laser scanner. The laser scanner is made to emit laser scanning light to the UAV that is flying. The UAV has four identifiable targets, and identification and locating of the four targets are performed by means of laser scanning. The attitude of the UAV is calculated on the basis of the locations of the four targets.

Abstract: A surveying system includes a distance measuring unit for performing the distance measurement based on the distance measuring light, an optical axis deflector configured to enable two-dimensionally deflecting the optical axis of the distance measuring light, a projecting direction detecting module for performing the angle measurement of the optical axis of the distance measuring light, and an arithmetic control module performs captures the pole by a scan pattern having a predetermined shape, acquires the point cloud data of at least two positions where the scan pattern crosses the pole, calculates an axis of the pole, calculates a direction vector, performs a linear scan along the direction vector, determines as a measuring point a point where an intersection of the optical axis of the distance measuring light and the direction vector coincides or substantially coincides with a measurement result, and calculates the three-dimensional coordinates of the measuring point.

Abstract: A target instrument has an object to be measured which is provided with a reflection sheet, wherein the total station has a distance measuring light projecting unit, a light receiving unit, a distance measuring unit for performing a distance measurement of an object to be measured, an optical axis deflector capable of deflecting the distance measuring optical axis two-dimensionally, a projecting direction detecting module for detecting a deflection angle of the distance measuring optical axis and performing an angle measurement, and an arithmetic control module for controlling the optical axis deflector and the distance measuring unit, wherein the arithmetic control module is configured to two-dimensionally scan the object to be measured with the distance measuring light and to perform a distance measurement and an angle measurement with respect to the object to be measured, and further to detect a tilt and a tilt direction of the target instrument.

Abstract: A measurement system includes: a storage configured to store design information including at least a dimension and a designed position of each of building components at a construction site; a component identifier configured to identify at least one of the building components constructed at the construction site as an identified building component, based on the designed position stored in the storage; a scanner configured to measure a distance and/or angle from the identified building component identified by the component identifier; a point cloud data generator configured to generate three-dimensional point cloud data, based on a result of the distance and/or angle measured by the scanner; and an actually measured position calculator configured to calculate an actually measured position of the identified building component, based on the three-dimensional point cloud data.

Abstract: A camera for photogrammerty comprises a camera, a coupling element standardly provided on the camera, an adaptor for attaching a prism which is connectable with the coupling element, and a prism fixed to the adaptor for attaching the prism.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional position measuring system, a three-dimensional position measuring method, and a measuring module with which measurement can be performed without a special operation constraint even in state where a measuring module is inclined. The three-dimensional position measuring system includes a measuring module that includes a target, an omnidirectional camera, and a triaxial accelerometer, and is grasped a positional relationship among the target, the omnidirectional camera, and a measurement point, and a surveying instrument including a light output section that outputs light toward the target and a measurement section that performs distance measuring and angle measuring to the target. Since the measuring module including the target is equipped with the omnidirectional camera and the triaxial accelerometer, a posture direction of the measuring module can be identified.

Abstract: A technique for more reliably capturing a lost unmanned aerial vehicle in tracking the unmanned aerial vehicle by a surveying device is provided. A UAV search area setting part is configured to perform arithmetic operation for searching for an unmanned aerial vehicle having mounted therein a location identifying device using a GNSS. The UAV search area setting part includes a measured location obtaining part that obtains information of a location of the unmanned aerial vehicle, which is measured by a surveying device, a scheduled flight location obtaining part that obtains information of a scheduled flight location of the unmanned aerial vehicle from a flight plan of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a search area setting part that sets an area for searching for the unmanned aerial vehicle by referring to a difference between the measured location and the scheduled flight location at a specific time.

Abstract: There is provided a surveying instrument including a tripod which is installed on an installation surface and a surveying instrument main body which is provided on the tripod and laterally rotatable around a longitudinal axis, wherein the tripod includes a reference leg has a known relationship between a lower end of the reference leg and a machine reference point which is a machine center of the surveying instrument main body, and two auxiliary legs, the reference leg is installed in such a manner that a lower end of the reference leg coincides with a reference point, wherein the surveying instrument main body calculates a position of the machine reference point with respect to the reference point based on the positional relationship between the lower end of the reference leg and the machine reference point.

Abstract: There is provided a surveying instrument including a monopod which is installed on a reference point, a surveying instrument main body which is provided at a known distance from a lower end of the monopod and a known angle with respect to an axis of the monopod, two auxiliary legs which extend downward from an middle portion of the monopod at a predetermined angle, wherein the surveying instrument main body comprises a distance measuring unit configured to measure a distance to an object to be measured, a measuring direction image pickup module configured to acquire an observation image including the object to be measured, an attitude detector configured to detect the tilts of the surveying instrument main body with respect to the horizontality, and an arithmetic control module, and wherein the surveying instrument main body is supported by three points by the monopod and the auxiliary legs.

Abstract: There is provided a surveying instrument including a monopod which is installed on a reference point, a surveying instrument main body which is provided at a known distance from a lower end of the monopod and a known angle with respect to an axis of the monopod, two auxiliary legs which extend downward from an middle portion of the monopod at a predetermined angle, and a lower image pickup module which is provided at a known position with respect to the surveying instrument main body, wherein the surveying instrument main body comprises a measuring unit, a measuring direction image pickup module, and an arithmetic control module, wherein the surveying instrument main body is supported by three points by the monopod and the auxiliary legs, and a positional change or a rotational change of the surveying instrument main body is calculating based on a change of the lower image.

Abstract: A photogrammetry analysis unit of an analysis device associates the survey result obtained by a surveying device with a photographing position of each image taken by a camera, recognizes the surveying device from the image containing the surveying device, corrects the photographing position based on the known point coordinates of the surveying device, and generates the data for photogrammetry.

Abstract: Disclosed is a measurement device including: a distance measurement unit that has a light-generating element, a measurement light emission unit, a light reception unit, and a light reception element and measures a distance to a measurement target on the basis of a light reception signal; a deflection unit that is capable of performing scanning with measurement light; and a control unit that controls the distance measurement unit and the deflection unit. The control unit finds a surface of the measurement target, generates a grid having lines that are arranged at regular intervals on the surface of the measurement target and include a component parallel to a reference direction and a component perpendicular to the reference direction, and controls a deflection behavior of the deflection unit so that a scanning track of the measurement light traces the lines of the grid.

Abstract: A technique for more reliably capturing a lost unmanned aerial vehicle in tracking the unmanned aerial vehicle by a surveying device is provided. A UAV search controlling part configured to be used in a search for an unmanned aerial vehicle that flies along a predetermined flight path includes an estimating part and a search controlling part. The estimating part estimates, on the basis of location data of a surveying device that surveys a location of the unmanned aerial vehicle by using laser light and on the basis of the predetermined flight path, a direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle as seen from the surveying device at a specific time. The search controlling part controls to allow the surveying device to search for the unmanned aerial vehicle, on the basis of the estimated direction.