Robert Boschgmbh

Bjoern Haase

Uwe Skultety-Betz

Kai Renz

Peter Wolf

Joerg Stierle

Ulli Hoffmann

Reiner Krapf

Stefan Clauss

Clemens Schulte

Cedric Pahud

Michael Mahler

Christoph Wieland

Erhard Hoffmann

Hans Irion

Gunter Flinspach

Matthieu Richard

Ewald Schmidt

Juergen Hasch

Heinz Pfizenmaier

Volker Bosch

Steffen Leutz

Andreas Braun

Felix Wewers

Chirstoph Wieland

Tatiana Babkina

Friedbert Weller

Cédric Pahud

A position-finding apparatus, particularly a handheld position-finding appliance, having a position-finding unit, is provided for the purpose of using a measurement signal to detect the presence of an article arranged in an examination object and which has a sensor unit, a computation unit, and a display unit. The computation unit associates differing sensor elements of the sensor unit with differing display points of the display unit in at least one dimension.

Device for detecting the presence of an item in an examination object

A locating device, in particular a handheld locating device, includes a locating unit configured to detect the presence of an item arranged in an examination object using an examination signal. The locating device further includes a motion sensor unit configured to detect at least one motion parameter along at least one direction of motion. In addition, the locating device includes an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the motion parameter and at least one locating parameter of the locating unit together.

Locating device

An optical receiver lens has a three-dimensional lens surface, for receiving the laser radiation of a laser distance measuring device, said laser radiation being reflected at an object, wherein the receiver lens can be described in a three-dimensional coordinate system having three axes x, y, z arranged at right angles with respect to one another and wherein the z-axis coincides with the optical axis of the receiver lens. At least one non-spherical area section of the lens surface can be described by addition of a first area, the flexure of which along the z-axis is a first function (f) of x and y, in particular of (I) and a second area, the flexure of which along the z-axis is a second function (f) of x and not of y. A distance measuring device is also described.

Optical receiver lens and optical distance measuring device

A measuring device, in particular a handheld measuring device, for the localization of objects enclosed in a medium, including at least one photometric sensor that obtains by way of the at least one photometric sensor a first measurement signal of the object to be examined, so that by evaluation of that measurement signal, information about an object enclosed in the medium is obtained, and at least one further sensor, for generating at least one further second measurement signal for obtaining information about the object enclosed in the medium. A method for the localization, by way of a photometric sensor, of objects enclosed in a medium.

Infrared localization device having a multiple sensor apparatus

The invention relates to a device for optical distance measurement, particularly to a handheld device, comprising a transmission unit () with a light source () for emitting optical measurement radiation () onto a target object (), and comprising a receiving unit () arranged at a distance from the optical axis () of the transmission unit () and equipped with at least one optical detector () for receiving optical radiation () reflected from the target object (). According to the invention, the detector () of the receiving unit () comprises a detection surface (), the optical surface of which has varying optical sensitivity.

Device for optical distance measurement

The invention relates to a distance measuring unit () for contactless distance measurement, in particular a handheld unit, with a housing (), which has a housing front side (), which points in the measurement direction (), and a housing rear side (), which faces away therefrom, wherein the housing rear side () forms a first reference plane (AA) for the distance measurement, and with at least one measurement stop () of a measurement stop element (), which can be moved out of the housing (). The invention proposes that the measurement stop element () is mounted in the housing () in such a way that it moves automatically out of the housing () once a locking apparatus () has been released and is optionally moved at least into a first () or into a second () measurement position.

Distance measuring unit

The invention relates to a measuring instrument, particularly a hand-held instrument () for measuring distances, comprising at least one transmission branch () for a test signal and adjustable switching means () for deflecting the test signal. The switching means () reflect at least a portion of the test signal in a first switched position () while unblocking the transmission branch () for the measuring radiation in a second switched position ('). According to the invention, the switching means () reflect the measuring radiation in a diffuse manner in the first switched position (). Also disclosed is a method for producing such a measuring instrument.

