Patent ID: 9417061
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A63B,G01C,G02B

Claim Text:
1. A rangefinder with an image split prism for a golf course hole, the rangefinder comprising: a housing shaped like a cylinder and opened frontward and backward; an object lens comprising one or more lenses arranged in a front end portion of the housing and facing an object targeted for distance measurement; a display configured to display an image from the object lens to a user; the image split prism arranged in between the object lens and the display, making the image from the object lens be split and focused, and installed movably along an optical axis within the housing so that a space between split images is arranged; and a distance indicator indicating distance from the targeted object in accordance with positions of the image split prism, wherein the positions of the image split prism are arranged to set up the space between the split images to a reference position.