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.: US15625347Application Date: 2017-06-16
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Publication No.: US09885771B2Publication 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 ; G01S3/786 ; G06F3/01 ; G01B21/04 ; G01C15/00 ; G06F3/0346 ; G01S17/66 ; G01B5/004 ; G01B11/00 ; G06F3/03 ; G01S17/02
Abstract:
A method for measuring three-dimensional (3D) coordinates includes providing a retroreflector and a laser tracker. An operator gives a follow-operator gesture, and the laser tracker responds by following movement of the operator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170285127A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FOLLOWING AN OPERATOR AND LOCKING ONTO A RETROREFLECTOR WITH A LASER TRACKER Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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