METROLOGY CAROUSEL DEVICE FOR HIGH PRECISION MEASUREMENTS

• US 20160309062A1
• Filed: 04/15/2016
• Published: 10/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AppBanc LLC
• Original Assignee: AppBanc LLC
• Inventors: SPRINGER, Gilbert
• Application Number:
  US15/130,839
• Publication Number:
  US 20160309062A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 11/02 for measuring length, width or thickness G01B11/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 11/285 using photoelectric detection means
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/001 Miniaturised objectives for electronic devices, e.g. portable telephones, webcams, PDAs, small digital cameras G02B23/243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/16 Rotatable turrets
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/69 Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming

Abstract

A system and method for performing high precision measurements are disclosed. In a first aspect, the system comprises a metrology carousel device that comprises a body device and a carousel device coupled to the body device. The carousel device includes a lens located between a twin tower component, wherein the twin tower component is used to beam light onto a subject to perform the high precision measurements. In a second aspect, the method comprises providing a system that comprises a body device and a carousel device coupled to the body device, wherein the carousel device includes a lens located between a twin tower component, and beaming a light onto a subject using the twin tower component to perform the high precision measurements.

Claims

1. A system for performing high precision measurements, the system comprising:

a body device; and

a carousel device coupled to the body device, wherein the carousel device includes a lens located between a twin tower component, wherein the twin tower component is used to beam light onto a subject to perform the high precision measurements.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a host device case, wherein the body device is coupled to the host device case and the host device case is coupled to a host device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the host device is a smartphone.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the lens is a macro-lens comprising optical polycarbonate.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the twin tower component comprises a first projection tower with a first embedded tower lens and a second projection tower with a second embedded tower lens.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the carousel device further includes a plurality of lenses in addition to the lens.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the carousel device is rotatable to enable selection of one of the plurality of lenses.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the plurality of lenses comprises any of a macro-lens, a micro-lens, a wide-angle lens, and a polarized neutral density lens.

9. The system of claim 2, wherein the carousel device further includes an opening that accommodates a flash device and a microphone device of the host device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is a photo recordable super-caliper that is used in any of industrial, medical, and utility applications.

11. The system of claim 3, further comprising:

a focal plane detector coupled to the twin tower component, wherein the focal plane detector has a light source to beam the light onto the subject.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the light source is any of an internal light source or a light source from the smartphone.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the internal light source comprises an optical grade channel overlay that acts as a light pipe.

14. The system of claim 3, further comprising:

a software application coupled to the smartphone, wherein the software application communicates with the carousel device and at least the lens to provide variable and static scalar measurements.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the macro-lens is coupled to a metric display that is utilized to measure a square area around the subject.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the metric display utilizes any of a metric system and an English system.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the metric display utilizes a plurality of modes comprising any of a live screen mode using the macro-lens, a still photo library mode using the micro-lens, an eZoom mode, and a streaming mode.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the twin tower component comprises two towers separated by a predetermine distance, wherein each of the two towers have a predetermined tower height, inner diameter, and outer diameter.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein each of the two towers is movable to provide a coordinates variable focal length.

20. A method for performing high precision measurements, the method comprising:

providing a system that comprises a body device and a carousel device coupled to the body device, wherein the carousel device includes a lens located between a twin tower component; and

beaming a light onto a subject using the twin tower component to perform the high precision measurements.