COMPACT LASER-BASED DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS

摘要

A light-weight, hand-held range finding apparatus (10) of the present invention includes signal emitting circuitry and lens for emitting signals, and signal receiving circuitry and lens for receiving reflected signals, which are positioned within a chamber of a housing (12). The housing (12) includes an upper section (24) to which a sighting device (14) is attached, a front panel (32) through which the emitted signals are emitted and the reflected signals are received, a back panel having a display device attached to said housing (12) for displaying operational selections and range findings. An actuator is mounted adjacent the upper section and is operably connected to the signal emitting circuitry. The actuator is used to select desired operational selections displayed on the display device and actuating the signal emitting circuitry.