Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system – Orientation or position
Patent
1998-03-17
1999-03-16
Arana, Louis
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system
Orientation or position
702153, 345158, 356375, G06F 520, G01B 1100
Patent
active
058842390
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides an optical system for monitoring the position and orientation of an object in a frame of reference. The system includes at least four light sensors (or light sources) fixed on the object in a non-coplanar arrangement, each producing a signal in response to a change in the intensity of light falling on it. The system also includes an optical scanner that generates two fan-shaped light beams (or acceptance beams), oriented at an angle to each other, that scan a volume containing the object; a signal generator that provides a time signal synchronized with a specific point in the scan; a timer that records the times of position signals generated by the light sensors and time signals generated by the signal generator; and a computing device that calculates the position and orientation of the object based on the times recorded by the timer and the coordinates of the light sensors.
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