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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2010
Applicants:
Auguste D'aligny, Paris, FR;
Richard Day, Fontenay-Sous-Bois, FR;
Yuri P. Gusev, Älvsjö, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Trimble 3D Scanning, Fontenay-Sous-Bois, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A distance measuring instrument comprises at least one light source; at least one light detector; optics to direct measuring light emitted from the at least one light source towards an object and to direct measuring light received back from the object to the at least one detector; a signal delay module; a first signal analyzer; and a variable gain amplifier.