Surveying System Remote Image Guidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing surveying systems with tracking functions rely heavily on operator skill and experience, making it difficult to efficiently perform measurements as the direction and distance to measuring points are not easily identifiable, leading to reduced working efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A surveying system that includes a surveying device with measuring units, image pickup units, and a remote control device with radio units and display units, allowing for the transmission and inversion display of image data, which helps the operator align with the correct operating direction, and provides visual cues for horizontal and elevation angle corrections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If remote control operation is implemented with text-based guidance information, then operator independence is improved, but working efficiency deteriorates due to difficulty in sensual identification of direction and distance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visual copy of the real-world environment by transmitting image data captured by the surveying device's image pickup unit to the remote control device. This allows the operator to see a graphical representation of the target and surrounding environment, enabling sensual identification of direction and distance without requiring extensive skill or experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary visual interface between the surveying device and the operator. The image data transmitted via radio units serves as a mediator that translates the physical target position into visual information, making the relationship between operator actions and measurement outcomes more intuitive and efficient.
2Device complexity
If traditional text-based guidance display is used, then device complexity is reduced, but measurement precision deteriorates due to inability to easily identify direction and distance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses image pickup units to capture visual information and transmits it to the remote control device for display. This visual copying approach provides intuitive directional and distance information that enhances measurement precision without requiring complex processing or multiple specialized sensors.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the image pickup unit serve multiple functions: it captures images for visual guidance, provides data for distance measurement, and enables directional identification. This multi-functionality achieves high measurement precision without proportionally increasing device complexity.
3Quantity of substance
If single operator performs remote control operation, then labor cost is reduced, but operation difficulty increases due to lack of visual feedback
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transmits real-time image data from the surveying device to the remote control device, providing visual feedback to the single operator. This visual copy of the target environment compensates for the lack of multiple operators, making the operation easier by showing exactly where the target is and what needs to be measured.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback loop where the surveying device continuously captures images and transmits them to the remote control device. This real-time visual feedback allows the operator to adjust their actions based on what they see on the display, significantly reducing operation difficulty even when working alone.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a surveying system, which comprises a surveying device 1 having a function for tracking a target 13 and a remote control device 16 for remotely controlling the surveying device on a target side, wherein the surveying device comprises measuring units 21, 25 and 27, image pickup units 22 and 23, a first radio unit 33, and a first control arithmetic unit 29, and the remote control device comprises a second radio unit 37, a second control arithmetic unit 35, a second display unit 18, and a second operation input unit 20, wherein the surveying device transmits an image data acquired at the image pickup unit to the remote control device via the radio unit, and the remote control device receives the image data via the second radio unit and the second display unit displays the image in inversion display based on the image data.