Measuring device for contactless measurement of distances for a target object

The device (100) i.e. handset, has a photoelectric image detection unit placed in a housing (10) and exhibiting an image path that connects viewfinder optics and camera optics for detecting target points of a target object. An image processing unit defines a number of target points and a measurement point as a number of pixels exactly in single image of a photoelectric image. A control and computing unit assigns a distance of a reference point (NP) to the measuring point to one of the pixels, and makes distance allocation to be available for further processing. The finder and camera optics are designed as a charge coupled device array and a camera sensor i.e. complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor sensor. An independent claim is also included for a method for contactless measurement of distances on a surface or plane of a target object.