Patent ID: 6917414
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: G01C,G01S

Abstract:
1. A device ( 10 ) for distance measurement, comprising a housing ( 24 ) and an emitting unit ( 32 ) for a measuring signal ( 34 , 36 ) accommodated in the housing ( 24 ), a receiving unit ( 38 ) for the measuring signal returned from a target object ( 16 , 18 ), an evaluation unit ( 46 ) for determining a distance (d) of at least one reference point ( 14 ) between the housing ( 24 ) and the target object ( 16 , 18 ), a display device ( 50 ) which reproduces said distance (d), and at least one receiving element ( 28 ) which is connected to the housing ( 24 ) and receives a holding element ( 12 , 13 ), wherein means ( 66 , 84 , 86 ) are provided in or on the housing ( 24 ) of the device ( 10 ) for detecting an inserted holding element ( 12 , 13 ) and automatically transmitting the reference point ( 14 ) of the distance measurement to the evaluation unit ( 46 ), said reference point being used for a measurement with the aid of the holding element ( 12 , 13 ).