Patent ID: 7751033

Claim:
An optical distance measurement method for measuring a line ( 2 ), comprising the following steps: actuating input means ( 24 , 42 ) of a distance measuring device ( 20 , 22 ), thereby triggering a single, continuous sequence of distance measurements; performing individual measurements ( 10 - 16 ) of distances from the distance measuring device ( 20 , 22 ) transversely to the line (s) to be measured during said sequence of distance measurements; determining at least one maximum value ( 10 , 16 ) and at least one minimum value ( 13 ) of the distances from the single sequence of measurements of a scan over the line (s) to be measured; and determining a length of the line (s) based on the at least one maximum value ( 10 , 16 ) and the at least one minimum value ( 13 ).