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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik Gmbh, Oberkochen, DE;
Florian Dotschkal, Aalen, DE;
Stephan Rieger, Oberkochen, DE;
CARL ZEISS INDUSTRIELLE MESSTECHNIK GMBH, Oberkochen, DE;
Abstract
A coordinate measuring machine comprising an optical sensor for optically capturing a workpiece; an illumination device for illuminating the workpiece; a pose determination unit for determining data relating to a workpiece pose including a position and orientation of the workpiece; a storage unit for storing (i) data relating to a reference pose including a position and orientation of a reference workpiece, and (ii) data relating to a reference light setting of the illumination device used for a measurement of the reference workpiece; and a control unit which is configured to control a light setting of the illumination device for a measurement of the workpiece by adapting the reference light setting based on a comparison of the stored data relating to the reference pose with the determined data relating to the workpiece pose.