Rotating beam surveying method and apparatus

Abstract

Abstract D R A W I N G 1. A SURVEYING APPARATUS COMPRISING: BEAM PROJECTOR MEANS FOR GENERATING AN ENERGY BEAM AND PROJECTING THE ENERGY BEAM THEREFROM, COMPRISING: BEAM SOURCE MEANS GENERATING THE ENERGY BEAM, A HORIZONTAL DIVERTER ROTATING THE ENERGY BEAM IN A HORIZONTAL DATUM PLANE IN A DRIVEN POSITION THEREOF, A HORIZONTAL DRIVER CONNECTED TOTHE HORIZONTAL DIVERTER DRIVING THE HORIZONTAL DIVERTER ROTATING THE ENERGY BEAM IN A HORIZONTAL DATUM PLANE, A VERTICAL DIVERTER CONNECTED TO A PORTION OF THE HORIZONTAL DIVERTER AND ROTATED IN A ROTATED POSITION OF THE HORIZONTAL DIVERTER, THE VERTICAL DIVERTER DIVERTING THE ENERGY BEAM TO PREDETERMINED ANGULARPOSITIONS IN A VERTICAL DATUM PLANE IN A DRIVEN POSITION THEREOF, AND A VERTICAL DRIVER CONNECTED TO THE VERTICAL DIVERTER DRIVING THE VERTICAL DIVERTER POSITIONING THE ENERGY BEAM IN CONTROLLED, PREDETERMINED ANGULAR POSITIONS IN A VERTICAL DATUM PLANE DURING THE ROTATION OF THE ENERGY BEAM IN A HORIZONTAL DATUM PLANE, BEAM RECEIVER MEANS INTERCEPTING THE PROJECTED ENERGY BEAM IN ONE ANGULAR POSITION THEREOF IN A HORIZONTAL AND A VERTICAL DATUM PLANE AND PROVIDING AN OUTPUT SIGNAL RESPONSIVE TO THE INTERCEPTED, PROJECTED ENERGY BEAM, AND MEANS RECEIVING THE OUTPUT SIGNAL RESPONSIVE TO THE INTERCEPTED, PROJECTED ENERGY BEAM AND IDENTIFYING THE ANGULAR POSITION OF THE INTERCEPTED, PROJECTED ENERGY BEAM IN A HORIZONTAL AND A VERTICAL DATUM PLANE.

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• 👤 K Waters

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