Patent · US Active

Device for detecting the presence of an item in an examination object

US9103929B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

15Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Reiner Krapf · Reutlingen, DE
Bjoern Haase · Stuttgart, DE
Kai Renz · Echterdingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 7, 2009
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 26, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R27/2605
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A position-finding apparatus, particularly a handheld position-finding appliance, having a position-finding unit, is provided for the purpose of using a measurement signal to detect the presence of an article arranged in an examination object and which has a sensor unit, a computation unit, and a display unit. The computation unit associates differing sensor elements of the sensor unit with differing display points of the display unit in at least one dimension.

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