Patent ID: 6717166
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B27B,G01B

Abstract:
A hand-held measurement device for determining angular measurement data for a surface of a measured object, comprising:a portable housing assembly; a user input element integrated with the housing assembly for generating a trigger signal to initiate measurement of the measured object; a non-contact sensor mounted in the housing assembly and adapted to receive the trigger signal from an input device, the non-contact sensor is operable to collect image data representative of the surface of the measured object; a gravity reference device mounted in the housing assembly and operable to determine a local gravity vector; an image processor mounted in the housing assembly and adapted to retrieve image data from the non-contact sensor and the local gravity vector from the gravity reference device, the image processor is operable to convert the image data into angular measurement data for the surface of the measured object in relation to the gravity vector; and a display integrated with the housing assembly and adapted to receive angular measurement data from the image processor, the display is operable to visually display the angular measurement data.