US 12,405,109 B2
Handheld electronic device for geometric measurements and marking an intersection point
Rajesh Selvaraj, Apex, NC (US)
Filed by Rajesh Selvaraj, Apex, NC (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/531,587.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/115,757, filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0155066 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. G01C 3/06 (2006.01); G01C 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 3/06 (2013.01) [G01C 3/16 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device for simultaneously measuring distances from two or more reference points in space to locate a target point on a surface, the electronic device comprises:
a housing having a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, a right wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall;
at least two multi-axis distance measurement sensors encased in the housing, wherein the at least two multi-axis distance measurement sensors are configured to simultaneously measure distances of an intersection point on the rear wall of the housing from at least two reference points in space respectively; and
a display on the front wall of the housing configured to display values of the measured distances,
wherein the housing further comprises a handle forming a T-shape, wherein the handle is configured to be grabbed in a hand for operating the electronic device,
wherein the housing further comprises a central aperture in the rear wall, the electronic device further comprises a marking unit encased in the housing, the marking unit has a tip, the tip configured to protrude from the central aperture, wherein a center of the central aperture, the tip of the marker, and the intersection point coincide,
wherein the electronic device further comprises a button configured to be operated to actuate the marking unit, wherein actuation of the marking unit results in extension of the tip of the marker from the central aperture.