ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,081, issued on June 17.
"Method and device for remotely measuring ground slope" was invented by Gerry Rodney Lavender (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for measuring a slope of a surface includes a tilt sensor, two or more distance sensors coupled to the tilt sensor, and a processor configured for calculating the slope of the surface based on measurements provided by the tilt sensor and the distance sensors. The distance sensors are coupled to the tilt sensor at a non-parallel angle relative to each other. In one example, the angle between the distance sensors may be between 30 and 120 degrees. The tilt sensor may ...