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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Schaan, LI;
Inventors:
Paul Yalden Montgomery, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Andreas Winter, Feldkirch, AT;
Till Cramer, Jenins, CH;
Assignee:
Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Schaan, LI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); F16M 11/08 (2006.01); F16M 11/18 (2006.01); G01S 17/87 (2006.01); G01S 5/16 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2006.01); G03B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/023 (2013.01); F16M 11/08 (2013.01); F16M 11/18 (2013.01); G01S 5/163 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/875 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); G03B 37/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and a method for determining a position and an orientation of an object relative to a defined reference frame is disclosed. A plurality of targets are disposed at known locations relative to the defined reference frame. A head assembly is disposed on the object, where the head assembly includes a plurality of cameras. The head assembly determines the position and the orientation of the object from location data associated with the plurality of targets and image data from the plurality of cameras.