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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Shinichi Hara, Tsukuba, JP;
Naoyuki Taketomi, Tsukuba, JP;
Makoto Abbe, Tsukuba, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for estimating an absolute distance between a tracking laser interferometer and a retroreflector is provided. The tracking laser interferometer includes the retroreflector for reflecting and returning an incident measurement light in an incident direction and a two-axis rotating mechanism for rotationally moving in an exit direction of the measurement light so that optical axes of the measurement light and return light are collimated.