Patent ID: 11859966
Assignee: TROXLER ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one material interacting device configured to optically interact with a void excavated in a construction material for determining one or more measurements thereof including a surface characteristic of the construction material,
wherein the at least one material interacting device comprises at least one of an optical projector or receiver configured to determine a dimensional characteristic of the void using at least one of: structured light, range finder, confocal scanning, stereo-vision, 3D profiling, scanners, cameras, photographic methodology, point cloud, stereo triangulation, light sheet triangulation, time of flight, lidar, and coded aperture,
wherein the surface characteristic includes at least one of a dimension, a texture, and a roughness;
computer hardware configured to:
determine a dimensional characteristic of the void based on the one or more measurements; and
determine a volume of the construction material prior to excavation of the void based on the dimensional characteristic of the void; and

a mass measuring device in communication therewith for determining a wet density of the construction material while in situ.