Inventor · Altstätten, CH

Kurt Giger

19Patents
11h-index
12Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 26, 1983 → Mar 12, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5815251A Device for distance measurement Physics 79 Expired
US6864966B2 Method and device for measuring distances Physics 69 Expired
US4620788A Apparatus for measuring pulse signal delay interval Physics 58 Expired
US6463393B1 Device for calibrating distance-measuring apparatus Physics 56 Expired
US6859744B2 Method and device for carrying out frequency synthesis in a distance measuring device Physics 45 Expired
US6727985B2 System and method for signal acquisition in a distance meter Physics 44 Expired
US5949531A Device for distance measurement Physics 39 Expired
US9599713B2 Distance-measuring device Physics 20 Active
US9470792B2 Method and handheld distance measuring device for creating a spatial model Physics 12 Active
US7030969B2 Distance measuring instrument with a sighting device Physics 12 Expired
US4615617A Pulse delay measurement apparatus Physics 11 Expired
US9377303B2 Surveying appliance and method having a targeting functionality which is based on the orientation of a remote control unit and is scalable Electricity 6 Active
US10187567B2 Method and handheld distance measurement device for indirect distance measurement by means of image-assisted angle determination function Physics 3 Active
US9817122B2 Electro-optical distance measuring device Physics 3 Active
US7259842B2 Optical inclinometer Physics 1 Expired
US8279421B2 Optical-electronic distance measuring device Physics 1 Active
US9677883B2 Distance measuring device Electricity 1 Active
US9453719B2 Measuring appliance comprising an automatic representation-changing functionality Physics 1 Active
US9753139B2 Electro-optical distance measuring device Physics 0 Active

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