Patent ID: 9026392
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for measuring the height of a person positioned in a room having a floor and a ceiling, the method comprising the steps of: i) providing a portable handheld electronic measuring device; ii) calibrating said measuring device by placing said measuring device on said floor to measure a first distance from said floor to said ceiling; iii) correcting for imperfectly vertical measurement of said first distance that may result from said measuring device not being placed parallel to said ceiling in order to compute a corrected first distance; iv) placing said measuring device in contact with the top of said person's head; v) measuring a second distance from the top of said person's head to said ceiling; vi) correcting for imperfectly vertical measurement of said second distance that may result from said measuring device not being held parallel to said ceiling in order to compute a corrected second distance; and vii) subtracting said corrected second distance from said corrected first distance to calculate said person's height.