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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Nils P. Steffensen, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Todd P. Wilson, Parkesburg, PA (US);
Kenneth Steffey, Longwood, FL (US);
John M. Hoffer, Jr., Bel Air, MD (US);
Robert E. Bridges, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Nils P. Steffensen, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Todd P. Wilson, Parkesburg, PA (US);
Kenneth Steffey, Longwood, FL (US);
John M. Hoffer, Jr., Bel Air, MD (US);
Robert E. Bridges, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Abstract
A method for optically communicating, from a user to a six degree-of-freedom (6DOF) laser tracker, a command to control operation of the tracker includes providing a rule of correspondence between commands and pose patterns, each pattern including a change in a coordinate from an initial to a final pose, each pose having three translational coordinates and three orientational coordinates. Also, selecting a first command from among the commands and measuring the coordinate of a first pose of the 6DOF target with the tracker. Further, changing between first and second times, the coordinate of the pose of the target and measuring the coordinate of a second pose of the target with the tracker. Also, determining the first command based on the difference between the measured coordinates of the first and second poses according to the rule of correspondence and executing the first command by the tracker.