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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2002
Frederick Schamber, Murrysville, PA (US);
Cornelis Van Beek, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nicholas Ritchie, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Aspex, LLC, Delmont, PA (US);
Abstract
An instrument system is controlled to acquire an optical image of an object, with the optical image defining a first coordinate system. The object is positioned in a second coordinate system and a point in the optical image is selected. The object is repositioned so that a point on the object corresponding to the selected point in the optical image is positioned at a predetermined point in the second coordinate system. Alternatively, movement of the object causes an indicia on the optical image to move to a point thereon corresponding to the point on the object that is positioned at the predetermined point in the second coordinate system.