Target apparatus and method of making a measurement with the target apparatus

US8467072B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FARO Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Peter G. Cramer · Coatesville, US
• Robert E. Bridges · Kennett Square, US
• Nils P. Steffensen · West Newton, US
• Robert C. Mehler · Coatesville, US
• Kenneth Steffey · Oviedo, US
• John M. Hoffer, Jr. · Bel Air, US
• Daniel G. Lasley · West Chester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 29, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 18, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 29, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B5/122
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A target includes a contact element having a region of spherical curvature, a retroreflector rigidly connected to the contact element, a transmitter configured to emit an electromagnetic signal, a temperature sensor disposed on the target, configured to measure an air temperature, and configured to send the measured air temperature to the transmitter.