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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:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Barbara L. Jones, Norfolk, GB;
Assignee:
Snap-on U.K. Holdings Limited, Norfolk, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/30 ; G01B 2/120 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/30 ; G01B 2/120 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for three-dimensional mapping for automotive diagnostics and repair and other uses enables mapping of separate regions of a vehicle with a linking mapping step between the apparatus used for mapping the two regions, the linking mapping step using the transmission of an energy signal between the two sets of apparatus to establish their relative three-dimensional coordinates.