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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
May. 21, 2007
Donald B. Snow, Mercer Island, WA (US);
John T. Strom, North Bend, WA (US);
Raymond H. Kraft, Seattle, WA (US);
Donald B. Snow, Mercer Island, WA (US);
John T. Strom, North Bend, WA (US);
Raymond H. Kraft, Seattle, WA (US);
Rudolph Technologies, Inc., Flanders, NJ (US);
Abstract
A stereoscopic three-dimensional optical metrology system and method accurately measure the location of physical features on a test article in a manner that is fast and robust to surface contour discontinuities. Disclosed embodiments may image a test article from two or more perspectives through a substantially transparent fiducial plate bearing a fiducial marking; camera viewing angles and apparent relative distances between a feature on a test article and one or more fiducials may enable accurate calculation of feature position.