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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2013
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Clark H. Briggs, DeLand, FL (US);
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Abstract
A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine (AACMM) for measuring three-dimensional coordinates of an object in space is provided including a base and a positionable arm coupled to the base. The arm has at least one arm segment including a position transducer for producing a position signal. An electronic circuit receives the position signal from the at least one position transducer. A non-articulated measurement device, coupled to the arm, includes a flexible member having at least one sensing element configured to sense deflection of the flexible member. A probe of the flexible member contacts a surface of an object. A processing unit coupled to the sensing element determines the position and shape of the flexible member. A processor, coupled to the electronic circuit, determines the three-dimensional coordinates of a point on the object in response to position signal from the position transducer and the position signals from the processing unit.