GNSS device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11047989-B2
Application number	US-201916277098-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2019
Priority date	Mar 30, 2018
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

Usability of a GNSS device with a tilt sensor is improved. A GNSS device includes a tilt sensor capable of measuring a tilt, an electronic compass capable of measuring a direction, a GNSS antenna capable of acquiring positional information, and a display unit capable of displaying information, wherein when the tilt sensor or the electronic compass requests calibration for adjustment, an icon calling attention is displayed on a screen of the display unit, and when the icon is tapped by a user, the screen of the display unit shifts to a calibration screen. When calibration is required, immediate shifting to a calibration screen is enabled, so that high operability and usability are obtained.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A GNSS device comprising:
a tilt sensor configured to measure a tilt and to request calibration;
an electronic compass configured to measure a direction and to request calibration;
a GNSS antenna configured to acquire positional information; and
a display unit configured to display information,
wherein when the tilt sensor or the electronic compass requests calibration for adjustment, an icon urging calibration is displayed on a screen of the display unit, and when the icon is tapped, the screen of the display unit shifts directly to a calibration screen.

2. The GNSS device according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit displays a tilt measured by the tilt sensor as an electronic bubble tube, and displays a bubble in the electronic bubble tube in a color corresponding to a level of the tilt measured by the tilt sensor.

3. The GNSS device according to claim 2 , wherein the tilt sensor and the GNSS antenna are attached to a pole, and
the GNSS device has a correction function to calculate positional information of a ground-contact point of the pole from a tilt of the pole measured by the tilt sensor and an attaching height of the GNSS antenna based on positional information acquired by the GNSS antenna, and
the display unit displays the electronic bubble tube with a bubble in a color different from when using the correction function and when not using the correction function.

4. The GNSS device according to claim 1 , wherein even while the GNSS antenna acquires positional information at the time of static observation, when the tilt sensor or electronic compass requests calibration for adjustment, the icon urging calibration is displayed on the display unit.

5. The GNSS device according to claim 2 , wherein even while the GNSS antenna acquires positional information at the time of static observation, when the tilt sensor or electronic compass requests calibration for adjustment, the icon urging calibration is displayed on the display unit.

6. The GNSS device according to claim 3 , wherein even while the GNSS antenna acquires positional information at the time of static observation, when the tilt sensor or electronic compass requests calibration for adjustment, the icon urging calibration is displayed on the display unit.

7. The GNSS device according to claim 1 ,
wherein during real-time kinematic (RTK) observation, as a RTK observation screen, the display unit displays marks denotes a known point and the GNSS device's own observation point, an electronic bubble tube with a bubble in a color corresponding to a level of the tilt measured by the tilt sensor, and the three-dimensional positioning data,
wherein, during the GNSS antenna acquires positional information at the time of RTK observation, when the tilt sensor or the electronic compass requests calibration for adjustment, an icon urging calibration is displayed on the display unit, the icon is tapped, the screen of the display unit shifts to a calibration screen.

Assignees

• Topcon Corp

Inventors

• Sano Naoki
• Mogi Tohru

Classifications

• G01C9/02

  Details · CPC title

• G01S19/40

  Correcting position, velocity or attitude · CPC title

• G01S19/45

  by combining measurements of signals from the satellite radio beacon positioning system with a supplementary measurement · CPC title

• G01C15/06 Primary

  Surveyors' staffs; Movable markers · CPC title

• G01S19/14

  specially adapted for specific applications · CPC title