Topography Meter Host with Ohm-Shaped Clamps for Laser Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing topography meters face challenges in accurately maintaining the positioning and angles of linear laser sources during movement, leading to errors in emitting equidistant and parallel laser planes, and are limited in observing landforms of varying scales and heights.
Innovation Solution
A topography-meter host with integrative mainboards utilizing Ohm-shaped clamps to precisely position linear laser sources and a multi-segmented host case that can be freely assembled to adapt to different heights, ensuring accurate and parallel laser plane emission across varied ranges.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the topography-meter host is moved to a new location, then the device can be used in different experimental sites, but the positions and angles of the linear laser sources change causing considerable measurement errors
Solution Approach 1:
The host case is divided into multiple segments that can be freely spliced together, allowing the device to be assembled in different configurations for different experimental sites while maintaining precise laser source positioning through the integrative mainboards in each segment
Solution Approach 2:
The linear laser sources are pre-positioned and fixed on the integrative mainboards using Ohm-shaped clamps before the host is moved. This preliminary fixation ensures that when the host is relocated, the laser sources maintain their calibrated positions and angles without requiring immediate recalibration
2Measurement precision
If the positions and angles of the linear laser sources are recalibrated after moving the host, then measurement accuracy is restored, but the calibration process becomes complicated and time consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The integrative mainboards are pre-assembled with linear laser sources fixed in precise positions using Ohm-shaped clamps during manufacturing. This preliminary precision positioning ensures that when the host is moved, the laser sources maintain their calibrated state without requiring time-consuming field recalibration
Solution Approach 2:
The Ohm-shaped clamps with micro-adjustment screw holes enable the laser sources to self-maintain their positions through minimal adjustment mechanisms built into the clamp structure itself, reducing the need for complex external calibration equipment and procedures
3Adaptability or versatility
If the topography meter uses a fixed height host case, then the structure is simple, but it cannot meet the measurement demands for landforms with various scales
Solution Approach 1:
The host case is segmented into multiple modular sections that can be freely spliced and connected in different configurations. This segmentation allows the device to adapt to different measurement heights and landform scales while maintaining a relatively simple modular structure that is easier to manage than a completely custom-designed variable-height case
Solution Approach 2:
The host case transitions from a fixed static structure to a dynamic reconfigurable structure through the addition of splicing interfaces and adjustment mechanisms. This allows the height and configuration of the host to be dynamically adjusted to match different experimental requirements without overcomplicating the overall design
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables high-accuracy, real-time observation of landforms with varied scales and heights, reducing calibration complexity and extending the usability of the topography meter across different sites without the need for frequent recalibration.
Implementation Method 1
The topography meter can emit parallel and equidistant laser-planes to be projected onto a terrain requiring observation in an experiment
Data Source
AI summary
The invention belongs to the field studying the devices for soil and water conservation. The invention involves a topography-meter host based on integrative mainboards, which dynamically observe the landform in real-time and three-dimensions. The linear laser sources are accurately positioned with Ohm-shaped clamps, so as to emit parallel and equidistant laser-planes projecting onto a terrain in an experiment. The positions of the laser-sources on the mainboards are fixed with the Ohm-shaped clamps. The clamps do not only realize the convenient adjustment of the emission angle and spacing distance of the adjacent laser-sources, but also ensure a high accuracy of the positions and angles of the laser-sources even if the topography-meter host is moved. Several multi-segmented cases are freely spliced to observe the landforms with different heights in real-time. The invention is a novel topography-meter host which conveniently and accurately fixes the spacing distances and emission angles of the laser-sources, and the invention also satisfies the requirement in observing the landforms with different heights.