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Manual distance measuring apparatus

US8970825B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Steffen Abraham · Hildesheim, DE
Matthias Roland · Sunnyvale, US
Andreas Pfeil · Laufenburg (Baden), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 8, 2012
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/86
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A manual distance measuring apparatus includes at least one computing unit, an image acquisition means and a laser measuring device, which determines a distance of a measurement point on a measurement object in a measurement direction during a measuring process. The computing unit is configured to control, at least by open-loop control, the measurement direction depending at least on an output characteristic variable of the image acquisition means.

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