Holding Prodim Systems B.V. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140310966 | Method of Determining a Target Spatial Coordinate Using an Apparatus Comprising a Movable Hand-Held Probe and a Portable Base Unit, and a Related Apparatus - A method of determining a target spatial coordinate using an apparatus comprising a movable hand-held probe, having a body and a pointing element for pointing the target spatial coordinate, and a portable base unit provided with line-of-sight distance coupling means, wherein the hand-held probe is coupled to the base unit by said line-of-sight distance coupling means, coupled to the body at an attachment point, and wherein the base unit is provided with sensors providing measuring signals for measuring length or a change in length of the line-of-sight distance coupling means and rotation of said line-of-sight distance coupling means in at least one degree of freedom. Computer-controlled processing means are arranged for processing measuring signals. The method further comprising retrieving measuring signals wherein the target spatial coordinate is appointed from different orientations of the hand-held probe, and determining the target spatial coordinate from the measuring signals. | 10-23-2014 |
20100198543 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING OUT CONTOURS, POINTS OR WORKS AND A GUIDING DEVICE FOR USE THEREWITH - A device, a method and a guiding device for setting out contours, points or works, comprising a computer-controlled measuring device provided with a movable measuring probe and a portable base unit provided with a rotatably supported elongate arm. The measuring probe is connected to the measuring device by means of a cord or a wire via the elongate arm, and the measuring device is provided with sensors for measuring a length or a change in the length of the cord or the wire and rotation of the arm in at least one degree of freedom for providing position data of the measuring probe. A guiding device communicatively connected to the measuring device is designed for providing guidance for positioning the measuring probe for the purpose of reducing a difference between a measured position of the measuring probe and a desired position of the measuring probe in accordance with a contour, point or work to be set out. In an embodiment of the guiding device, the guidance is displayed on a graphic display screen in relation to an image representing the cord or the wire and/or in relation to a determined relative position of the guiding device with respect to the measuring probe and/or the base unit of the measuring device, which makes it easier for a user to work with the device. | 08-05-2010 |