Patent ID: 9322652
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G01C,G06T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for determining coordinates of a target, the apparatus comprising: a surveying instrument having a first horizontal axis extending along a line of sight that is perpendicular to both a second horizontal axis and a vertical axis, the first horizontal axis, the second horizontal axis, and the vertical axis intersecting at a rotation center of the surveying instrument; a camera coupled to the surveying instrument and configured to capture images, the camera having a line of sight that is substantially parallel to the line of site of the surveying instrument and having a projection center located eccentric to the rotation center of the surveying instrument; a display device coupled to the apparatus, the display device configured to display the images; an input device coupled to the apparatus, the input device configured to receive information identifying object points in the images that are associated with the target; a memory device communicatively coupled to at least the camera and the display device, the memory device configured to store the images; and a processor coupled to at least the camera, the display device, the input device, and the memory device, the processor configured to: