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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Inventor:
Yu Gong, Oviedo, FL (US);
Assignee:
FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/008 (2006.01); G01B 7/012 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/012 (2013.01); G01B 5/008 (2013.01); G01B 11/007 (2013.01); H04B 5/0031 (2013.01); H04B 5/0056 (2013.01); G01B 2210/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system is provided for communicating between a 3D metrology instrument and a portable computing device via near field communications. In one embodiment, the metrology device is an articulated coordinate measurement machine (AACMM), a laser tracker, a laser scanner or a triangulation scanner, and the portable communications device is a cellular phone or a tablet. The portable device may use the NFC to retrieve data stored on a circuit associated with an object to be inspected and use the data to perform an inspection on the object using the metrology device.