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Positioning system and method

US9879987B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH · DE

Inventors

Franz Engel · Birkenfeld, DE
Christian Weimer · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 2015
Grant date	Jan 30, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/50
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A positioning system for detecting a spatial position of a laying head of a device for automatically laying reinforcing fiber strips in relation to a base on which the reinforcing fiber strips can be laid by the laying head includes at least two laser lines which extend substantially in parallel at a spacing A from one another and substantially transversely to a laying direction can be projected on the laid reinforcing fiber strips by at least one laser source. The elevation profiles of the projected laser lines which occur on account of an irregular surface of the laid reinforcing fiber strips are able to be recorded by a camera and supplied to an evaluation unit.

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