Prism direction adjusting device

Abstract

The embodiment of the utility model provides a prism direction adjusting device. The prism direction adjusting device comprises a prism body, a supporting piece and a driving piece. The prism body is arranged at the top of the supporting piece, and the supporting piece is rotatably arranged to rotate the prism body to be aligned to / deviate from the total station. The driving piece is connected with the supporting piece and drives the supporting piece to rotate along the vertical axis of the supporting piece. The arrangement has the advantages that the prism can be rotated to deviate and not face the total station in the forward direction, namely the prism is rotated to the angle which cannot be monitored by the total station, so that the situation that the prism needing to be monitored cannot be observed due to the fact that a large number of monitoring points appear in the eyepiece of the total station at the same time is avoided.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This disclosure relates to the field of total station monitoring technology, and in particular to a prism orientation device. Background Technology

[0002] In current surveying, monitoring, and other fields, the total station is an extremely important measuring instrument. Prisms, as components of the total station that reflect light to obtain target position information during measurement, are widely used in numerous surveying scenarios. Currently, most prisms on the market are directly mounted on the ground, and this mounting method means that the angle of these prisms cannot be adjusted. This traditional method of prism installation and use has encountered many problems in practical applications.

[0003] Existing total stations rely on accurately identifying the monitoring point corresponding to each prism when measuring and locating monitoring points. However, in the aforementioned scenario, these existing prisms, which are not adjustable in angle and are directly mounted on the surface of the monitored structure, all face the total station. This makes it difficult for the total station's optical and recognition systems to distinguish each prism, resulting in the total station being unable to identify the monitoring point where each prism is located. Consequently, this leads to inaccurate measurements, measurement failures, or distorted monitoring data, resulting in the issuance of erroneous data warnings. Utility Model Content

[0004] In view of the shortcomings of the prior art described above, the purpose of this disclosure is to provide a prism orientation device to solve the problems in the related art.

[0005] The first aspect of this disclosure provides a prism orientation device, comprising:

[0006] Prism body;

[0007] A support member, with the prism body mounted on top, is rotatably configured to rotate the prism body to align / deflect it from the total station;

[0008] A driving element connects to and drives the support element to rotate along its vertical axis.

[0009] In an embodiment of the first aspect, a stabilizing member is further included; the stabilizing member includes at least one stabilizing rod; one end of the stabilizing rod is connected to the support member, and the other end forms a support portion.

[0010] In an embodiment of the first aspect, the stabilizing member further includes a support plate; the driving member is disposed on the top wall of the support plate, and the top wall of the support plate forms a track portion for sliding engagement with the other end of the stabilizing rod; the shape of the track portion is implemented as an arc or a circle with the support member as the center.

[0011] In an embodiment of the first aspect, the track portion is configured as a recessed track groove; the other end of the stabilizing rod is provided with a roller engaged with the track groove.

[0012] In an embodiment of the first aspect, the track portion is implemented as a protruding track bar; the other end of the stabilizing rod is recessed with a groove that matches the shape of the track bar and is slidably engaged.

[0013] In an embodiment of the first aspect, the stabilizing bars are implemented as a pair; the pair of stabilizing bars are arranged symmetrically relative to the support member.

[0014] In an embodiment of the first aspect, the stabilizing bar is implemented as two; the included angle between the two stabilizing bars is implemented as a non-flat angle.

[0015] In the first aspect of the embodiment, the support member is rotated at an angle of 90 degrees.

[0016] In an embodiment of the first aspect, the prism body is detachably connected to the top of the support.

