Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh

Martin Schilcher

Walter Kranitzky

Gerhard Muehlbauer

Gerhard Mühlbauer

Matthias Fuchs

A device for detecting the position of an object in a machine tool includes a camera configured to provide an image of the object and an object carrier to which the object is connected and whose position within the machine tool is known. A first processing unit is configured to identify a position of the object relative to the camera based on geometric features of the object which are obtained from the image. A second processing unit is configured to identify a position of the object carrier relative to the camera based on geometric features of the object carrier which are obtained from the image. A third processing unit is configured to determine a position of the object relative to the object carrier from the identified positions of the object and the object carrier relative to the camera.

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Traunwalchen, Germany

Martin Schilcher