Hand-held survey probe

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2006-12-18

2010-02-23

Nguyen, Sang (Department: 2886)

Optics: measuring and testing

Position or displacement

C356S027000, C356S071000, C356S072000, C250S208100, C250S363020, C250S559330, C324S750010, C324S754120

Reexamination Certificate

active

07667854

ABSTRACT:
A system for providing operational feedback to a user of a detection probe may include an optical sensor to generate data corresponding to a position of the detection probe with respect to a surface; a microprocessor to receive the data; a software medium having code to process the data with the microprocessor and pre-programmed parameters, and making a comparison of the data to the parameters; and an indicator device to indicate results of the comparison. A method of providing operational feedback to a user of a detection probe may include generating output data with an optical sensor corresponding to the relative position with respect to a surface; processing the output data, including comparing the output data to pre-programmed parameters; and indicating results of the comparison.

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