[0017] In an embodiment of the first aspect, the drive element is implemented as a servo motor. As described above, embodiments of this disclosure provide a prism orientation device. The prism orientation device includes a prism body, a support member, and a drive member. The top of the support member is provided for mounting the prism body, and the support member is rotatably configured to rotate the prism body to align / deflect it from the total station. The drive member is connected to and drives the support member to rotate along its vertical axis. The advantage of the above configuration is that by rotating, the prism can be deflected and not face directly towards the total station, i.e., rotated to an angle that the total station cannot detect, thereby avoiding a situation where a large number of monitoring points appear simultaneously in the total station eyepiece, resulting in the inability to observe the prism that needs to be monitored. Attached Figure Description

[0018] Figure 1 The diagram shown is a schematic representation of the overall structure of an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0019] Figure 2 The diagram shown is a cross-sectional view of the overall structure of an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0020] Figure 3 The diagram shown is a cross-sectional view of the overall structure in another embodiment of this disclosure;

[0021] Figure 4 The diagram shown is a top view of an embodiment of this disclosure in which the stabilizing bars are implemented as a pair;

[0022] Figure 5 The diagram shown is a top view of another embodiment in which the stabilizing bars are implemented as a pair.

[0023] Figure label:

[0024] 10. Prism body; 20. Support component; 30. Driving component;

[0025] 40. Stabilizing component; 41. Stabilizing rod; 411. Roller; 4101. Connecting groove; 412. Support part; 42. Support plate; 421. Track bar; 4201. Track groove. Detailed Implementation

[0026] The following specific examples illustrate the implementation of this disclosure. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of this disclosure from the information disclosed herein. This disclosure can also be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments, and various details in this disclosure can be modified or changed according to different viewpoints and application modules without departing from the spirit of this disclosure. It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, the embodiments and features in the embodiments of this disclosure can be combined with each other.

[0027] The embodiments of this disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, so that those skilled in the art to which this disclosure pertains can readily implement it. This disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

[0028] In this disclosure, references to terms such as "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "example," "specific example," or "some examples," etc., indicate that a specific feature, structure, material, or characteristic represented in connection with that embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of this disclosure. Furthermore, the specific features, structures, materials, or characteristics represented may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or a group of embodiments or examples. Moreover, without contradiction, those skilled in the art can combine and integrate the different embodiments or examples represented in this disclosure, as well as the features of those different embodiments or examples.

[0029] Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for illustrative purposes only and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of that feature. In the representation of this disclosure, "a set" means two or more, unless otherwise explicitly specified.

[0030] For the purpose of clarity, devices unrelated to the description are omitted, and the same or similar components throughout the specification are given the same reference numerals.

[0031] Throughout this specification, when it is said that a device is "connected" to another device, this includes not only "direct connection" but also "indirect connection" by placing other components in between. Furthermore, when it is said that a device "comprises" a certain constituent element, unless otherwise stated otherwise, this does not exclude other constituent elements, but rather implies that other constituent elements may be included.

[0032] While the terms first, second, etc., are used in some examples herein to refer to various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used only to distinguish one element from another. For example, first interface and second interface, etc., are used. Furthermore, as used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to also include the plural forms unless the context indicates otherwise. It should be further understood that the terms “comprising,” “including,” indicate the presence of the stated feature, step, operation, element, module, item, kind, and / or group, but do not exclude the presence, occurrence, or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, modules, items, kinds, and / or groups. The terms “or” and “and / or” as used herein are interpreted as inclusive, or mean any one or any combination thereof. Thus, “A, B, or C” or “A, B, and / or C” means “any one of: A; B; C; A and B; A and C; B and C; A, B, and C.” Exceptions to this definition will only occur if the combination of elements, functions, steps, or operations is inherently mutually exclusive in some way.

[0033] The technical terms used herein are for reference only to specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure. The singular form used herein includes the plural form unless the statement explicitly indicates otherwise. The word "comprising" as used in this specification means to specify a particular characteristic, region, integer, step, operation, element, and / or component, and does not exclude the presence or addition of other characteristics, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, and / or components.

[0034] Although not explicitly defined, all terms, including technical and scientific terms used herein, shall have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure pertains. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries shall be further interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the relevant technical literature and the message of the present disclosure, and shall not be over-interpreted as having an ideal or overly formulaic meaning unless otherwise defined.

[0035] In current surveying, monitoring, and other fields, the total station is an extremely important measuring instrument. Prisms, as components of the total station that reflect light to obtain target position information during measurement, are widely used in numerous surveying scenarios. Currently, most prisms on the market are directly mounted on the ground, and this mounting method means that the angle of these prisms cannot be adjusted. This traditional method of prism installation and use has encountered many problems in practical applications.

