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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2019
Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik Gmbh, Oberkochen, DE;
Wolfgang Hoegele, Rosenheim, DE;
Volker Rasenberger, Raubling, DE;
Florian Rettich, Munich, DE;
Thomas Mayer, Kolbermoor, DE;
Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH, Oberkochen, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for determining at least one spatial position and orientation of at least one object with at least three retroreflectors is provided. The apparatus has at least one LIDAR unit with at least three measurement channels. The LIDAR unit has at least one illumination device, which is configured to produce at least one frequency modulated input light beam. The LIDAR unit has at least one first beam splitter, wherein the first beam splitter is configured to divide the input light beam among the measurement channels in parallel and/or in sequence. The measurement channels are each configured to produce at least one measurement signal. The LIDAR unit is configured to produce at least one LIDAR signal for the measurement signals. The apparatus has at least one evaluation unit, which is configured to determine the spatial position and orientation of the object from the LIDAR signal.