Patent ID: 7946044

Claim:
A surveying instrument, comprising: a measuring system having a component; a support; a mounting unit, which is arranged at the support, wherein the component is mounted on the mounting unit and wherein the support and the mounting unit are configured such that the mounting unit is adjustable relative to the support; a fine inclination sensor, which is arranged at the component of the measuring system and which is configured to measure an inclination angle of the component of the measuring system and to output fine inclination data which correspond to the inclination angle; a coarse inclination sensor, which is arranged at the component of the measuring system and which is configured to measure the inclination angle and to output coarse inclination data, which correspond to the inclination angle, wherein the coarse inclination sensor comprises an electronic acceleration sensor; an evaluation unit, which is configured to select inclination data of the measuring system from the coarse inclination data and fine inclination data; wherein the evaluation unit is configured to perform the selecting of the inclination data depending on the coarse inclination data and the fine inclination data; and an output unit, which is configured to output the inclination data of the measuring system.