Geodetic Surveying System Visual Task Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
In geodetic surveying systems, users face difficulties in quickly and efficiently selecting the correct surveying task data from a list, especially in field applications where remembering file names can be time-consuming and error-prone.
Innovation Solution
The surveying system incorporates a control unit with a processor and digital camera to capture and assign image data to surveying tasks, allowing for visualization of tasks as images on a display, enabling users to easily identify and select relevant data through a list of task images, which can be captured automatically or upon user command, and stored via data input units like USB ports or wireless communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If surveying task data is stored and managed using traditional file name-based identification, then data storage and retrieval functionality is achieved, but user efficiency deteriorates due to time-consuming and error-prone selection processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the copying principle by creating visual image copies of surveying tasks that can be displayed as thumbnails in a task list. Instead of relying on abstract file names, the system generates visual representations (images) of each surveying task, allowing users to quickly identify and select the correct task by viewing its visual copy rather than searching through text-based file names.
2Ease of operation
If a list of surveying tasks is displayed with file names, then data organization is achieved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to difficulty in quickly identifying the correct task
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the color changes principle by utilizing visual image data to represent surveying tasks. The system displays task-specific images that provide immediate visual recognition, allowing users to distinguish between different tasks through their visual characteristics rather than relying solely on text-based file names, thereby improving task identifiability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If image data is captured and assigned to surveying tasks, then task visualization capability is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional hardware and software components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the universality principle by integrating image capture and processing capabilities into the existing surveying system. The control unit is enhanced to not only perform traditional surveying functions but also to capture, store, and display image data associated with surveying tasks. This multi-functional approach allows the system to provide both traditional surveying operations and visual task identification without requiring entirely separate systems.
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AI summary
Some embodiments of the invention include a surveying system having a position determination unit such as, for example, a total station or a GNSS module, for determining a target position in a defined coordinate system, and having a mobile target unit for definition and/or position determination of target points in the coordinate system. In some embodiments, the surveying system may be adapted to capture and/or receive image data that is related to a task image. In some embodiments, the surveying system may include a control unit for allowing a user to control surveying tasks of the surveying system in order to acquire surveying task data that is related to the surveying tasks and comprises spatial coordinates of at least one target point, a data storage unit for storing the surveying task data, and an electronic graphical display for displaying a visualization of the surveying task data.