[0036] Existing total stations rely on accurately identifying the monitoring point corresponding to each prism when measuring and locating monitoring points. However, in the aforementioned scenario, these existing prisms, which are not adjustable in angle and are directly mounted on the surface of the monitored structure, all face the total station. This makes it difficult for the total station's optical and recognition systems to distinguish each prism, resulting in the total station being unable to identify the monitoring point where each prism is located. Consequently, this leads to inaccurate measurements, measurement failures, or distorted monitoring data, resulting in the issuance of erroneous data warnings.

[0037] Based on the above problems, the driving component in this embodiment can rotate to make the prism deviate from its normal orientation and not face the total station, that is, rotate it to an angle that the total station cannot detect, generally 90 degrees, thereby avoiding the situation where a large number of monitoring points appear in the total station eyepiece at the same time, resulting in the inability to observe the prism that needs to be monitored.

[0038] Figure 1 The diagram shown is a schematic representation of the overall structure of an embodiment of this disclosure. Figure 1 In the example, the prism alignment device includes a prism body 10, a support member 20, and a drive member 30. The support member 20 has the prism body 10 mounted on its top, and is rotatably configured to rotate the prism body 10 to align / deflect it from the total station. The drive member 30 is connected to and drives the support member 20 to rotate along its vertical axis. The advantage of this configuration is that rotation allows the prism to deviate from the total station, i.e., rotate to an angle that the total station cannot detect, thus avoiding a situation where a large number of monitoring points appear simultaneously within the total station eyepiece, preventing the observation of the prism that needs to be monitored.

[0039] exist Figure 1In the example, the prism orientation device further includes a stabilizing member 40. The stabilizing member 40 includes at least one stabilizing rod 41; one end of the stabilizing rod 41 is connected to the support member 20, and the other end forms a support portion 412. For example, the support member 20 is implemented as a vertically arranged support column. Those skilled in the art will understand that, in use, the driving member 30 is mounted on a mounting surface, such as the ground; the other end of the stabilizing rod 41 is close to or in contact with the mounting surface. That is, the area between the stabilizing rod 41 and the support member 20 and the driving member 30 is a stable triangle. In this way, when the driving member 30 drives the support member 20 to rotate, the stabilizing rod 41 can provide lateral support to the support member 20, preventing the combination of the prism body 10 and the support member 20 from tipping over due to an excessively high center of gravity, thereby protecting the prism body 10.

[0040] For example, the drive element 30 is implemented as a servo motor. Preferably, the prism body 10 is driven by the drive element 30 to rotate by an angle of 90 degrees. Those skilled in the art will understand that the above-mentioned rotation range causes the center of the prism body 10 facing the total station eyepiece to change to the frame of the prism body 10 facing the total station eyepiece, ultimately making the rotating prism body 10 unobservable by the total station eyepiece.

[0041] Exemplarily, the prism body 10 is detachably connected to the top of the support member 20. In this embodiment, the prism body 10 is screwed to the top of the support member 20. In another embodiment, the prism body 10 is snapped onto the top of the support member 20.

[0042] Figure 2 The diagram shown is a cross-sectional view of the overall structure of an embodiment of this disclosure. Figure 2 In the example, the stabilizing member 40 further includes a support plate 42; the driving member 30 is disposed on the top wall of the support plate 42, and the top wall of the support plate 42 forms a track portion for sliding engagement with the other end of the stabilizing rod 41. The advantage of this arrangement is that the track portion can guide the rotation of the stabilizing rod 41, while the support plate 42 can support the driving member 30, the support member 20, and the prism body 10, and is also easy to install on a mounting surface, for example, by adhering the support plate 42 to the ground or by bolting the support plate 42 to the ground.

