2653 results about "Total station" patented technology

Novel solutions for position measurement, including without limitation tools and techniques that can be used for land surveying and in similar applications. One such tool is a greatly enhanced position measurement system that takes the form of a surveying rod with substantial independent functionality, which can be used with or without a total station or similar device.

The invention relates to a surveying system, comprising at least one total station unit (210,220), and at least one target (201,203), said targets having wireless communication means, each unit provided with a unique wireless communication address for wireless communication, the wireless communication to be used to activate a selected total station (210,220) to identify and measure the location of a chosen target (201,203) in relation to a relative reference system, each target having identification means to be used by the total station for identification of the chosen target, each total station having identifying means used for identification of the chosen target to be measured. The invention also relates to a target and a method for surveying using the total stations and the targets according to the system.

An automated system and method of geometric 3D point location. The invention teaches a system design for translating a CAD model into real spatial locations at a construction site, interior environment, or other workspace. Specified points are materialized by intersecting two visible pencil light beams there, each beam under the control of its own robotic ray-steering beam source. Practicability requires each beam source to know its precise location and rotational orientation in the CAD-based coordinate system. As an enabling sub-invention, therefore, an automated system and method for self-location and self-orientation of a polar-angle-sensing device is specified, based on its observation of three (3) known reference points. Two such devices, under the control of a handheld unit downloaded with the CAD model or pointlist, are sufficient to orchestrate the arbitrary point location of the invention, by the following method: Three CAD-specified reference points are optically defined by emplacing a spot retroreflector at each. The user then situates the two beam source devices at unspecified locations and orientations. The user then trains each beam source on each reference point, enabling the beam source to compute its location and orientation, using the algorithm of the sub-invention. The user then may select a CAD-specified design point using the handheld controller, and in response, the handheld instructs the two beam sources to radiate toward the currently selected point P. Each beam source independently transforms P into a direction vector from self, applies a 3×3 matrix rotator that corrects for its arbitrary rotational orientation, and instructs its robotics to assume the resultant beam direction. In consummation of the inventive thread, the pair of light beams form an intersection at the specified point P, giving the worker visual cues to precisely position materials there. This design posits significant ease-of-use advantages over construction point location using a single-beam total station. The invention locates the point effortlessly and with dispatch compared to the total station method of iterative manual search maneuvering a prism into place. Speed enables building features on top of point location, such as metered plumb and edge traversal, and graphical point selection. The invention eliminates the need for a receiving device to occupy space at the specified point, leaving it free to be occupied by building materials. The invention's beam intersection creates a pattern of instantaneous visual feedback signifying correct emplacement of such building materials. Unlike surveying instruments, the invention's freedom to situate its two ray-steering devices at arbitrary locations and orientations, and its reliance instead on the staking of 3 reference points, eliminates the need for specialized surveying skill to set up and operate the system, widening access to builders, engineers, and craftspeople.

An aerial photographing system, comprising a flying vehicle being remotely controlled, a camera (7, 8) tiltably supported in any direction via a gimbal (25), a retro-reflector (9) tilting integrally with the camera, being set in a known relation with the camera and used as an object to be measured, and a total station (3) for tracking the retro-reflector and for measuring position of the retro-reflector.

A method of monitoring the location, and the orientation of a machine element, and apparatus for monitoring and controlling the operation of the machine include a robotic total station and a plurality of targets in known positions relative to the machine element. The total station, located at a known location near the machine element, repeatedly, successively determines the location of each target. Acquisition and re-acquisition of the targets is aided by stored data regarding the prior locations and movements of the targets. Further, active targets may be used to facilitate re-acquisition. The operation of the machine is controlled based upon the location and orientation of the machine element.

