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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2002
Steffen Leutz, Sinsheim, DE;
Juergen Luginsland, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Clemens Guenther, Ettlingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A device and a method for determining length, area, and/or volume using a distance measuring device includes a transmit unit and a receive unit in one housing, a keypad for operating the measuring device , and an integrated computer for evaluating measured data, and a display panel for displaying the measurement results. The display panel of the measuring device —after the operator selects a desired measurement mode by pressing just one button on the keypad —uses an icon-based graphic display to indicate which of the individual measurements required to determine the desired measurement variable has yet to be carried out.