US 11,808,566 B2
Automated dynamic dimensional measurement systems and methods
Eric Otten, Cypress, TX (US); and Howard Thomas, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Gagemaker, LP, Pasadena, TX (US)
Filed by Gagemaker, LP, Pasadena, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/404,976.
Application 17/404,976 is a continuation of application No. 16/155,864, filed on Oct. 9, 2018, granted, now 11,092,421.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/570,049, filed on Oct. 9, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0372763 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G01B 5/08 (2006.01); G01B 3/22 (2006.01); G01B 5/20 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 5/08 (2013.01) [G01B 3/22 (2013.01); G01B 5/204 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of measuring, comprising:
providing a metrological instrument structured to be operatively held by a human hand and wherein the metrological instrument transduces one or more dimensions of a product artifact into one or more electrical signals representative of the one or more dimensions of the product artifact;
engaging the metrological instrument with the product to be measured;
automatically acquiring during the first period without human intervention or activation a plurality of signals representative of a dimension of the product artifact; and
indicating that the first period is elapsing, that the first period has expired, or a combination of both.