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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Nelson Raymond Corby, Jr., Scotia, NY (US);
Pierino Gianni Bonanni, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ravi Rajamani, W. Hartford, CT (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Shape of a long reach device, e.g., a welding torch, suitable for use within a portion of an object along a joint curve, e.g., a weld joint, is determined by dissecting the long reach device into a discrete number of portions, identifying ranges of movement between each of the portions, and discretizing the ranges of movement into a predetermined number of intervals. A total number of possible shapes is determined based on the total portions of the long reach device having the first movement range discretized into a predetermined number of intervals. A representation of the long reach device having one of the possible shapes is compared with the representation of the portion of the object. A possible shape is deemed acceptable if less than a predetermined portion of the representation of the long reach device interferes with the representation