Patent ID: 7333219

Claim:
A compact hand-holdable dimensional metrology imaging device, the device comprising: an imaging portion; a display portion; a signal processing and control portion; a user interface comprising: at least one user-adjustable video measurement tool comprising at least one user-adjustable region of interest indicator that is displayed overlaying an image on the display portion, wherein at least one of the location and the size of the region of interest indicator is user-adjustable relative to the image on the display portion, and a plurality of control elements, the control elements comprising an image acquisition control element and at least one video measurement tool adjustment control element for adjusting the at least one region of interest indicator, and at least one preprogrammed measurement function that operates to provide a dimensional measurement result based at least on the configuration of the video measurement tool, the at least one preprogrammed measurement function including automatic edge detection for at least one workpiece edge feature located in a user-adjustable region of interest indicator of the video measurement tool and determining the measurement result based at least partly on the results of the automatic edge detection.