Mobile telephone with distance measurement and data collection capability
First Claim
1. A wireless mobile telephone comprising:
- a transmitter and receiver module for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communications;
a display screen;
a means for acquiring linear distance measurements to objects within line of sight of the wireless mobile telephone;
memory for storing a graphical representation of a structure having elements to be measured;
microprocessing unit operating under the control of software that stores in the memory a plurality of the linear distance measurements made by the acquiring means, where each stored linear distance measurement is associated with a corresponding element of the graphical representation as shown on the display screen.
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Abstract
An exemplary wireless mobile telephone includes a transmitter and receiver module for transmitting and receiving radio communications, and a display screen. A mechanism acquires linear distance measurements to objects within line of sight of the wireless mobile telephone. A graphical representation of a structure having elements to be measured is stored in memory. A microprocessing unit operating under the control of software stores in the memory a plurality of the linear distance measurements, where each stored linear distance measurement is associated with a corresponding element of the graphical representation as shown on the display screen. This enables areas defined by a pair of such elements to be calculated.
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18 Claims
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1. A wireless mobile telephone comprising:
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a transmitter and receiver module for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communications; a display screen; a means for acquiring linear distance measurements to objects within line of sight of the wireless mobile telephone; memory for storing a graphical representation of a structure having elements to be measured; microprocessing unit operating under the control of software that stores in the memory a plurality of the linear distance measurements made by the acquiring means, where each stored linear distance measurement is associated with a corresponding element of the graphical representation as shown on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for making distance measurements utilizing a wireless mobile telephone comprising the steps of:
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storing in memory of the wireless mobile telephone a graphical representation of a structure having elements to be measured; displaying on a screen of the wireless mobile telephone the graphical representation; acquiring linear distance measurements to objects within line of sight of the wireless mobile telephone; storing in the memory each linear distance measurement together with an association with one of a selected element of the graphical representation as shown on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable, tangible, signal-bearing medium comprising:
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means in the medium for causing the storing in memory of a wireless mobile telephone a graphical representation of a structure having elements to be measured; means in the medium for causing the displaying on a screen of the wireless mobile telephone the graphical representation; means in the medium for causing the acquiring linear distance measurements to objects within line of sight of the wireless mobile telephone; means in the medium for causing the storing in the memory each linear distance measurement together with an association with one of a selected element of the graphical representation as shown on the display screen.
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