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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2008
Applicants:
Thomas Arnold, Nürnberg, DE;
Swen Campagna, Engelthal, DE;
Inventors:
Thomas Arnold, Nürnberg, DE;
Swen Campagna, Engelthal, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method and a corresponding control device for automatic position determination in at least one spatial direction of at least two acquisition devices, wherein more acquisition devices than acquisition channels are present, a position measurement for one of the acquisition devices is implemented with an acquisition channel in a first step and a position measurement for another of the acquisition devices with the same acquisition channel is implemented in a second step. The position of the respective acquisition devices is determined based on these position measurements.