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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Inventor:
Yu Gong, Oviedo, FL (US);
Assignee:
FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/004 (2006.01); G01B 7/012 (2006.01); G01B 21/04 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/012 (2013.01); G01B 21/047 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G01B 2210/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system is provided for communicating between a 3D metrology device and a portable computing device via near field communications. In one embodiment, the metrology device is an articulated coordinate measurement machine (AACMM), a laser tracker, a laser scanner or a triangulation scanner, and the portable communications device is a cellular phone or a tablet. The portable device may use the NFC to establish to change or establish settings and parameters or to replace at least a portion of the operating system used to control the metrology device.