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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Inventor:
Matthias Wolke, Korntal-Münchingen, DE;
Assignee:
FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/25 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G01B 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/2518 (2013.01); G01B 21/04 (2013.01); G02B 26/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a polarization target having two or more surfaces, a polarization camera that captures an image of the polarization target and records polarization of light that formed the image, and a processor that determines an orientation of the polarization target based at least in part on the captured image and the determined polarization.