Patent ID: 6718280
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: G01B,G01C

Abstract:
Measurement device for determining the three-dimensional orientation of a body relative to a reference direction, with a housing for resting on the surface or one edge of a body to be measured, and with a plurality of gyro systems for determining the proportional rotary motion around one axis of symmetry at a time assigned to them, characterized in that at least four, individual gyros are present within the housing and are oriented to different three-dimensional directions, and all combinations of three individual gyros at a time which can be combined into a so-called gyro triad yielding one first measurement result at a time which identifies the three-dimensional angular orientation of the measurement device or a body which has made contact with it so that a plurality of initial measurement results is made available and from the plurality of initial measurement results an overall measurement result is determined it.