Laser rangefinder with integrated imaging system
AssigneeTorrey Pines Logic, Inc.
InventorLeo Volfson
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a laser rangefinder, an imaging device aligned to an optical path of the laser rangefinder, a control interface to activate the laser rangefinder and to cause the imaging device to capture an image during an operating cycle of the laser rangefinder, and a display to display an image of an object captured by the imaging device and a corresponding distance to the target determined by the laser rangefinder. The imaging device can capture an image of an intended target, allowing the operator to verify that the ranged distance provided by the laser rangefinder corresponds to the intended target.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a laser rangefinder;
- an imaging device aligned to an optical path of the laser rangefinder;
- a control interface to activate the laser rangefinder and to cause the imaging device to capture an image during an operating cycle of the laser rangefinder, wherein activating a laser of the laser rangefinder activates the imaging device and causes the imaging device to store image data of a scene with an object during the operating cycle of the laser rangefinder;
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- a display to display an image of the object captured by the imaging device and a corresponding distance to a target determined by the laser rangefinder.
A method comprising:
- activating a laser of a laser rangefinder;
- causing an image capture device to activate based on activating the laser;
- capturing an image of an object in a scene with the image capture device, wherein causing the image capture device to activate comprises causing the image capture device to store image data of the scene during an operating cycle of the laser rangefinder;
- determining a range of the object in the scene;
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- displaying the image of the object in the scene with the range of the object on a display.
A laser rangefinder comprising:
- an imaging device;
- a laser;
- a display;
- a hardware processor;
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- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause the hardware processor to perform operations comprising:
- activating a laser of a laser rangefinder;
- causing an image capture device to activate based on activating the laser;
- capturing an image of an object in a scene with the image capture device, wherein causing the image capture device to activate comprises causing the image capture device to store image data of the scene during an operating cycle of the laser rangefinder;
- determining a range of the object in the scene;
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- displaying the image of the object in the scene with the range of the object on a display;
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- a housing to house the laser, the display, the hardware processor, and the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.