Systems and methods for augmenting an inertial navigation system (INS) include outputting from the INS position information associated with the implement and adjusting the implement based upon a comparison of the position information of the implement and a desired position of the implement. The INS is periodically re-initialized using error estimates generated by a kalman filter as a function of position information from one or more positioning (or measuring) devices, such as a fan laser, an automatic total station (ATS), a GNSS receiver, or a ground based radio positioning system, to correct a drift of the position information that may be caused by inherent characteristics of the INS.

The invention relates to a wide-baseline visible light camera pose estimation method. The method includes the steps that firstly, the Zhang calibration method is used, and internal references of cameras are calibrated through a plane calibration board; eight datum points on a landing runway are selected in a public visual field region of the cameras and world coordinates of the datum points are accurately measured off line through a total station; in the calibration process, cooperation identification lamps are placed in the positions of the datum points and the poses of the cameras are accurately calculated through detection of the cooperation identification lamps. According to the method, the complex natural scene characteristic of an unmanned aerial vehicle landing scene and the physical light sensing characteristic of the cameras are considered, and glare flashlights are designed and used as the cooperation identification lamps of the visible light cameras; the eight datum points are arranged on the landing runway and space coordinates of the datum points are measured through the total station according to space accuracy at a 10 <-6> m level. According to the method, a calibration result is accurate and a re-projection error on an image is below 0.5 pixel.

The location of one of a series of construction points at an indoor construction site is established using a robotic total station and a handheld device. Construction data is inputted into the handheld device with the construction data defining a plurality of construction points at the construction site. One of the plurality of construction points is selected with the handheld device. Data regarding the selected construction point is then transmitted wirelessly from the handheld device to a robotic total station. The robotic total station generates a beam of laser light, and directs the beam of laser light from the robotic total station to the construction point. The construction point is defined by x and y coordinates, and by an assumed z coordinate. The actual z coordinate is that of a point on a horizontal surface, such as a ceiling or floor, having the same x and y coordinates. Through an iterative process, the location of the construction point is established.

Novel solutions for position measurement, including without limitation tools and techniques that can be used for land surveying and in similar applications. One such tool is a greatly enhanced position measurement system that takes the form of a surveying rod with substantial independent functionality, which can be used with or without a total station or similar device.

The invention discloses a method and a system for monitoring paving thickness of a high-level highway pavement in real time, belonging to the field of road construction quality control. The method comprises the following steps: erecting an automatic tracking total station nearby a paving site, determining the position of an erection point through a resection survey method according to the known point coordinate, positioning and tracking a 360-degree prism according to enough short time interval by utilizing the automatic tracking total station, measuring the inclination angles of a transverse beam and a longitudinal beam of a platform trolley in the device by adopting an inclinometer, and measuring the distance from the transverse beam to the paved pavement by adopting a laser distance measuring sensor arranged on the transverse beam; calculating three-dimensional coordinates (x, y, z) of the position points of the paved pavement measured by each laser distance measuring sensor according to a spatial geometrical relation between each laser distance measuring sensor and the prism; projecting to obtain elevation z0 of the position point on a datum plane before paving; solving the difference between elevations z and elevation z0 to obtain the paving thickness; and judging whether the paving thickness at the position point accords with the control standard, otherwise, transmitting alarm information. The method is mainly applied to road construction quality control.

The invention discloses a building surveying method utilizing a total station combined with a three-dimensional laser scanner. The method comprises the steps of: setting stations on the surrounding of a building, selecting one station as a benchmark station, and measuring the WGS-84 coordinate value of the benchmark station; arranging control points on the outer surface and the inner surface of the building, measuring and recording the coordinates of the points through the total station one by one, and scanning and measuring an obtained control point set [xi] through the three-dimensional laser scanner one by one to obtain building viewpoint cloud data, wherein a control point set [yi] is available; and realizing coarse registration on the viewpoint cloud through the [xi] and the [yi], converting the viewpoint cloud data into a WGS-84 standard coordinate system, and finally, performing global registration through the coarse registration result.

