Patent ID: 7944562

Claim:
A portable device ( 1 ) for the determination of surface properties of motor vehicle bodywork with a housing equipped with a processor apparatus and a measurement apparatus ( 10 ) which directly determines locally the topography of a surface ( 8 ) under examination and issues at least one measured value that is characteristic of this local topography, the surface ( 8 ) under examination being a surface arranged side by side the portable device ( 1 ), when the measurement apparatus ( 10 ) determines the topography thereof, and the processor apparatus which, taking account of a multiplicity of initial measured values, issues at least an initial result value characteristic of the global topography of the surface and draws conclusions to the visual impression that a coating applied to a base coat with the determined topography will create, wherein disposed on the device is at least one movement apparatus having at least one wheel which remains in contact with the surface at least sectionwise, and by means of which movement apparatus the device can be moved relative to the surface.