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7639346 Non-contact measurement device  
A handheld device is adapted to perform non-contact measurements to determine distances, angles, arc lengths and radii between select points on physical structures. The device is assembled and...
7638753 Method of operating an optoelectronic sensor  
The invention relates to a method for operating an optoelectronic sensor, particularly a light barrier, during which a light emitter emits light signals having a time interval toward a monitoring...
7639347 High-speed laser ranging system including a fiber laser  
Apparatuses and methods for gathering data describing a surface are disclosed. The apparatuses transmit pulses of light at a high rate using one or more fiber lasers. Examples of such apparatuses...
7630061 Radar sensors for motor vehicles  
A radar sensor for motor vehicles, having an optical system which subdivides a radar beam generated by a single antenna element into a plurality of beam components that are radiated in different...
7626685 Distance measuring sensors including vertical photogate and three-dimensional color image sensors including distance measuring sensors  
A distance measuring sensor may include: a photoelectric conversion region; first and second charge storage regions; first and second trenches; and/or first and second vertical photogates. The...
7626690 Laser scanner  
A laser scanner, comprising a mirror rotatably provided, a driving unit for rotating the mirror, a distance measuring unit for projecting a distance measuring light for scanning to a measurement...
7623779 Distance-measuring apparatus, distance-measuring method, and recording medium  
A phase difference sensor is arranged toward a target object such that the sensor can rotate at least 180° on its sensor optical axis. As the phase difference sensor rotates, the angle of a sensor...
7619719 Phase noise compensation for interferometric absolute rangefinders  
The invention relates to a method for interferometric absolute distance measuring by a frequency modulation electromagnetic radiation on at least one measurable target and for subsequently...
7619720 Sequentially addressable radius measurements of an optical surface using a range finder  
A system for measuring distance to an optical surface includes a range finder for transmitting a beam toward the optical surface, and a ring mirror disposed between the range finder and the optical...
7612872 Method of determining the flatness of a foundation to which a building structure, machinery or equipment is to be mounted  
A method for measuring flatness of a factory floor upon which machinery is to be mounted using a rotating laser beam that emits a rotating laser beam in an essentially horizontally plane. A...
7612871 Frequency-multiplexed detection of multiple wavelength light for flow cytometry  
A multiplexed set of light sources having outputs of light with various wavelengths which are combined into one beam. The beam may impinge a particle in a flow channel of a cytometer. The light...
7609366 Material measurement system for obtaining coincident properties and related method  
A material measurement system ( 500 ) includes a THz generator including at least one laser source ( 111 ) for emitting optical pulses, the optical pulses coupled to a THz emitter ( 51 ) operable...
7609364 Laser distance finder  
A compact, power-saving laser distance finder with high accuracy is disclosed having a laser generating device, a collimating lens in an emitting end direction of the laser generating device, a...
7609365 Electro-optical distance measuring method, distance measuring program and distance measuring device  
An electro-optical distance measuring method for measuring a distance to an object to be measured by receiving a reflected light from the object to be measured, comprising: a step of projecting a...
7602485 Optical window contamination detecting device for optical apparatus  
An optical window contamination detecting device capable of detecting even microscopic contamination on an optical window with a limited number of contamination detecting sensors. The optical...
7602477 Radar device  
A laser radar sensor includes a light emitting circuit, a light receiving circuit, an object detection circuit, and a CPU. The object detection circuit has a summation block, a noise reference...
7599046 Method for determination of a distance and distance measuring device with improvement of the effective resolution of an A/D converter by phase modulation of the measured signal  
A distance measuring device and a method for determination of a distance uses an optical signal, with which an analog evaluation signal ( 36 ), with phase information, is digitized in an...
7599045 Method for eliminating internal reflection of range finding system and range finding system applying the same  
A method for eliminating internal reflection signal in a range finding system is disclosed, including the steps of receiving a range-finding signal reflected by an object and an internal reflection...
7589825 Ranging apparatus  
This invention relates to a ranging apparatus capable of ranging simultaneously to a three dimensional scene. An illumination means ( 22 ) illuminates a scene with a two dimensional array of spots...
7589826 Laser scanner  
A laser scanner which operates pursuant to the elapsed time principle and which has a pulsed laser that directs successive light pulses into a monitored region. The laser scanner further has a...
7586584 Determination of range to a coherent light source using laser speckle pattern  
Apparatus for determining a range to a coherent light source emitting a coherent light beam, the apparatus including an image sensor and a processor, the processor being coupled with the image...
7586585 Hand-held surveying device and surveying method for such a surveying device  
The invention relates to a hand-held measuring device (1 a ), comprising at least one rangefinder, embodied with integration of a positional detection component such that the positional detection...
7583363 Range finder system and electronic system having same  
A range finder system ( 100 ) includes a point light source ( 10 ), image pickup devices ( 20 ), ( 30 ), and a processing device ( 50 ). The point light source ( 10 ) emits light. The image pickup...
7583365 Method of scanning a scene and corresponding scanning device  
The present invention provides devices and methods for multi-dimensional scanning of a scene. In particular, this invention provides scanning devices and methods employing controllable light beam...
