Patent ID: 9683833
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G01B,G01C,G01S,G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A surveying apparatus for surveying a measurement scenery, the surveying apparatus comprising: a base defining a vertical axis; a support tiltable around the vertical axis; a telescope unit tiltable around the vertical axis and around a horizontal axis that is orthogonal to the vertical axis and comprises means for distance measurement; at least one motor for rotational driving of the support and the telescope unit; and an electronic angle sensor for detecting an orientation of the telescope unit with respect to the base, wherein the telescope unit comprises a first camera configured to take a visible image of the measurement scenery and a laser source and detector for capturing coordinates of 3D-points of the measurement scenery, wherein the surveying apparatus comprises a display configured to display at least a portion of the visible image taken by the first camera and/or at least a portion of the 3D-points, respectively, and wherein a range camera directed towards the display and configured to take a range image of a user positioned at the display, and wherein the surveying apparatus comprises an electronic controller having a processor, which is configured to analyze the range image with regard to changes caused by a movement of the user, and to control the surveying apparatus on the basis of the changes in the range image to perform predetermined surveying tasks.