公开(公告)号：WO2019035041A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：PCT/IB2018/056181

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: APEX BRANDS, INC.

Inventor： BRIDGES, Tobias McKay ,  LIGON, Kay Randolph ,  FITZPATRICK, Kevin ,  PATRANGENARU, Vlad Petru ,  CUNNINGHAM, Ian

IPC: G01B3/10

CPC classification number: G01B3/1084 ,  G01B2003/1087 ,  G01B2003/1092

Abstract: An example distance measuring apparatus is provided. The example apparatus may include a measuring tape with distance measurement indicia, a camera, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to cause the camera to capture an image of the measuring tape, and determine a measurement by analyzing the captured image. The measurement may be determined based on the distance measurement indicia of the measuring tape within the image at a measurement position. The processing circuitry may be further configured to store the measurement in a memory device.

公开(公告)号：WO2019046248A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-07

申请号：PCT/US2018/048266

申请日：2018-08-28

Applicant: APEX BRANDS, INC.

Inventor： BRIDGES, Tobias McKay ,  LIGON, Kay Randolph ,  FITZPATRICK, Kevin ,  BROADAWAY, Eric Dean ,  CARSON, Tom ,  BECKWITH, Jonathan Siebert ,  ROBERTS, David ,  WEI, Jimmy Shangyao ,  PATRANGENARU, Vlad Petru ,  HUMPHREY, Chad D. ,  BUTLER, Brian ,  WALSH, Brendan Michael

IPC: G01B3/10

CPC classification number: G01B3/1056

Abstract: A measuring tape device may include a housing having an aperture, a reel assembly, a blade having a first end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly, and an end hook disposed at the first end of the blade. The end hook may have a front face that faces away from the aperture and a rear face that faces toward the aperture. A high friction surface including grains may be disposed over at least a portion of a surface of the rear face.

公开(公告)号：WO2019035029A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：PCT/IB2018/056166

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: APEX BRANDS, INC.

Inventor： BRIDGES, Tobias McKay ,  LIGON, Kay Randolph ,  FITZPATRICK, Kevin ,  CUNNINGHAM, Ian ,  BROADAWAY, Eric Dean ,  CARSON, Tom ,  BECKWITH, Jonathan Siebert ,  ROBERTS, David ,  WEI, Jimmy Zhangyao ,  PATRANGENARU, Vlad Petru ,  HUMPHREY, Chad D. ,  BUTLER, Brian

IPC: G01B3/10 ,  G01B1/00

CPC classification number: G01B3/1082 ,  G01B1/00

Abstract: A measuring tape device may include a housing having an aperture, a reel assembly, and a blade having a first end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly. The blade may include a plurality of cutouts disposed along a longitudinal length of the blade to reduce a mass per unit length of the blade.

公开(公告)号：WO2019035036A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：PCT/IB2018/056175

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: APEX BRANDS, INC.

Inventor： BRIDGES, Tobias McKay ,  LIGON, Kay Randolph ,  FITZPATRICK, Kevin ,  CUNNINGHAM, Ian ,  BROADAWAY, Eric Dean ,  CARSON, Tom ,  BECKWITH, Jonathan Siebert ,  ROBERTS, David ,  WEI, Jimmy Zhangyao ,  PATRANGENARU, Vlad Petru ,  HUMPHREY, Chad D. ,  BUTLER, Brian ,  WALSH, Brendan Michael

IPC: G01B3/10

CPC classification number: G01B3/1056

Abstract: A measuring tape device may include a housing having an aperture, a reel assembly, a blade having a first end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly, and a configurable end hook disposed at the first end of the blade. The end hook may be configurable to provide a user selectable size or shape.

公开(公告)号：WO2019035028A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：PCT/IB2018/056165

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: APEX BRANDS, INC.

Inventor： BRIDGES, Tobias McKay ,  LIGON, Kay Randolph ,  FITZPATRICK, Kevin ,  PATRANGENARU, Vlad Petru ,  CUNNINGHAM, Ian

IPC: G01B3/10

CPC classification number: G01B3/1084 ,  G01B2003/1094

Abstract: An example distance measuring apparatus is provided. The example apparatus may include a housing having an aperture, a reel assembly, a measuring tape, a touch control, an audio output device, an audio input device, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to receive a touch control signal and initiate a measurement acquisition session, receive verbal measurement audio data from the audio input device, perform a speech recognition analysis on the verbal measurement audio data to determine measurement data, and store the measurement data in a memory device.