Asia Optical Co., Ltd.

Pie-Yau Chien

Hua-Tang Liu

Peng-Fei Song

Yin-Long Luo

Sheng Liang

Yu-Ting Lee

Han Lu

Hui-Qing Chen

Chin-Hsiang Wang

Chih-Wei Hung

Dong Huang

Tsung-Yueh Tsai

Jui-Feng Huang

Kuo-Hua Yang

Te-Wei Liu

I-Jen Lai

Yong-ce Qi

Shou-Qing Yang

Chih-Hsien Lin

Bing Sheng

Chih-Hsiang Lin

Hai-Hua Chen

Liang Li

Li-Ming Lin

Dan Duan

Yi-qi Li

Chia-Jung Wu

Zhang-yong Jian

Yue-ye Chen

A distance measurement method for use in a laser range finding device to measure a distance between the laser range finding device and a target is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. A laser signal is sent to the target in a first time point. A reflected laser signal reflected by the target is then received. A digital signal having a plurality of signal values ranging from 0 to N is obtained by sampling the reflected laser signal with a sampling signal, wherein N is an integer larger than two. A maximum signal value among the signal values is obtained. The distance is calculated according to the first time point and a second time point where the maximum signal value is generated.

Laser range finding device and distance measurement method thereof

A laser level with temperature control device () and the temperature control method thereof are disclosed. The temperature control device includes a thermal insulation chamber (), a thermoelectric cooler (), a control unit (), and first and second temperature sensors (). The second temperature sensor is received in the thermal insulation chamber together with a tilt sensor (). The control unit controls operation of the thermoelectric cooler according to the external and internal temperature signals respectively output by the first and second temperature sensors, so as to adjust the internal temperature inside the thermal insulation chamber to be a calibration temperature point close to the external temperature. Accordingly, the temperature drift problem can be addressed, and the working temperature of the tilt sensor can be maintained in a stable range. Further, the acceptable ambient temperature range within which the tilt sensor works can be expanded.

Laser level with temperature control device and temperature control method thereof

A laser distance-measuring device includes a laser-transmitting portion, a laser-receiving portion, a coupling portion, an inclination-measuring portion, a signal-processing portion, and a display. The laser-transmitting portion emits a laser beam, and the laser-receiving portion receives the laser beam. The coupling portion interconnects the laser-receiving portion and the signal-processing portion. The inclination-measuring portion detects an inclination angle of the laser beam. The signal-processing portion processes the signals received from the laser-receiving portion and the inclination-measuring portion and sends the result to the display. The display receives and displays the result of processing by the signal-processing portion.

Laser distance-measuring device

An apparatus, which is for assisting in calibration of an optical axis of a light beam generated by a light emitter of an instrument, includes a body, a sensor module, and an indicator module. The instrument includes a sighting unit that has a specified position relationship with the light emitter. The body has a surface provided with a reference mark. The sensor module is mounted on the surface of the body, generates an output signal upon receipt of the light beam generated by the light emitter of the instrument, and has a reference position relationship with the reference mark. The reference position relationship corresponds to the specified position relationship between the sighting unit and the light emitter. The indicator module is associated operably with the sensor module, and indicates position of an incident light beam received by the sensor module.

Apparatus for indicating position of an incident light beam

An apparatus for precise distance measurement has a multiple frequency generator, a laser transmitter, an optical receiver, a first measuring unit, a second measuring unit and a central processing unit. The laser transmitter outputs a light signal to a target, and the optical receiver receives the reflected light signal and mixes the base frequency signal from the multiple frequency generator and the reflected light signal and further outputs an measurement signal to the first and second measuring units. The first and second measuring units calculate respectively a time difference and a phase difference between the light signal and the reflected light signal. The central processing unit is connected to the first and second measuring units to calculate a precise distance by the time and the phase difference.

Apparatus for precise distance measurement

A method of fabricating a WDM unit consists of attaching a first and a second GRIN lenses to opposite faces of a WDM filter. A dual fiber pigtail and a single fiber pigtail are mounted in corresponding glass tubes. The glass tube with the dual fiber pigtail and the glass tube with the single fiber pigtail are mounted on the second GRIN lens and the first GRIN lens respectively. The position of the dual fiber pigtail and the single fiber pigtail are adjusted with respect to the second GRIN lens and the first GRIN lens respectively to obtain the best optical property. The invention prevents the WDM filter from tilting during temperature variation by sandwiching the WDM filter in between the two GRIN lenses, and further prevents the WDM unit from increasing the reflection loss and insertion loss.

Method of fabricating a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) unit

The present invention is a method and an apparatus of a laser range detector, a delay circuit is comprised for generating a plurality of delay signals. With the delay signal, the precision of detecting could be improved without faster clock signals or higher power consumption.

Method and apparatus of a laser range detector

A high precision laser range finder comprises an APC loop for eliminating a timing jitter problem due to different reflections on a target. The APC loop comprises a laser receiver, a peak holding circuit, an integrator and a high voltage generator. The peak holding circuit is connected with the laser receiver for detecting a signal strength outputted from the laser receiver. The high voltage generator provides the laser driver and laser receiver with voltage so as to control the strength of the emitted laser pulse signal of the laser driver and the gain of the avalanche photo-detector. The integrator is used to eliminate the steady error in the APC loop. Furthermore, a time to amplitude converting circuit comprises an AJD converter for obtaining a distance data and then filtering in a microprocessor to increase the measurement accuracy.

High precision laser range finder with an automatic peak control loop

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