Target object for a laser measuring device and method for identifying the target object

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9921060-B2
Application number	US-201314646948-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2013
Priority date	Nov 28, 2012
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A target object ( 20 ) for a laser measuring device ( 11 ) emitting a search beam and a measurement beam, including a reflector device ( 21 ) having at least one reflector element ( 22 ) for reflecting the measurement beam, a receiving device ( 23 ) having at least one receiving element ( 24 ) for receiving the search beam, a transmitting device ( 25 ) having at least one transmitting element ( 31, 32, 33 ) for emitting a visible transmission beam ( 34, 35, 36 ) and a control device ( 26 ) having an evaluation element ( 27 ) for evaluating the received search beam and a control element ( 28 ) for controlling the receiving and transmitting devices ( 23, 25 ) is provided. The transmitting device ( 25 ) emits a first and a second visible transmission beam ( 34, 35 ), wherein the color of light of the first visible transmission beam ( 34 ) differs from the color of light of the second visible transmission beam ( 35 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A surveying system comprising:
a laser measuring device transmitting an expanded search beam and a focused measuring beam;
a first target object including:
a first reflector including at least one first reflector element for reflecting the focused measuring beam;
a first receiver including at least one first receiver element for receiving the expanded search beam,
a first transmitter including at least one first transmitter element for transmitting a first visible transmission beam, and
a first controller including a first evaluator element for evaluating the received expanded search beam and a first controlling element for controlling the first receiver and the first transmitter; and

a second target object including:
a second reflector including at least one second reflector element for reflecting the focused measuring beam,
a second receiver including at least one second receiver element for receiving the expanded search beam,
a second transmitter including at least one second transmitter element for transmitting a second visible transmission beam, and
a second controller including a second evaluator element for evaluating the received expanded search beam and a second controlling element for controlling the second receiver and the second transmitter;

a first light color of the first visible transmission beam being different from a second light color of the second visible transmission beam.

2. The surveying system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first transmitter transmits at least one further visible transmission beam, a further light color of the at least one further visible transmission beam being different from the first and second light colors.

3. The surveying system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first and second transmitter include a first monochrome beam source capable of transmitting a first colored visible transmission beam, a second monochrome beam source capable of transmitting a second colored visible transmission beam, and a third monochrome beam source capable of transmitting a third colored visible transmission beam.

4. The surveying system as recited in claim 3 wherein the first, the second and the third monochrome beam sources of the first and second transmitter are designed as monochrome light-emitting diodes.

5. The surveying system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first and second transmitter include a first multicolored beam source and a second multicolored beam source, the first and the second multicolored beam sources being spaced apart from one another.

6. The surveying system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first and second light colors of the first and second visible transmission beams are selected from the light colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.

7. The surveying system as recited in claim 6 wherein the first and second light colors of the first and second visible transmission beams are selected from the light colors red, green, and blue.

8. The surveying system as recited in claim 1 further comprising a switch for setting a color of at least one of the first and second light colors of the first and second visible transmission beams.

9. A method for identifying a target object in a measurement environment with the aid of a laser measuring device including a laser measuring unit transmitting an expanded search beam and a focused measuring beam, a control device and a camera unit, wherein the target object comprises a reflector having at least one reflector element, a receiver having at least one receiver element, a transmitter having at least one transmitter element and a controller having an evaluator element and a controlling element, the method comprising:
transmitting a first control instruction via the control device to the laser measuring unit for switching on the expanded search beam and directing the expanded search beam to a first spatial area of the measuring environment and to the camera unit for recording images of the first spatial area of the measuring environment having the expanded search beam switched on, according to the first control instruction, the expanded search beam is transmitted via the laser measuring unit into the first spatial area of the measuring environment and a sequence of images of the first spatial area of the measuring environment having the expanded search beam switched on is recorded by the camera unit;
transmitting a second control instruction via the control device to the laser measuring unit for switching off the expanded search beam and to the camera unit for recording images of the first spatial area of the measuring environment having the expanded search beam switched off, according to the second control instruction, the expanded search beam is switched off and a sequence of images of the first spatial area of the measuring environment having the expanded search beam switched off is recorded by the camera unit,
creating a differential image of the first spatial area of the measuring environment in the control unit from the sequence of images having the expanded search beam switched on and the sequence of images having the expanded search beam switched off, and
evaluating the differential image of the first spatial area of the measuring environment in the control unit.

10. The method as recited in claim 9 wherein the target object is identified in the differential image of the first spatial area of the measuring environment in the control unit of the laser measuring unit, if the expanded search beam has stricken on the at least one receiver element of the receiver of the target object.

11. The method as recited in claim 9 wherein the target object is not identified in the differential image of the first spatial area of the measuring environment in the control unit of the laser measuring unit, if the expanded search beam has not stricken on the at least one receiver element of the receiver of the target object.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 wherein the expanded search beam of the laser measuring unit is oriented manually or automatically from the first spatial area of the measuring environment towards a second spatial area of the measuring environment and the method steps of the method carried out for the first spatial area of the measuring environment are carried out for the second spatial area of the measuring environment.

Assignees

• Hilti Ag

Inventors

• Winter Andreas

Classifications

• G01C15/002 Primary

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

• G01C15/006

  Detectors therefor · CPC title

• G01C15/06

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