Optics: measuring and testing – Dimension – Volume
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-12
2009-08-04
Punnoose, Roy (Department: 2886)
Optics: measuring and testing
Dimension
Volume
C250S559210
Reexamination Certificate
active
07570371
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for measuring volumes. The apparatus includes a base having a central processing unit, a receiver and 3-D radar; and a scanner having a transmitter, a penetrating sensor, and a trigger in communication with a microprocessor, and a plurality of radio frequency identification tags. An alternate embodiment scanner may include an exclusion control, which instructs the central processing unit to exclude floor, ceiling, and/or walls from the volume calculation. The method of measuring volumes includes the steps of the central processing unit determining a position of the scanner relative to the base, scanning an object with the penetrating sensor, transmitting the points scanned to the central processing unit, and calculating the volume of the object(s) scanned by summing a base vector with a scanner vector to determine a target position vector for each point scanned.
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Punnoose Roy
Rooy Paul S.
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