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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy R Pryor, Windsor, CA;
Bernard Hockley, Windsor, CA;
Nick Liptay-Wagner, Windsor, CA;
Omer L Hageniers, Windsor, CA;
W J Pastorius, Windsor, CA;
Assignee:
Sensor Adaptive Machines, Inc., Windsor, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25055931 ; 25055933 ; 356375 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method and apparatus for positioning a member in a desired attitude relative to a surface of an object including, providing a positioning means for positioning the member, providing a non-contact sensor attached to the positioning means, using the sensor, sensing the attitude of the surface of the object in at least two planes, and controlling the positioning means to position the member at a desired attitude relative to the surface of the object.