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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Inventor:
Peter G. Cramer, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/16 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/66 (2006.01); G02B 5/122 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0042 (2013.01); G01B 11/005 (2013.01); G01S 5/163 (2013.01); G01S 7/481 (2013.01); G01S 17/66 (2013.01); G02B 5/122 (2013.01); G06K 9/46 (2013.01); G06K 9/6202 (2013.01); G06T 7/608 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining three orientational degrees of freedom of a cube-corner retroreflector by obtaining with a photosensitive array an image of a three straight marks on the retroreflector and, with a programmable control device, taking a two-dimensional transform of the image and determining the three orientational degrees of freedom.