Patent · US Active

Apparatus and method of measuring six degrees of freedom

US9903934B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

6References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

FARO Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Mathieu Antoina · Conshohocken, US
Lawrence B. Brown · Cochranville, US
Jonathan Robert Day · Wilmington, US
Matthew Frederick Evans · Whitemarsh, US
Ricardo Martins · Chester Springs, US
Jacob J. Mertz · Elkridge, US
John M. Mountney · Philadelphia, US
Robert Mark Neal · Cochranville, US
James Schloss · Tigard, US
Quintin Stotts · Springfield, US
Ding Wang · Taipei, TW
Robert E. Bridges · Kennett Square, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 20, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/66
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dimensional measuring device sends a beam of light to a remote probe having a retroreflector and a pitch/yaw sensor. The pitch/yaw sensor passes the light through an aperture and a lens to a position sensor that generates an electrical signal indicative of the position of the received light. A processor uses the electrical signal to determine a pitch angle and a yaw angle of the remote probe.

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