A method for the accurate measurement of the true dimensions and true geometric shape of an insulated, or otherwise wrapped tank, and for the subsequent calculation of the strapping table (strap chart) thereof, for any desired liquid height increment, without removing the wrapping (insulation), or draining and cleaning the tank on the inside. A number of points are identified and located on the tank shell, for which 3D coordinates measurement is desired. A target is used for each desired measurement point. The method uses a total station to determine the 3D coordinates of a minimum of 3 points on a reflective target. The target is attached to a bolt that can be threaded through the tank insulation until the end of the bolt makes snug contact with the tank shell. The 3D coordinates of the 3 points on the target, measured with the total station, are converted to the coordinates of the point of contact between the tank shell and the tip of the bolt, which could not be sighted or measured otherwise, being covered by the insulation.

The invention relates to a total station instrument based subway tunnel deformation automatic monitoring method and device. The total station instrument based subway tunnel deformation automatic monitoring device comprises a data acquisition module, a core control module and a data communication module, wherein the core control module is connected with the data acquisition module through the data communication module. When the total station instrument is levelled, the core control module calculates space position information parameters of observation stations and a turning reference point with given point coordinates serving as a reference coordinate system due to the observation of a given point circular prism located in a stability area and a 360-degree prism of the turning reference point located in a deformation area, three-dimensional coordinates of a to-be-measured point are measured after observation station positioning parameters are updated, coordinates under a reference coordinate system are obtained after coordinate conversion is performed on the measured coordinates of the observation stations, and absolute coordinates of to-be-measured target points are obtained under the reference coordinate system. Compared with the prior art, the total station instrument based subway tunnel deformation automatic monitoring device has the advantages of greatly saving manual costs, improving the data reliability, allowing monitoring of the tunnel in real time at full day.

The invention relates to a real-time guide system of a multi-sensor data fusion shield machine, comprising a laser overall meter, a laser target, a first prism, a second prism, a rear-view prism and a computer, wherein the rear-view prism is used for detecting whether the position of the laser overall meter is changed or not in the measuring process; the laser target is used for measuring an attitude angle of the shield machine in real time; the first prism and the second prism are respectively arranged at both ends of the shield machine; the laser overall meter measures coordinates of the first prism, the second prism and a laser target prism under a geodetic coordinate system by emitting lasers; and the computer computes to obtain multigroup attitude angles by combining with attitude angle data measured by the laser target and carries out fusion processing so as to obtain optimized shield machine attitude angles for implementing the real-time guide of the shield machine. The invention can still obtain the shield machine attitude angles when sensors inside the laser target are faulty or positioning prisms are shielded, ensures the continuous measurement and has high measurement accuracy, strong work stability, and the like.

The invention discloses a tunnel back-break detection method. The method includes the following steps that S1, according to center line data of a tunnel line, the thickness value and width value of a section are set, and tunnel section point cloud automatic partitioning is carried out; S2, the partitioned section point cloud is projected to the XOY plane, and a convex hull extraction method is adopted for carrying out automatic extraction of a section point cloud contour lines to obtain a measured section line; and S3, the tunnel design section is utilized, the distances between feature points of the tunnel design section and the measured section line and the locations of the feature points are calculated, and back-break automatic detection is carried out. Tunnel back-break detection is carried out by utilizing three-dimensional laser-point cloud data, and rapid partitioning of the section point cloud is achieved by adopting radius searching and a rectangular partitioning algorithm; on the basis of back-break area statistics of a polygonal intersection algorithm, the method is suitable for back-break detection of various types of tunnels; and compared with a traditional total-station section measurement mode, the detection efficiency is high, results are comprehensive and full and accurate, and the measurement precision meets the back-break detection requirement.

