Patent Document ID: 8830452
Application ID: 13913070
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. Geodetic target, comprising: an orienting device with a bearing direction; a first inclinometer with a first axis of inclination, the first inclinometer configured to determine an inclination of the geodetic target about the first axis of inclination; a reflector configured to reflect a first portion of a measurement beam that is generated by a source external to the geodetic target and that is incident on the reflector, the reflector configured to reflect the first portion of the measurement beam in a direction substantially towards the source; an imaging optics configured to focus a second portion of the measurement beam that is incident on the imaging optics; a matrix sensor, whose receiving surface is situated in an image plane of the imaging optics, the imaging optics configured to focus the second portion of the measurement beam in an image point on the matrix sensor; and an interface, which is connected to the first inclinometer and the matrix sensor; wherein a spatial arrangement and orientation of an axis of symmetry of the reflector relative to the bearing direction of the orienting device is predetermined; wherein the first axis of inclination makes an angle a different from zero with an optical axis of the imaging optics; wherein the optical axis of the imaging optics coincides with the axis of symmetry of the reflector or is parallel to it; wherein a location of the image point on the matrix sensor is dependent on an orientation of the reflector relative to the second portion of the measurement beam; and wherein the interface is designed to put out signals received from the first inclinometer and the matrix sensor to determine a spatial orientation of the reflector relative to a target point lying in the bearing direction.