Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for following an operator and locking onto a retroreflector with a laser tracker
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Application No.: US15450200Application Date: 2017-03-06
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Publication No.: US09885559B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Kalyan Nagalla , Robert C. Mehler , Robert E. Bridges
- Applicant: FARO Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Lake Mary
- Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Lake Mary
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: G01B11/14
- IPC: G01B11/14 ; G01B11/00 ; G01S17/02 ; G01S17/06 ; G01S17/66 ; G01S3/786 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/042
Abstract:
A method for measuring three-dimensional (3D) coordinates includes providing a retroreflector and a laser tracker. In a first instance, an operator gives a follow-operator command. The laser tracker responds by following movement of the operator. In a second instance, the operator gives a lock-on command. The laser tracker responds by steering a beam of light onto the retroreflector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170176169A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FOLLOWING AN OPERATOR AND LOCKING ONTO A RETROREFLECTOR WITH A LASER TRACKER Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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