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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2008
Ronald W. Berry, Goleta, CA (US);
Richard E. Bornfreund, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Ronald W. Berry, Goleta, CA (US);
Richard E. Bornfreund, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Flir Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Abstract
Method and systems for aligning a first component with a second component are disclosed. For example, a first component may be aligned with a second component during an assembly process, with a first camera used to facilitate the viewing of one or more alignment features of the first component and/or the second component with infrared energy that is transmitted through the first component. A second camera may be used to view at least a portion of the first component and/or at least a portion of the second component using visible light.