[0043] exist Figure 2 In the example, the track portion is implemented as a protruding track bar 421; the other end of the stabilizing rod 41 is recessed with a connecting groove 4101 that matches the shape of the track bar 421 and is slidably engaged. In another embodiment, the track portion is implemented as a recessed track groove; the other end of the stabilizing rod 41 is protruding with a connecting block that matches the shape of the track groove and is slidably engaged.

[0044] Figure 3 The diagram shown is a cross-sectional view of the overall structure in another embodiment of this disclosure. Figure 3 In the example, the track portion is implemented as a recessed track groove 4201; the other end of the stabilizing rod 41 is provided with a roller 411 engaged with the track groove 4201. Further exemplarily, the dimensions of the track groove 4201 match the gears of the roller 411.

[0045] Figure 4 The diagram shown is a top view illustrating that, in an embodiment of this disclosure, the stabilizing rods 41 are implemented as a pair. Figure 4 In the example, two stabilizing rods 41 are implemented; the included angle between the two stabilizing rods 41 is not a flat angle. Preferably, the included angle between the two stabilizing rods 41 is 90 degrees. The advantage of this arrangement is that when the prism body 10 is driven to rotate 90 degrees, the area of ​​the pair of stabilizing rods 41 on the support plate 42 is semi-circular. Therefore, the support plate 42 can be implemented as a semi-circular plate, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the total station prism orientation device.

[0046] Figure 5 The diagram shown is a top view of another embodiment in which the stabilizing rods 41 are implemented as a pair. Figure 5 In the example, the stabilizing rods 41 are implemented as a pair; the pair of stabilizing rods 41 are symmetrically arranged relative to the support member 20. It is understood that the included angle between the pair of stabilizing rods 41 is implemented as a flat angle, while the support plate 42 is implemented as a circular plate.

[0047] In summary, this disclosure provides a prism alignment device. The prism alignment device includes a prism body, a support member, and a driving member. The top of the support member is used to mount the prism body, and the support member is rotatably configured to rotate the prism body to align / deflect it from the total station. The driving member is connected to and drives the support member to rotate along its vertical axis. The advantage of this configuration is that by rotating, the prism can be deflected from the total station, i.e., rotated to an angle that the total station cannot detect, thereby avoiding a situation where a large number of monitoring points appear simultaneously in the total station eyepiece, making it impossible to observe the prism that needs to be monitored.

[0048] The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and effects of this disclosure and are not intended to limit this disclosure. Any person skilled in the art can modify or alter the above embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of this disclosure. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or alterations made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical concept disclosed in this disclosure should still be covered by the protection scope of this disclosure.

Claims

1. A prism alignment device, characterized in that, include: Prism body; A support member, with the prism body mounted on top, is rotatably configured to rotate the prism body to align / deflect it from the total station; A driving element connects to and drives the support element to rotate along its vertical axis.

2. The prism alignment device according to claim 1, characterized in that, It also includes a stabilizing member; the stabilizing member includes at least one stabilizing rod; one end of the stabilizing rod is connected to the support member, and the other end forms a support portion.

3. The prism alignment device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The stabilizing member further includes a support plate; the driving member is disposed on the top wall of the support plate, and the top wall of the support plate forms a track portion for sliding engagement with the other end of the stabilizing rod, the shape of the track portion being implemented as an arc or a circle with the support member as the center.

4. The prism alignment device according to claim 3, characterized in that, The track section is configured as a recessed track groove; the other end of the stabilizing rod is provided with a roller that engages with the track groove.

5. The prism alignment device according to claim 3, characterized in that, The track section is implemented as a protruding track bar; the other end of the stabilizing rod is recessed with a groove that matches the shape of the track bar and is slidably engaged.

6. The prism alignment device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The stabilizing bars are implemented as a pair; the pair of stabilizing bars are arranged symmetrically relative to the support member.

7. The prism alignment device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The stabilizing bar is implemented as two; the included angle between the two stabilizing bars is implemented as a non-flat angle.

8. The prism alignment device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The support member rotates at an angle of 90 degrees.

9. The prism alignment device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The prism body is detachably connected to the top of the support.

10. The prism alignment device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The driving element is implemented as a servo motor.

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