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System for measuring six degrees of freedom

US10082521B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

35Claims

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Assignee

FARO Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Mikhail Atlas · Laguna Hills, US
Lawrence B. Brown · Cochranville, US
William W. Christine · Hockessin, US
Max K. Kim · Newark, US
Daniel J. O'Neill · Montgomery, US
James Schloss · Tigard, US
Zhiguang Xu · Baltimore, US
Robert E. Bridges · Kennett Square, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 29, 2016
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/66
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system that measures six degrees-of-freedom of a remote target, the system including a dimensional measuring device having a camera, the remote target including a retroreflector, at least three light markers, and a pitch-yaw sensor, the six degrees-of-freedom determined based at least in part on measured 3D coordinates of the retroreflector by the dimensional measuring device, on a captured image of the at least three light markers by the camera, and on readings of the pitch-yaw sensor.

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