ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,969, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to May Patents Ltd. (Hod-Hasharon, Israel).
"Method and apparatus for cooperative usage of multiple distance meters" was invented by Yehuda Binder (Ramat Gan, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for an angle meter cooperatively using two or more non-contact distance meters for measuring distances to a surface along substantially parallel lines. The measured distances are used for estimating or calculating the angle to the surface and the distance to the surface. The distance meters may use optical means, where a visible or non-visible light or laser beam is emitted and recei...