Patent ID: 8681318

Claim:
A handheld laser distance measuring device comprising: a position sensor ( 22 ) for determining the spatial orientation of the distance measuring device that is connected with a laser, wherein the position sensor ( 22 ) and the laser are integrated in a housing, wherein the laser is triggered by the position sensor ( 22 ) to emit a perceptible signal to perform a spatial orientation measuring function, whereby the perceptible signal depends on the spatial orientation and operates to communicate the spatial orientation, wherein the laser performs a distance measuring function by emitting light in the visible wavelength range to measure distances, whereby the laser is aimed to emit a signal being perceptible by sighting a target object, and wherein the spatial orientation dependent perceptible signal blinks at a blink frequency prior to a time in which a horizontal axis of the distance measuring device is substantially aligned with a horizontal extending from the distance measuring device to the target object.