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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
May. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Commerce, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Inventors:
Guixiu Qiao, Boyds, MD (US);
Craig Schlenoff, Germantown, MD (US);
Assignee:
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/246 (2017.01); F21K 9/61 (2016.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/3241 (2013.01); F21K 9/61 (2016.08); G06K 9/00201 (2013.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01); G06T 17/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A six-dimensional smart target determines pose of an object and includes: a gimbal with an azimuthal base and an elevation arm; an elevation member on the elevation arm that has light pipes; and an azimuthal member with light pipes such that the elevation member rotates at a rotary center about an elevation axis and azimuthal axis to consistently maintain the elevation member in a field of view of a measurement instrument.