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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FARO Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A six-DOF probe includes a retroreflector, a collection of target lights, and a stylus having a probe tip. A laser tracker measures a distance, a first angle, and a second angle to the retroreflector and captures an image of the illuminated target lights. A processor determines the three-dimensional coordinates of the probe tip based at least in part on the measured distance, measured first angle, measured second angle and on a central portion of the captured image, the size of the central portion based at least in part on the measured distance.