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Device for optically measuring distances

US6801305B2 · kind B2 · utility

16Cited by

9References

9Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Joerg Stierle · Waldenbuch, DE
Peter Wolf · Wiesbaden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 2003
Grant date	Oct 5, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 16, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/32
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for optical distance measurement, having a transmitter unit (12) for emitting optical radiation (13), in particular laser radiation, in the direction of a target object (15); having a receiver unit (14) for receiving the radiation (16, 49) reflected by the target object (15); and having a control and evaluation unit (56) for ascertaining the distance between the apparatus and the target object (15), and also having at least one optical means (26, 28, 30, 50) for beam guidance.It is proposed that the relative position of the at least one optical means (26, 28, 30, 50) and the light source (17, 18) of the apparatus to one another be variable.

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