Position measurement system and method using cone math calibration
US6535282B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S19/22
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An improved three-dimensional position detector and measurement system includes one or more transmitters that each transmit planar light beams and a strobe pulse and a receiver that responds to illumination from the beams and the strobe. The receiver in the system includes calibration logic for executing a quadratic mathematical algorithm to uniquely characterize said planar beams of each of said optical transmitters active in said measurement field. In one embodiment, the quadratic mathematical algorithm uses cones to represent the scan path of the planar beams.
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