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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Zircon Corporation, Campbell, CA (US);
Barry Wingate, San Jose, CA (US);
Chien-Hsu Chen, Millbrae, CA (US);
ZIRCON CORPORATION, Campbell, CA (US);
Abstract
An implementation of systems, devices and methods for a sensor to find a hidden element behind a surface are provided. The sensor includes a housing with a radiant indicator in a bottom section of the housing. The radiant indicator is translucent and acts as another indication that the sensor is over the hidden element. The sensor also includes a light source, such as an LED, which lights the radiant indicator with a beam, as well as optionally projecting an image on the surface, for example, formed by the bottom section and a top section of the housing. The same light source may also be used to project a second beam to an indicator on the top section of the housing.