Point and click measuring and drawing device and method
US10823556B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 4, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2210/61
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention is comprised of an assembly of hardware and software components for the purpose of measuring and drawing real life dimensions. With the present invention, an user defines a starting position in a spectrum of at least two coordinates. In a preferred embodiment all elements are integrated as one portable unit. The hardware elements comprise a point and click mechanism, whose operation is similar to a computer mouse, a display or viewing unit to act as a monitor, optional ways to input data, including but not limited to buttons and keys, and a way to power the device. The software element is generally defined by an application that allows tracing, drawing, measuring, calculating and saving data from real life physical areas by the interaction of the point-and-click mechanism, in optional combination with the ways to input data. The task is executed by the extrapolation of real life dimensions by successively selecting and clicking on defining points, resulting on a scaled down drawing recorded on the device and displayed on the viewing screen. Complex shape areas are calculated by segmenting them into regular geometrical shapes. Curvilinear and irregularly complex shapes…
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