US 2009/0156232 A1 · Mobile telephone with distance measurement and data collection capability

Abstract

An exemplary wireless mobile telephone includes a transmitter and receiver module for transmitting and receiving radio communications, and a display screen. A mechanism acquires linear distance measurements to objects within line of sight of the wireless mobile telephone. A graphical representation of a structure having elements to be measured is stored in memory. A microprocessing unit operating under the control of software stores in the memory a plurality of the linear distance measurements, where each stored linear distance measurement is associated with a corresponding element of the graphical representation as shown on the display screen. This enables areas defined by a pair of such elements to be calculated.

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Dependent claims

A wireless mobile telephone comprising:

a transmitter and receiver module for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communications;
a display screen;
a means for acquiring linear distance measurements to objects within line of sight of the wireless mobile telephone;
memory for storing a graphical representation of a structure having elements to be measured;
microprocessing unit operating under the control of software that stores in the memory a plurality of the linear distance measurements made by the acquiring means, where each stored linear distance measurement is associated with a corresponding element of the graphical representation as shown on the display screen.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mobile telephone with distance measurement and data collection capability

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Mobile telephone with distance measurement and data collection capability

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Abstract

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