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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh, Heerbrugg, CH;
Bo Pettersson, London, GB;
Knut Siercks, Mörschwil, CH;
HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH, Heerbrugg, CH;
Abstract
Some embodiments described herein relate to a measuring system for automated measurement of an object and detection of differences between features of the object and CAD data of the object. The measuring system may include a measuring device having a distance meter for measuring a position of at least one remote target point, a local computer terminal that is connected to or part of the measuring system, an assigned memory unit for storing the data base comprising the CAD data and an assigned set of measurement software program for controlling the measuring system. In some embodiments, the stored CAD data of the object comprise typical dimensions and tolerances of the features of the object and the assigned set of measurement software programs for controlling the measuring system comprises an optimization algorithm for the measurement of each feature.