The present invention provides a measuring device and a method of dynamic real-time measurement of position and posture of a pipe pushing jack, wherein the method comprises the steps of setting a total station and a rear view prism inside a starting shaft to obtain laser target coordinates by the total station and obtain the pipe pushing jack coordinates by the laser target coordinates, an azimuth angle, a rolling angle, and a pitch angle; installing a forward-looking prism on the pipe joint to obtain a tunnel path line; moving the total station onto the pipe joint to back calculate the real-time coordinates of the total station by the path line, and measure the position and posture of the pipe pushing jack real timely; moving the rear view prism onto the pipe joint to back calculate the real-time coordinates of the rear view prism by the path line, and measure the position and posture of the pipe pushing jack real timely. The device comprises a laser target located on the pipe pushing jack; a forward-looking prism installed on the pipe joint inside the tunnel; a forward-looking prism, a total station, and a rear view prism placed in order behind the laser target; and a controller connected with the laser target. The present invention is able to solve problems of uneasy measurement of the position coordinates caused by dynamic changes with the pipe joint moving to the pipe pushing jack.

The invention provides a simulation experiment device and a method of alternating current, direct current and impact performance of a large earth screen. The device mainly comprises a rectangular simulated slot, an earth screen model equivalently reduced, an alternating and direct current experimental power supply, an impact current generator and a precise positioning system, and is characterized in that metal grids are laid on four walls and the bottom inside the rectangular simulated slot, so as to form a mesh backflow electrode; a liquid medium is injected into the slot; the earth screen model is designed and manufactured according to the experimental objective and content; the precise positioning system comprises an electrically controlled traveling crane and a total station; and the electric potential in any position in the rectangular simulated slot is convenient to measure at a fixed point through the coordination work of the electrically controlled traveling crane and the total station. The simulation experiment device and the method can meet the experimental research on direct current, power frequency and impact grounding properties of the large earth screen, can also be extensively applied to the fields, such as the experimental research of influence on aquatic organism and metal pipelines by an alternating and direct current system and corrosive property, and the like, and have the advantages of simplicity in operation, large power capacity, durability, flexibility and diversity in refitment and the like.

The invention discloses a detection method for restrictedly measuring track parameters and track checking instrument. The detection method for restrictedly measuring track parameters comprises the following steps that: a total station accurately aims to a prism of a trolley for accurately measuring the absolute three-dimensional coordinates of the start and end points of the trolley; an encoder transmits pulse to trigger a strap down inertial sensor, a displacement sensor and a dip sensor to acquire data; and the acquired data are transmitted to a data controlling and processing system for processing to obtain the central line transverse deviation, the central line vertical deviation, the track distance and the track level. The track checking instrument for restrictedly measuring track parameters comprises a track checking trolley, a wireless communication element of the total station, the data controlling and processing system and the total station, wherein the total station is connected with the data controlling and processing system through the wireless communication element of the total station. Due to the adoption of the detection method for restrictedly measuring track parameters and the track checking instrument, the aim of measuring continually dynamically for a long distance is fulfilled, and the operation efficiency is greatly increased.

Novel solutions for position measurement, including without limitation tools and techniques that can be used for land surveying and in similar applications. One such tool is a greatly enhanced position measurement system that takes the form of a surveying rod with substantial independent functionality, which can be used with or without a total station or similar device.

The invention discloses a track geometric state measurement system based on a multisource information fusion technology and a track geometric state measurement method based on the multisource information fusion technology. The track geometric state measurement system comprises a track detection trolley and a total station, wherein the track detection trolley is provided with a computer with measurement software, a track gauge sensor, a longitudinal inclination angle sensor, a transverse inclination angle sensor, a mileage sensor and a three-dimensional top box. The invention also discloses the track geometric state measurement method. The invention has the advantages of high measurement precision and wide application range, integrates the advantage of absolute measurement of the total station and the advantage of locus measurement of the three-dimensional top box, and has remarkably higher measurement efficiency.

