Patent ID: 9482532
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G01C

Claim Text:
1. A surveying instrument, comprising: a pedestal provided with a guide light irradiation unit provided with a light source to irradiate with guide light indicating a collimation direction of the surveying instrument to an operator, a tracking optical system which locks a target, a ranging optical system which ranges a distance to the target, and a control circuit which calculates surveying data by a ranging result of the ranging optical system; and a transmitting and receiving unit which receives survey setting point data regarding a survey setting operation and sends the surveying data obtained by the control circuit, wherein the control circuit turns off the light source when the target is locked, rotates the pedestal such that an optical axis faces in a direction of a survey setting point when the locking of the target is released, stops the rotation of the pedestal, turns on the light source again, and performs searching and scanning with tracking light.