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Measurement device and method for determining the three-dimensional orientation of a body relative to two horizontal reference directions

  • US 20050217127A1
  • Filed: 04/05/2004
  • Published: 10/06/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A measurement device which includes a plurality of inclinometer systems for determining steady-state, three-dimensional positions relative to a predefined inertial direction and for determining the three-dimensional orientation of a body relative to two reference directions lying in a horizontal plane comprising:

  • a housing adapted for placement on a surface or edge of the body to be measured;

    a least three individual inclinometers on or within the housing each positioned in respective reference directions so as to be oriented in different directions in space relative to each other in order to register a component of acceleration due to gravity; and

    a computation device, wherein a combination of three individual inclinometers combine to form one inclinometer triad supplying a respective first measured result which indicates the three-dimensional angular orientation of the measurement device with the directional coordinates of roll and pitch such that a plurality of measured results of a first type can be determined, and wherein the computation device is adapted for determining a measured result of a second type from the measured results of the first type, the measured result of a second type being an overall measured result which indicates another angular orientation of the measurement device with regard to the directional coordinates of roll and pitch.

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