Sports- and general pole element including arrangement for operating a handheld geophysical locating device

• US 9,618,624 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2016
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Okm Gmbh
• Original Assignee: Okm Gmbh
• Inventors: Krauss, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Hawk, Noah Chandler
• Application Number:
  US15/019,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20160161612A1
• Time in Patent Office: 427 Days
• Field of Search: 135 16
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 3/00 Sticks combined with other objects
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 3/08 with measuring or weighing appliances
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/19 Sporting applications

Abstract

The invention relates to a sports- and general pole element. The pole element includes components for an arrangement for operating a handheld geophysical locating device with at least one sensor, a power supply, an operating unit, and an interface for wireless data transmissions, wherein the components are arranged concealed in a body of the sports- or general pole element and wireless transmission of locating data is provided through the interface to a mobile evaluation- and display unit.

Claims

1. A sports- and general pole element, comprising components for an arrangement for operating a handheld geophysical locating device with at least one sensor, a power supply, an operating unit, and an interface for wireless data transmissions,

wherein the components are arranged concealed in a body of the sports- or general pole element and wireless transmission of locating data is provided through the interface to a mobile evaluation- and display unit,

the sports- or general pole element is configured tubular as a telescopic rod including at least two telescopic segments,

the telescopic rod includes at least one length adjustment device for the telescopic segments and a spiral cable is arranged within the telescopic rod, wherein the spiral cable causes a self acting contraction of the telescopic rod when the length arresting device is disengaged, and

the spiral cable is configured as a radio antenna for a radio receiver arranged in a portion of the handle.

2. The sports- and general pole element according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured as a passive differential sensor comprising a first partial sensor and a second partial sensor, wherein the first partial sensor is arranged as a reference sensor in the portion of the handle of the sports- and general pole element, and the second partial sensor is provided as a ground sensor in a tip portion of the sports- and general pole element.

3. The sports- and general pole element according to claim 1, wherein the mobile evaluation- and display unit is a tablet computer or a PDA.

4. The sports- and general pole element according to claim 1, wherein the interface for wireless data transmission is configured as a Bluetooth- and/or WiFi-interface.

5. The sports- and general pole element according to claim 1, wherein the sports- or general pole element is a hiking pole or a walking pole or an umbrella or a sun umbrella or a Nordic walking pole.

6. The sports- and general pole element according to claim 1, wherein the sports- or general pole element includes a handle that is oriented essentially in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the sports- and general pole element.

7. The sports- or general pole element according to claim 6, wherein the operating unit and/or the power supply is arranged in the handle.

8. The sports- or general pole element according to claim 1, further comprising a first passive sensor, and a second passive partial sensor, wherein the spiral cable connects the first passive partial sensor included in a portion of the handle and the second passive partial sensor included in a portion of the pole tip, wherein the first passive partial sensor and the second passive partial sensor form a differential sensor arrangement.

9. The sports- or general pole element according to claim 1, wherein the sports- or general pole element includes a radio receiver.

10. The sports- or general pole element according to claim 1, wherein the mobile processing and display unit includes a memory unit.