7583373 Geodetic total station which can be extended in a modular manner  
A geodetic total station comprising an upper part ( 1 a ) provided with a support ( 2 ) with at least one support section ( 2 a; 2 b ), an electronic display control unit ( 4 ), a total station...
7583364 High pulse-energy, eye-safe lidar system  
An eye-safe atmospheric aerosol lidar featuring high transmit pulse energy to generate strong backscatter from long ranges in a single pulse together with an optically efficient receiver is...
7580117 Laser radar apparatus that measures direction and distance of an object  
A laser radar including laser beam generating means, photo detecting means, a mirror, light deflecting means, and rotation driving means. The laser beam generating means emits a laser beam having...
7573564 Systems for doppler tracking using photonic mixing detectors  
Ladar systems are provided. An exemplary ladar system includes a waveform generator for generating an arbitrary waveform, a laser for transmitting a modulated light signal toward a target, and a...
7570346 Detection device  
A scan trajectory of a laser beam is controlled based on external signals each related to a driving direction and a driving speed, a result obtained by detection of an obstacle, and signals related...
7571066 Method and device for compensating the mounting tolerances of a distance sensor  
The present invention relates to a distance sensor with a method and device that aid the compensation of mounting tolerances of a distance sensor, where compensation is provided with little effort,...
7566861 Detection device controlled by driving speed and driving direction  
A detection device detects an obstacle within a target region by setting the target region, setting a scan trajectory, and setting a pattern of an irradiation position of a laser beam within the...
7564488 Surveying instrument  
A surveying instrument, comprising a first image pickup unit for obtaining a first image in a collimating direction, a second image pickup unit for obtaining a second image highly magnified than...
7564537 Mobile measuring system, and an operating method for such a mobile measuring system  
The invention relates to a mobile measurement system, comprising at least one apparatus ( 16 ) for optical distance measurement having at least one transmission unit having a light source for...
7564538 Measuring system  
The present invention provides a measuring system, which comprises a surveying device installed at a known point, at least one photodetection device to be installed at a measuring point, and a main...
7561254 Traveling system for mobile bodies and control method therefor  
A traveling system for mobile bodies includes a control device for controlling traveling operation of a first and a second mobile bodies based on detection information provided by a relative...
7557906 Distance measurement instrument  
A distance measurement device which has a lighting unit, including transmission optics with light beam forming optics. Illumination patterns are formed on objects in the measurement area which...
7555380 Non-contact seat position system  
A non-contact seat position system is provided. The system includes a lower seat track, an upper seat track, a target and a sensor. The upper seat track is positionably connected to the lower seat...
7554651 Laser distance finder  
A laser distance finder including a laser generating device, a collimating lens positioned in an emitting end direction of the laser generating device, a receiving lens for receiving a reflected...
7552012 Device for detecting objects in the blind spot of a vehicle  
A device for detecting objects in the blind spot on a side of vehicle includes a ranging main sensor, an auxiliary sensor, a comparison unit, and an output unit for outputting a warning signal...
7551266 Distance determination and virtual environment creation using circle of confusion  
A data processing system, computer implemented method, and computer program product code determines distances to an object. Computer generated environments can be calculated therefrom. A light...
7545484 Method and distance detecting device for detecting the projected distance between a distance measuring device and an obstacle  
The invention relates to method and a device for determining the projected distance between a distance measuring device and a nearest point on the surface of an obstacle, the projected distance...
7545485 Laser radar apparatus that measures direction and distance of an object  
There is provided a laser radar apparatus including laser beam generating means, photo detecting means, a mirror assembly, light deflecting means, and rotation driving means. The laser beam...
7538310 Laser beam irradiation device with error position detection  
A DSP control circuit monitors a scan position of laser beams on the target region based on a signal from a PSD. Further, the DSP control circuit measures an amount of laser beams reflected from...
7535554 Displacement measuring method, displacement measuring instrument, displacement measuring target and civil structure  
A target having a reflective part for a laser beam is located at the measuring object position of a bridge girder in such a way that the reflective part includes with respect to the displacement...
7535553 Method, device, and computer program for determining range to a target  
A method, device, and computer program for determining range to a target is disclosed. Specifically, the invention provides a method, device and computer program for determining a second range to a...
7532311 Efficient lidar with flexible target interrogation pattern  
A system for observing a field of view including a light transmitter and a light detector. A path is defined between the transmitter and the detector. The light transmitter generates substantially...
7532312 Radar apparatus  
The radar apparatus includes a transmit/receive section having a function of emitting a transmission wave, receiving the transmission wave reflected from a reflecting object, and outputting a...
7527205 Automated package dimensioning system  
An automated package dimensioning subsystem comprising a Laser Detecting and Ranging (LADAR-based) scanning apparatus for capturing two-dimensional range data maps of the space above a conveyor...
7528938 Geospatial image change detecting system and associated methods  
An image change detecting system may include an image processor cooperating with a geospatial scene model database for generating a reference geospatial image corresponding to the collected...
7526369 Pedestrian detection device, related method, air bag system and vehicle equipped with air bag system  
A pedestrian detection device, a related method, an air bag system and a vehicle are disclosed. The pedestrian detection device 20 includes an infrared ray sensor 30 A, which detects a...