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Measurement device for measuring a distance between the measurement device and a target object using an optical measurement beam

US9348018B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Eisele · Echterdingen, DE
Bernd Schmidtke · Neumarkt am Wallersee, AT
Reiner Schnitzer · Reutlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 25, 2012
Grant date	May 24, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 25, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S7/4863
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a measurement device for optically measuring a distance to a target object, in particular a handheld measurement device. The disclosure relates to such a measurement device having a transmitting device for transmitting an optical measurement beam to a target object; a receiving device having a detection surface for detecting the optical measurement beam returning from the target object, wherein the detection surface has a plurality of pixels, and each pixel has at least one light-sensitive element; and a reference device having a detection surface for detecting a device-internal reference beam. According to the disclosure, the detection surface of the reference device has a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel has at least one light-sensitive element.

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