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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:
Oct. 03, 2000
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;
Walter J Pastorius, Windsor, CA;
Assignee:
Diffracto Ltd., Windsor, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25055929 ; 25055931 ; 25055933 ; 901 47 ; 356-401 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for positioning a member in a desired position relative to a surface of an object including providing positioning means for positioning the member, sensing the attitude of the object surface relative to the member or the positioning means using a non-contact sensing means, the attitude being sensed in at least one plane normal to the object surface, and controlling the positioning means using data from the sensing means to position the member at a desired attitude relative to the surface of the object.