Patent ID: 8727608

Claim:
A moisture meter with non-contact temperature measurement capability, comprising: a housing; a moisture-detecting device for measuring moisture in solid materials selected from the group consisting of a contact-type moisture-detecting device and a pin-type resistivity-based moisture-detecting device, the moisture-detecting device being coupled to or contained at least partially in the housing, and having an output related to measured moisture parameters; a non-contact, infrared sensor temperature-sensing device internal to or coupled to the housing, having an output related to a sensed temperature; a laser-aiming device coupled to the housing, to assist a user in aiming the non-contact, infrared sensor temperature-sensing device at a location on an object made of solid material whose temperature is to be measured, and to assist the user in using the moisture-detecting device to measure moisture in the object near said location on the object; an output display contained in the housing, for displaying measurements to the user; and circuitry contained in the housing for processing both the moisture-detecting device output and the non-contact temperature-sensing device output, and for transmitting the processing outputs to the output display.