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Automatic range finding device

US4710011A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 9, 1986
Grant dateDec 1, 1987
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C3/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic range finding device has a light-emitting unit for emitting a slit of light as a beam toward a subject and a light-receiving unit for receiving light reflected from the subject, thereby to detect the subject distance based on the incident position of the reflected light received by the light-receiving unit. The light-emitting unit emits the slit of light slantwise relative to the image plane.

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