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Hand-held laser distance measuring device with a pulse reflection mixing method

US7714990B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 2008
Grant dateMay 11, 2010
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S17/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A hand-held pulse laser distance measuring device and a pulse reflection mixing method both having an algorithm which controls a microcontroller and which serves to calculate the distance to a measurement object by at least two different time differences τ11, τ12 between a measurement pulse and a reference pulse with a pulse width Δt, which time differences τ11, τ12 are measured with a pulse repetition frequency f1, f2, respectively, wherein a selection module is provided which selects at least the first pulse repetition frequency f1 from at least a first frequency set {f}1 with at least one other pulse repetition frequency f1i in such a way that the condition |τ11·f1i|>A >2·|Δt11·f1i| is satisfied with a pre-selected lower limit A, a relative time difference |τ1i·f1i| and a relative pulse width |Δtλ·f1i|.

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