Electronic alignment system

An electronic alignment device comprising:

• at least two accelerometers, said accelerometers being mutually perpendicular to one another;
• at least two distance sensors, said distance sensors being mutually perpendicular;
• a computing and processing device, said computing and processing device comprising computer implemented means for enabling a user to field calibrate said accelerometers, calibrating said distance sensors, determining a distance from each of said distance sensors, determining an area from the product of said determined distances, reading and writing data from and to a memory device, and sending data to a feedback device for providing feedback to a user;
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• means for electrically connecting said distance sensors, said computing and processing device, said feedback device, said memory device and a power source, wherein said computer implemented means for enabling a user to field calibrate said accelerometers includes providing instructions to a user to position said electronic device to capture a first set of positional data, and then providing instructions to the user to turn said electronic alignment device 180° degrees to enable said electronic alignment device to capture a second set of positional data and average said first and second sets of captured data.

An electronic alignment apparatus comprising:

• a housing;
• input and control means externally mounted on said housing;
• a feedback device for providing feedback to a user operatively mounted in said apparatus;
• at least two accelerometers, said accelerometers being mutually perpendicular to one another, said accelerometers internally mounted in said housing;
• first and second distance sensors pointed in the same direction, said distance sensors operatively mounted in said housing;
• a computing and processing device, said computing and processing device comprising computer implemented means for enabling a user to field calibrate said accelerometers, calculating first and second distances, calculating an angle of rotation about a first axis in a reference frame, calculating an angle of rotation about a second axis in said reference frame, reading and writing data from and to a memory device, receiving input from input and control means, and sending data to said display device, said computing and processing device internally mounted in said housing;
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• means for electrically connecting said accelerometers, said distance sensors, said computing and processing device, said memory device, said display and a power source, said electrically connecting means internally mounted in said housing, wherein said computer implemented means for enabling a user to field calibrate said accelerometers includes providing instructions to a user to position said electronic apparatus to capture a first set of positional data, and then providing instructions to the user to turn said electronic alignment apparatus 180° degrees to enable said electronic alignment apparatus to capture a second set of positional data and average said first and second sets of captured data.

An electronic alignment apparatus comprising:

• a housing;
• input and control means externally mounted on said housing;
• a feedback device for providing feedback to a user operatively mounted in said apparatus;
• at least two accelerometers, said accelerometers being mutually perpendicular to one another, said accelerometers internally mounted in said housing;
• a gyroscope, said gyroscope operatively mounted in said housing;
• a computing and processing device, said computing and processing device comprising computer implemented means for enabling a user to field calibrate said accelerometers, calculating an angle of rotation about a first axis in a reference frame, calculating an angle of rotation about a second axis in said reference frame, reading and writing data from and to a memory device, receiving input from said input and control means, and sending data to said display device, said computing and processing device internally mounted in said housing;
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• means for electrically connecting said accelerometers, said gyroscope, said computing and processing device, said memory device, said display and a power source, said electrically connecting means internally mounted in said housing, wherein said computer implemented means for enabling a user to field calibrate said accelerometers includes providing instructions to a user to position said electronic apparatus to capture a first set of positional data, and then providing instructions to the user to turn said electronic alignment apparatus 180° degrees to enable said electronic alignment apparatus to capture a second set of positional data and average said first and second sets of captured data.