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Probe that cooperates with a laser tracker to measure six degrees of freedom

US10126415B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FARO Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Bernd-Dietmar Becker · Berlin, DE
Rolf Heidemann · Zöblitz, DE
Oliver Zweigle · Stuttgart, DE
Matthias Wolke · Strohberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 29, 2015
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/87
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system includes a measurement device configured to measure a distance, a first angle, and a second angle to a retroreflector target. The system further includes a probe having the retroreflector target, an inclinometer sensor, a camera, and a processor, the inclinometer sensor configured to determine a two-dimensional inclination of the probe relative to a gravity vector, the camera configured to capture an image of a light emitted from or reflected by the measurement device, the processor configured to determine six degrees of freedom of the probe based at least in part on the distance, the first angle, the second angle, the two-dimensional inclination, and the captured image of the camera.

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