Patent ID: 7564537

Claim:
A method of operation for a mobile measurement system, having at least one hand-held apparatus ( 16 ) for optical distance measurement using modulated optical measurement radiation, the apparatus ( 16 ) having at least one transmission unit having a light source for emitting modulated, optical measurement radiation ( 24 ) in the direction of a target object ( 26 ) and a reception unit for receiving the optical measurement radiation ( 28 ) returning from the target object ( 26 ), and having an actuation appliance ( 18 , 20 , 60 ), having at least one memory element ( 42 ) suitable for holding range finding data, and having a display ( 42 ), the method comprising connecting the apparatus ( 16 ) for optical distance measurement to the actuation appliance ( 18 , 20 , 60 ) via a wireless interface ( 31 ) for the purpose of range finding data transmission thereafter transmitting range finding data from the apparatus ( 16 ) to the appliance ( 18 , 20 , 60 ) thereafter storing the transmitted range finding data in the memory element ( 42 ) of the appliance, and thereafter displaying the output on the display ( 42 ), and wherein the measured data is written to the current position of a cursor in a software product implemented in the actuation appliance ( 18 , 20 , 60 ).