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US 12,498,208 B2Granted
System of measuring objects in an environment
AssigneeCarlisle Construction Materials, LLC
InventorsKaran Paresh Patel, Hamilton Ross Hughes, James Brian McGlade, William Douglas Johnson, Anthony Wentzel, Noah Dawson Underwood, Randall Marc Bachtel, Michael Allan Sloan, Jason Lye, Peter Wyndham Shipp, Jr., Taylor Kopacka Leigh
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Abstract
A device can include a bar; a dynamic clamp assembled to the bar and configured to move with respect to the bar during use to capture dimensions of each of a plurality of physical objects to be measured; an orientation sensor; and a distance sensor configured to sense movement of the dynamic clamp with respect to the bar.
Claims48
A device comprising:
- a bar;
- a dynamic clamp assembled to the bar and configured to move with respect to the bar during use to measure dimensions of each of a plurality of physical objects to be measured;
- an orientation sensor configured to sense roll, pitch and yaw of the bar;
- a distance sensor configured to sense movement of the dynamic clamp with respect to the bar, and
- a wireless user device configured to:
- (a) wirelessly download reference data from a Cloud source, the reference data corresponding to the plurality of physical objects to be measured,
- (b) wirelessly receive roll, pitch and yaw data from the orientation sensor corresponding to movement of the bar,
- (c) wirelessly receive distance data from the distance sensor corresponding to movement of the dynamic clamp, and then
- (d) wirelessly upload measurement data to the Cloud source, the measurement data comprising both:
- (i) measurement data obtained by human operation of the dynamic clamp, and
- (ii) the roll, pitch and yaw data obtained by the orientation sensor and the distance data obtained by the distance sensor.
8 more elements
A measurement tool comprising:
- a caliper portion configured to capture a distance measurement;
- a sensor configured to sense roll, pitch, and yaw of the measurement tool, and
- a wireless user device configured to:
- (a) wirelessly download reference data of physical objects to be measured from a Cloud source,
- (b) wirelessly receive roll, pitch and yaw data from the sensor, and then
- (c) wirelessly upload measurement data to the Cloud source, the measurement data comprising both:
- (i) measurement data obtained by human operation of the caliper portion of the measurement tool, and
- (ii) the roll, pitch and yaw data obtained by the sensor.
5 more elements
A parapet measuring system comprising:
- a caliper portion configured to measure a thickness of a geometric feature of a parapet of a roof;
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- an odometer portion assembled to the caliper portion and configured to measure a length of the geometric feature, and
- a wireless user device configured to:
- (a) wirelessly download reference data from a Cloud source, the reference data corresponding to the thickness and the length of the geometric feature of the parapet of the roof,
- (b) wirelessly upload measurement data to the Cloud source, the measurement data comprising both:
- (i) measurement data obtained by human operation of the caliper portion, and
- (ii) measurement data obtained by human operation of the odometer portion.
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An odometer comprising:
- a housing defining a protrusion defining an axis, the protrusion configured to connect to a caliper portion of a measurement tool;
- a wheel rotatably coupled to the housing and defining an axis, the axis of the protrusion being parallel to the axis of the wheel;
- a controller positioned inside the housing;
- and
- a sensor in communication with the controller positioned inside the housing, the sensor configured to sense rotation of the wheel, the controller configured to collect data from the sensor, the data being associated with the rotation of the wheel, and
- a wireless user device configured to:
- (a) wirelessly download reference data from a Cloud source, the reference data corresponding to a plurality of physical objects to be measured,
- (b) wirelessly receive data from the sensor corresponding to rotation of the wheel, and
- (c) wirelessly upload measurement data to the Cloud source, the measurement data comprising:
- (i) measurement data obtained by human operation of the caliper portion of the measurement tool, and
- (ii) measurement data obtained by human operation of the wheel of the measurement tool, and
- (iii) measurement data from the sensor corresponding to rotation of the wheel.
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A method of using a measurement tool, the method comprising:
- receiving a geometric feature of a parapet of a roof between a stationary clamp and a dynamic clamp of a caliper portion of the measurement tool, the geometric feature extending in a vertical direction from a surrounding surface of the roof, each of the stationary clamp and the dynamic clamp assembled to a bar of the measurement tool;
- contacting opposite sides of the geometric feature with each of the stationary clamp and the dynamic clamp by moving the dynamic clamp on the bar;
- and
- measuring a thickness of a geometric feature with the caliper portion;
- wirelessly downloading reference data from a Cloud source, the reference data corresponding to the geometric feature of the parapet of the roof;
- and
- wirelessly uploading measurement data to the Cloud source, the measurement data being obtained by human operation of the caliper portion of the measurement tool.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.