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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Christopher T. Schaafsma, Wheaton, IL (US);
Robert F. Hitchcock, West Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher T. Schaafsma, Wheaton, IL (US);
Robert F. Hitchcock, West Chicago, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for aligning a sphere to a desired orientation includes imaging a non-surface alignment feature of the sphere and calculating a current orientation of the sphere based on an image of the non-surface alignment feature. Using these calculations, a relationship between the current orientation of the sphere and the desired orientation of the sphere is calculated and communicated to a motion control device, and aligning the sphere into the desired orientation using the motion control device.
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