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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew G Butler, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eugene F Duval, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gregory L Richards, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Mitchell C Barham, Redwood City, CA (US);
Daniel T Adams, Menlo Park, CA (US);
William A Scott, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David C Shafer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
DWBH Ventures Ltd., Nassau, BS;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ; G01C / ; G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356250 ; 33273 ; 33283 ; 332756 ; 33295 ; 356148 ; 356147 ;
Abstract
A laser scanner 50 includes a laser 76 affixed to a pendulum 66 with a damper 80 for damping the movement of the pendulum 66. The laser scanner 50 is controllable through a remote control 62 for positioning the laser beam as desired. Both horizontal and vertical laser beams can be projected in order to orient the laser scanner 50 with respect to gravity and simultaneously elevation.