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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2016
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Mikhail Atlas, Ottawa, CA;
Lawrence B. Brown, West Chester, PA (US);
William W. Christine, Glenmoore, PA (US);
Max K. Kim, West Chester, PA (US);
Daniel J. O'Neill, Willow Grove, PA (US);
James Schloss, Exton, PA (US);
Zhiguang Willam Xu, Malvern, PA (US);
Robert E. Bridges, Kennett Square, PA (US);
FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Abstract
A system that measures six degrees-of-freedom of a remote target, the system including a dimensional measuring device having a camera, the remote target including a retroreflector, at least three light markers, and a pitch-yaw sensor, the six degrees-of-freedom determined based at least in part on measured 3D coordinates of the retroreflector by the dimensional measuring device, on a captured image of the at least three light markers by the camera, and on readings of the pitch-yaw sensor.