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A Method and Apparatus for Cooperative Usage of Multiple Distance Meters

  • US 20190154439A1
  • Filed: 02/22/2017
  • Published: 05/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for estimating a first angle (α

  • ) between a reference line defined by first and second points and a first surface or a first object, the device comprising;

    a first distance meter for measuring a first distance (d1) along a first line from the first point to the first surface or the first object;

    a second distance meter for measuring a second distance (d2) along a second line from the second point to the first surface or the first object;

    software and a processor for executing the software, the processor being coupled to receive representations of the first and second distances, respectively, from the first and second distance meters;

    a display coupled to the processor for visually displaying data from the processor; and

    a single enclosure housing the first and second distance meters, the processor, and the display,wherein the first and second lines are substantially parallel to one another, and the device is operative to calculate, by the processor, the estimated first angle (α

    ) based on the first distance (d1) and the second distance (d2), and to display the estimated first angle (α

    ) or a function thereof by the display.

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