The invention relates to a device for detecting track parameters, in particular to an intelligent track detector for high-efficiency measurement of track parameters. The intelligent track detector comprises an intelligent track detection vehicle and a track satellite vehicle provided with a measurement prism; an automatic leveling platform is installed on the intelligent track detection vehicle; a total station is arranged on the automatic leveling platform, which can realize dynamic tracking and high-efficiency measurement; and the detection vehicle is provided with an inclination angle sensor fine-tuning platform and two measurement wheels at the two ends; and the measurement wheels are in elastic contact with a guide rail, so abrasion is not easily caused and the measurement precision is greatly improved. The invention has the following advantages: the intelligent track detection vehicle is provided with the automatic leveling platform and the total station, and is applicable to the static intersection and dynamic tracking measurement mode, and the operation efficiency is 5-6 times of that of the same type products of the prior art; and the inclination angle sensor fine-tuning platform, the two measurement wheels and the measurement fine-motion devices thereof can greatly improve the detection precision of the intelligent track detection vehicle and meet the high-efficiency and high-precision measurement requirements.

The invention relates to a method for real-time automatic correcting the figure of shield, and relative device, belonging to the shield driven technique. It is characterized in that: using the full-station device in the tunnel to automatically detect the spatial positions of three objects in the shield; using the program based on the spatial vector theory to automatically calculate the shield figure parameters. There are two shield figure automatic correction modes: pressure section control mode and jack group control mode, and it uses special shield figure automatic correction software to control the figure of shield. The invention can avoid the defect that correcting the axes with manual work with big vibration, to improve the operation quality, shorten working period, reduce the labor, decrease working strength and apply on-site management.

The invention belongs to a track parameter detection technology, and in particular relates to a method for efficiently measuring three-dimensional coordinates of a track based on a track precise control net, which comprises the steps of: setting a measuring interval on a track line, setting control pile points of the precise control net at two sides of the track line, installing an intelligent track detection vehicle and a track satellite vehicle on the track, wherein an operation frame of the intelligent track detection vehicle is provided with an automatic leveling platform and a total-station type electronic distance measuring device, and the track satellite vehicle is provided with a measuring prism; in each measuring interval, collimating the control pile points of the precise control net arranged at two sides of the track line by using an automatic collimating function of the total-station type electronic distance measuring device, statically intersecting and measuring three-dimensional coordinates of a measuring point of the total-station type electronic distance measuring device and coordinates of a starting point and an ending point of the track satellite vehicle in the measuring interval; and between the coordinates of the starting point and the ending point of the track satellite vehicle, tracking and measuring the track satellite vehicle by using the total-station type electronic distance measuring device and dynamically tracking the three-dimensional coordinates of the track line. The invention realizes measuring point option, eliminates a track control blind region, and has high operation efficiency by adopting a static intersection and dynamic tracking and measuring manner.

The invention discloses an external field antenna pattern testing method. A test station is looked for as an auxiliary antenna and an antenna rotation platform system are installed on a mobile maneuvering device and move around a measured antenna; a total station in an optical surveying and mapping instrument is innovatively adopted for locating the angle and the distance when the antenna moves and a test station with the corresponding deviation angle can be accurately located. By the adoption of the test station locating method where the maneuvering device, the total station in the optical surveying and mapping instrument and the antenna rotation platform system are combined, the measuring angle can be located accurately to local conditions under conditions of an external field. Meanwhile, after the measuring station is located, the total station is used for automatically tracking azimuth information and a horizontal scan frame on the antenna rotation platform system is used for moving the auxiliary antenna, so that the auxiliary antenna can be accurately located at all measuring stations within a certain measurement angle range at each measuring station, the moving frequency of the maneuvering device is lowered, errors brought by moving of the maneuvering device are reduced and the testing efficiency is improved.

