Apparatus and method for determining the coordinates of a three-dimensional object
US4858157A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 1986 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C11/06
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A coordinates measuring apparatus comprising a detecting unit constituted by an optical system for obtaining an image of an object and a detecting system having a plurality of arrayed detecting elements disposed in such a manner that respective detecting signals are superposed at the position of said image, a control unit for taking out data from each of said arrayed detecting elements, and a storage unit for storing the data of each array taken out from said control unit.
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