Measuring device

A locating device, in particular a handheld locating device, for detecting objects enclosed in a medium, includes a first device for detecting objects enclosed in a medium, and having a control and evaluation unit for measurement signals of the locating device. The device has a second detection device that makes it possible to detect a predeterminable distance d of the locating device from a surface of a medium. In addition, a method for calibrating a measurement device, in particular for calibrating a handheld locating device for detecting objects enclosed in a medium, a reference measurement for calibrating the measurement device is carried out only after at least one measurement has been carried out of a distance d of the measurement device from a surface of a medium.

Locating device, and method for calibrating a locating device

The invention is based on a distance-measuring device having a transmission unit () for generating a transmission signal () having at least one measurement frequency (f, f) which is desired for detecting distance information. It is proposed that the transmission unit () comprises a means () for generating an evaluation signal () having an evaluation frequency (f) which is desired for evaluating the distance information.

Distance measuring device and method for determining a distance

A radar device is described, in particular a hand-held short-range radar for determining the location of objects enclosed in a medium, including at least one radar sensor, which generates a first, high-frequency detection signal for penetrating a medium to be tested in such a way that information about an object enclosed in the medium can be obtained by measuring and analyzing the reflected detection signal of the radar sensor. At least one additional sensor is provided for generating at least one additional, second detection signal for obtaining information about the object enclosed in the medium. The method on which this radar instrument is based is also described.

Short-range radar having a multiple sensor system for determining the location of objects enclosed in a medium

The invention relates to measuring device, particularly a distance measuring device for contactlessly measuring distance, comprising a housing () made of at least one first material and with at least one electronic component (), which is arranged inside an interior () of the housing (), as well as with a second material that at least partially surrounds the housing (). The invention provides that the second material also seals at least one opening () of the housing interior (). The invention also relates to a method for producing a measuring device of the aforementioned type during which the second material is provided as a sealing element that seals at least one opening of the housing interior.

A distance measuring device () in the form of a hand-held unit includes a path () for a measurement signal, an adjustable signaling means () for changing the measurement signal, and a drive unit () for adjusting the signaling means (). The drive unit is equipped with a static unit () and a drive element () that the static unit () is able to directly drive to execute a movement in relation to the static unit (). The drive element () has the capacity to be driven into a rotation in relation to the static unit ().

Hand-held distance measuring device with static unit and drive element

The invention is based on a distance-measuring device, in particular a laser distance-measuring device () which is in the form of a handheld device, having a printed circuit board () and a transmitting or receiving unit () which is provided for transmitting or receiving a measurement signal, and comprises a housing () which has a base surface () which faces the printed circuit board (), a side surface and a signal surface (). The invention proposes that the side surface is in the form of a signal surface ().

Distance-measuring device

The invention relates to a device for optically measuring distance, in particular a hand-held device, comprising an transmitter unit () which is provided with a light source () for transmitting optical measuring radiation () to a target object (), and a capturing unit () which is arranged at a distance on the optical axis () of the transmitter unit (). Said capturing unit () comprises at least one optical detector () comprising a detection surface () for capturing optical radiation () reflected by the target object (). According to the invention, the detection surface () of the detector () comprises an optical near range element (), whose optically active surface () is elongated in the direction () of the radiation shift for receding target object separations () and expands or has at least one essentially constant extension.

The invention relates to an electro-optical measuring device, in particular a hand-held device () for contactless distance measurement, comprising an optical transmission path (), which has a first optical axis () and which has at least one optical transmitter () for emitting a measurement signal, and also comprising a reception path () having a second optical axis (), which is spaced apart from the first optical axis (), with at least one reception optic () for focusing a measurement signal in the direction of a receiver (), and also comprising an optical near range element () for parallax compensation. It is proposed that the near range element () be embodied rotationally symmetrically with respect to the second optical axis ().

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