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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wolfgang Luxem, Kiel, DE;
Assignee:
NexPress Solutions LLC, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/114 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/114 ;
Abstract
Determining the position of a sheet pile ( ) having faces ( ) and edges ( ) is achieved by at least one defined illumination zone ( ″) produced on the sheet pile ( ) by diverging beams ( ), and at least two boundaries ( ′″″) of at least one illumination zone ( ″) are detected and used to determine the position of the sheet pile ( ). A device is correspondingly configured with at least one illumination system ( ′) and at least one receiver ( ′). A positioning system ( ) is additionally fitted with a controller ( ) in order to bring the sheet pile ( ) from the determined actual position ( ) into its desired position ( ).