Method of determining relative orientation of physical systems

Details Method of determining relative orientation of physical systems Method of determining relative orientation of physical systems

1976-08-05

1979-01-16

Buczinski, S. C.

Optics: measuring and testing

Angle measuring or angular axial alignment

With photodetection remote from measured angle

33239, 364434, 364456, G01B 1126

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041346815

ABSTRACT:
A method and system are provided to determine the relative orientation of o physical systems (i.e., assemblages of equipment which share a common, locally defined coordinate system). Two distinct beam vectors (i.e. fixed directions in three dimensional space) are simultaneously resolved by each physical system into their apparent vector components. This set of four apparent vectors is sufficient to uniquely and accurately define the transformation matrix relating the local coordinate system of the two physical systems and thus their relative orientation.
Applications of the disclosed method and system relate to situations where observations made in one physical system are to be correlated with or acted upon by the other physical system.

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