US 12,111,181 B2
Laser-based rangefinding instrument
Jordan T. Vermillion, Overland Park, KS (US); Scott M. Peterson, Leawood, KS (US); Neil T. Heeke, Golden, CO (US); Eric A. Miller, Englewood, CO (US); Jeremy G. Dunne, Parker, CO (US); and David W. Williams, Greenwood Village, CO (US)
Assigned to Laser Technology, Inc., Centennial, CO (US); and Kama-Tech (HK) Limited, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed by Laser Technology, Inc., Centennial, CO (US); and Kama-Tech (HK) Limited, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/497,448.
Application 17/497,448 is a continuation of application No. 15/895,822, filed on Feb. 13, 2018, granted, now 11,168,982.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/458,969, filed on Feb. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0026204 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 7/51 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/483 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 3/08 (2013.01) [G01S 7/481 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/483 (2013.01); G01S 7/51 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for displaying information to a user of a hand holdable laser-based rangefinding instrument comprising:
aiming said rangefinding instrument to a plurality of selected points remote from said rangefinding instrument inclusive of a desired target point of interest in said user's optical field of view through a laser ranging signal reception port of said instrument;
determining with said rangefinding instrument distance measurements between said rangefinding instrument and said selected points inclusive of said target point of interest;
overlaying said selected points on said optical field of view for said user;
displaying said selected points in an in-sight graphical display device of said rangefinding instrument; and
visually associating at least a portion of said determined distance measurements to corresponding portions of said selected points in said display device.