The invention relates to an on-line calibration method for automatic guiding system of shield machine based on gyro total station and laser target, characterized in that in digging process of shield machine, laser total station is used to track prism at the lower part of laser target and the change of horizontal azimuth angle of strap-down gyro north finder while by two accumulators in gyro north finder elevation angle and roll angle of gyro north finder are calculated; then by three altitude angles measured accurately angle speed of Z axis, which can not be measured by strap-down gyro north finder, is calculated; and then it is combined with angle speeds of X and Y axes measured by gyro to carry out strap-down altitude algorithm; finally three angles measured accurately are used as observing values and kalman filter is used to evaluate gyro excursion while it is compensated in system. The invention is provided with the merit that the error of gyro excursion can be eliminated on line and can be used to improve accuracy of automatic guiding system.

The invention discloses a system and method for measuring bridge deflection based on close-range photographic measurement. According to the system and method for measuring the bridge deflection based on the close-range photographic measurement, the problem that in a special environment, a contact type displacement measuring instrument can not be installed is solved. The system for measuring the bridge deflection based on the close-range photographic measurement comprises a total station, two single-lens light reflection cameras, an industrial control computer, 4-5 control points arranged on piers, 6-8 control points arranged on uprights and three target points. The measuring distance of the total station is 5m-50m and the shooting distance of the two single-lens light reflection cameras is 3m-15m; the three target points are located on supporting point portions and in the middle of each stride of the bridge, the control points arranged on the piers are arranged on two piers, and the control points arranged on the uprights are arranged below and in front of the three target points. The distance between the abscissa and the ordinate of every two adjacent control points of the control points arranged on the piers and the control points arranged on the uprights is 3m-10m. The industrial control computer and the two single-lens light reflection cameras are connected through signal lines. The invention further provides the measuring method.

The invention provides a method for non uniformity correction of range finding of an array push-scan type laser radar. An array push-scan type laser radar with N laser channels are used for detecting a target plate, the relative position of the array push-scan type laser radar and the target plate is changed, and the target plate is detected for M times, so laser radar data and total station data corresponding to each laser channel are obtained. By carrying out operation like coordinate transformation, a non uniformity correction model is established, and an actual range finding value of any one laser channel is used as a reference correction value to correct actual range finding values of other laser channels.

The invention discloses a satellite orientation based azimuth calibration method and device. According to the method, true north azimuths of two satellite antenna represented base lines are calibrated according to a high-precision relative positioning principle based on carrier phase ambiguity-resolving; the azimuths of the base lines are derived with angle measuring instruments such as a theodolite or a total station; the true north information of each azimuth to be measured is measured. According to the satellite orientation based azimuth calibration method and device, high-precision satellite orientation is used as an azimuth reference, and the theodolite is used to derive the true north azimuth of the azimuth reference for azimuth calibration. The satellite orientation based azimuth calibration method and device has the advantages that the ways of using traditional fixing marker post and the like are replaced by the use of a movably erectable GNSS (global navigation satellite system) antenna, no satellite differential station is required, azimuth calibration flexibility is greatly improved, and the azimuth calibration range is greatly widened.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional attitude measurement device for a tunneling construction guidance system, which belongs to a positioning measurement device and aims to solve the problems that the prior three-dimensional attitude measurement device has higher requirement on the light intensity and is not accurate to the processing of pulsed light signals so as to simplify the installation and use of equipment. A prism, a lens, a CCD camera and an inclinometer are sequentially arranged on a light path along the axial direction in a machine case of the device, and output signals of the CCD camera are sent to a computer through a gigabit network cable; and output signals of the inclinometer are sent to the computer through an asynchronous serial communication interface. The device has small volume, simplifies the operation, and directly utilizes infrared rays of a total station instrument to focus through the lens to project on the photosensitive surface of the CCD camera to produce a photosensitive signal, the photosensitive signal is processed to obtain deflection angle data of incident light, and the deflection angle data are output to an external computer along with inclination angle data measured by the inclinometer. The device is mainly used for attitude measurement during the construction process of a shield machine and obtains a pitching angle, a rolling direction angle and a horizontal deflection angle of a shield in a real-time mode.