Position guiding device, position guiding method, and position guiding program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10469754-B2
Application number	US-201615238071-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2016
Priority date	Aug 25, 2015
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

A position guiding device includes a mobile terminal having an imaging part and display, a position information acquiring part for acquiring current coordinate information and target coordinate information, a direction sensor for acquiring direction information, and a controller to generate a target image. The mobile terminal is attached to a pole so as to position a pole tip within an angle of view. The controller acquires, from the position information acquiring part, current coordinate information representing a position at where the pole tip points, defines a horizontal surface including the pole tip as a measurement surface, generates corrected coordinate information by shifting the target coordinate information to a position on the measurement surface, generates the target image in which a target position marker is put at a position representing the corrected coordinate information in the image obtained by the imaging part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A position guiding device comprising:
a mobile terminal that includes an imaging part configured to obtain an image with a predetermined angle of view and a display configured to display the image obtained by the imaging part;
a pole that is fixed with the mobile terminal;
a position information acquiring part that is configured to acquire current coordinate information representing a current location of a pole tip of the pole and target coordinate information representing a target position;
a direction sensor that acquires information of a direction to which the imaging part turns; and
a controller that is configured to generate a target image based on the current coordinate information and target coordinate information, the target image showing the target position as viewed from the current location, wherein
the mobile terminal is attached to the pole so as to position the pole tip within the angle of view of the imaging part, and
the controller is configured:
to acquire, from the position information acquiring part, the current coordinate information representing a position indicated by the pole tip,
to define a horizontal surface including the position indicated by the pole tip as a measurement surface,
to generate corrected coordinate information by shifting a vertical position of the target coordinate information to a position on the measurement surface,
to generate the target image in which a target position marker is put at a position representing the corrected coordinate information in the image obtained by the imaging part based on the information of the direction, and
to display the target image on the display,

the position information acquiring part includes a target for detecting a position using a surveying instrument,
the target is attached to the pole so as to be positioned within the angle of view of the imaging part, and
the controller is configured to calculate a distance from the mobile terminal to the target based on the angle of view and a size of the target in the image obtained by the imaging part.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein
the position information acquiring part includes a communication part for exchanging information between the surveying instrument and the controller, and
the controller is configured:
to acquire information representing the detected position of the target via the communication part, and
to generate the current coordinate information of the pole tip based on the acquired information representing the detected position of the target and a positional relationship between the pole tip and the target.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured:
to generate the target image in which a target direction marker is put at a position representing the corrected coordinate information in the image obtained by the imaging part when an angle between the direction corresponding to the acquired information of the direction and the vertical direction exceeds a predetermined angle, and
to display the target image on the display.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured:
to generate a level marker that indicates whether the pole is arranged in parallel to a vertical direction based on a posture of the mobile terminal with respect to the pole and the acquired information of the direction, and
to display the level marker on the display together with the target image.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured:
to generate a position guide marker that indicates a direction and a distance from a position representing the current position coordinate information to a position representing the corrected coordinate information on the measurement surface, and
to display the position guide marker on the display together with the target image.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein
the mobile terminal includes a position information button, and
the controller is configured to acquire the current coordinate information from the position information acquiring part when the position information button is manipulated.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein
the position information button is displayed on the display by the controller together with the target image.

8. A position guiding method for use with a position guiding device equipped with a mobile terminal that includes an imaging part configured to obtain an image with a predetermined angle of view and a display configured to display the image obtained by the imaging part, a pole that is fixed with the mobile terminal, a position information acquiring part that is configured to acquire current coordinate information representing a current location of a pole tip of the pole and target coordinate information representing a target position, a target for detecting a position using a surveying instrument, the target being attached to the pole so as to be positioned within the angle of view of the imaging part, and a direction sensor that acquires information of a direction to which the imaging part turns; the method generating a target image showing the target position as viewed from the current location based on the current coordinate information and target coordinate information; the mobile terminal being attached to the pole so as to position the pole tip within the angle of view of the imaging part;
the method comprising:
a step of calculating a distance from the mobile terminal to the target based on the angle of view and a size of the target in the image obtained by the imaging part;
a step of acquiring, from the position information acquiring part, the current coordinate information representing a position indicated by the pole tip,
a step of defining a horizontal surface including the position indicated by the pole tip as a measurement surface,
a step of generating corrected coordinate information by shifting a vertical position of the target coordinate information to a position on the measurement surface,
a step of generating the target image in which a target position marker is put at a position representing the corrected coordinate information in the image obtained by the imaging part based on the information of the direction, and
a step of displaying the target image on the display.

Assignees

• Topcon Corp

Inventors

• Nagashima Terukazu
• Shinozaki Hajime

Classifications

• H04N23/633 Primary

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• H04N23/61

  based on recognised objects · CPC title

• G01S17/66

  Tracking systems using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves · CPC title

• G01S7/003

  Transmission of data between radar, sonar or lidar systems and remote stations · CPC title

• G01C15/002 Primary

  Active optical surveying means (optical plumbing G01C15/105) · CPC title