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Method and apparatus for positioning an object

US4208675A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 20, 1978
Grant dateJun 17, 1980
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Expiry dateMar 20, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/41091
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for positioning an object in space in such a manner as to permit duplication of the positioning in a precise position wherein three characteristic points on the object wherein the coordinates of the points are determined and are electrically synthesized for generation of a signal for reproducing the points on the coordinates, and utilizing a television camera and monitor forming an image of the object on the screen and causing the points of the object to coincide with the reference points by means of a photosensitive sensor in such a manner that the characteristic points on the body are displaced so as to coincide with the synthesized points on the television screen.

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