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Telemetric spacial data recorder

  • US 5,675,514 A
  • Filed: 04/10/1996
  • Issued: 10/07/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A telemetric spacial data recorder for devising a floor plan comprising:

  • a base member;

    a remote member having a probe;

    extendable cable means connecting said remote member to said base member, said extendable cable means being mounted to said base member so as to rotate about a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the floor;

    said extendable cable having a variable length;

    a cable angle measuring assembly mounted to said base member to measure an angular position of said extendable cable means with respect to a predetermined reference point;

    a cable length measuring assembly mounted to one of said base member and said remote member for measuring the length of said extendable cable means; and

    data acquisition means electrically connected to said cable angle measuring assembly and to said cable length measuring assembly, said data acquisition means collecting cable angular position data from said cable angle measuring assembly and cable length data from said cable length measuring assembly,whereby, when said probe is brought in contact with a point of a physical object, angle data and length data are respectively supplied to the data acquisition means by said cable angle measuring assembly and by said cable length measuring assembly, said angle data and said length data permitting a determination of relative spacial coordinates of said point of said physical object with respect to said base member.

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