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20080235969 | MULTI-AXIS POSITIONING AND MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING - The positioning and measuring system includes a coordinate positioning machine comprising a movable spindle ( | 10-02-2008 |
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20080282564 | Measurement Probe for Use in Coordinate Measuring Machines - A measurement probe for use in coordinate measuring machines, which measurement probe includes a base ( | 11-20-2008 |
20090046895 | METHOD AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR CONTACTLESS COORDINATE MEASUREMENT ON AN OBJECT SURFACE - The invention relates to a method and a surveying system for noncontact coordinate measurement on the object surface ( | 02-19-2009 |
20090082986 | MODULAR CALIBRATION - A modular calibration method for a CMM, comprising preliminary calibration steps of several components prior to its mounting. The preliminary calibration steps yield specific mapping information for each calibrated component, which are then stored into map files generated and associated to the calibrated components. A final alignment takes place after once the CMM is mounted, which processes mapping information gathered during the preliminary calibration steps. | 03-26-2009 |
20090249634 | ARTICULATED ARM COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE - The invention relates to a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) for determining a measuring position of a probe. The CMM comprises an articulated arm having first and second ends and at least one joint between the first and the second end, the first end forming a base being positionable on a supporting surface, the second end being movable relative to the first end and having attached the probe. Further exists at least one sensing unit for measurement of an actual relative setting of said at least one joint and at least one computing unit for calculating a measuring position of the probe relative to the base, as well as for referencing the measuring position in an external coordinate system by using a provided base-position in the external coordinate system. | 10-08-2009 |
20100042246 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE COMPENSATION OF GEOMETRICAL ERRORS IN MACHINING MACHINERY - A method to compensate geometrical errors in processing machines, in which a workpiece holder ( | 02-18-2010 |
20100078866 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE COMPENSATION OF GEOMETRICAL ERRORS IN MACHINING MACHINERY - A method of measuring the forces that arise in a processing machine when processing is carried out and compensating geometrical errors caused by these forces, where a workpiece holder ( | 04-01-2010 |
20100208062 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXACT MEASUREMENT OF OBJECTS - A method and a device for the accurate measurement of objects, where, according to the invention, a camera ( | 08-19-2010 |
20100274390 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE HIGH-PRECISION POSITIONING OF AT LEAST ONE OBJECT IN A FINAL LOCATION IN SPACE - The invention relates to a method and a system for the high-precision positioning of at least one object in a final location in space. An object ( | 10-28-2010 |
20110037989 | MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT WITH A MEASUREMENT HEAD IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT INSPECTION MEASUREMENT - A measurement arrangement with a measurement head ( | 02-17-2011 |
20110173829 | DEVICE FOR MARKING OR PROCESSING A SURFACE, TOOL, AND ARTICULATED ARM - The invention relates to a device for marking or processing a surface at a predeterminable position, comprising: a marking or processing tool that is operable by hand; a manually operable articulated arm with at least two arm parts that are pivotably connected by a joint; a fitting at one end of the arm for releasably mounting the tool; and a sensor for measuring a setting of the joint; and a position indication unit for computing and indicating a position for the tool using the output signal of the sensor. The invention further relates to a tool and an articulated arm for the device for marking or processing a surface. | 07-21-2011 |
20110317880 | METHOD AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR CONTACTLESS COORDINATE MEASUREMENT ON AN OBJECT SURFACE - The invention relates to a method and a surveying system for noncontact coordinate measurement on the object surface of an object to be surveyed in an object coordinate system. With a 3D image recording unit, a first three-dimensional image of a first area section of the object surface is electronically recorded in a first position and first orientation, the first three-dimensional image being composed of a multiplicity of first pixels, with which in each case a piece of depth information is coordinated. The first position and first orientation of the 3D image recording unit in the object coordinate system are determined by a measuring apparatus coupled to the object coordinate system. First 3D object coordinates in the object coordinate system are coordinated with the first pixels from the knowledge of the first 3D image coordinates and of the first position and first orientation of the 3D image recording unit. | 12-29-2011 |
20120041712 | COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE (CMM) AND METHOD OF COMPENSATING ERRORS IN A CMM - The present invention relates to a coordinate measuring machine comprising a stationary base, a probe head, at least one linear drive mechanism for moving in a first direction, the linear drive mechanism having a linear guide and a movable member being supported for movement along the guide by bearings. The linear drive mechanism further comprises at least a first pre-calibrated integral sensor-package having at least two displacement sensors each for measuring a distance from the movable member to the guide in a direction being non-parallel with respect to the first direction, wherein the sensed distances indicate a translational displacement of the movable member from an ordinary bearing position in a direction perpendicular to the first direction and a rotational displacement of the movable member. | 02-16-2012 |
20120072021 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIGHLY PRECISELY POSITIONING AT LEAST ONE OBJECT IN AN END POSITION IN SPACE - An object is highly precisely moved by an industrial robot to an end position by the following steps, which are repeated until the end position is reached within a specified tolerance: Recording a three-dimensional image by means of a 3-D image recording device. Determining the present position of the object in the spatial coordinate system from the position of the 3-D image recording device the angular orientation of the 3-D image recording device detected by an angle measuring unit, the three-dimensional image, and the knowledge of features on the object. Calculating the position difference between the present position of the object and the end position. Calculating a new target position of the industrial robot while taking into consideration the compensation value from the present position of the industrial robot and a value linked to the position difference. Moving the industrial robot to the new target position. | 03-22-2012 |
20120084989 | COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE (CMM) AND METHOD OF COMPENSATING ERRORS IN A CMM - A coordinate measuring machine for determination of at least one spatial coordinate of a measurement point on an object to be measured. The coordinate measuring machine comprises a stationary base, a probe head for approaching the measurement point and a frame structure for linking the probe head to the base. At least a first mechanical reference element extending along a first part of the frame structure is fastened fixedly to the frame structure in a substantially unloaded way, and at least one displacement sensor is assigned to the first reference element, wherein the first reference element and the displacement sensor are designed and arranged in such a way, that a distance from the first reference element to the frame structure in the region of the first part is measurable, the distance indicating a displacement and/or deformation of the frame structure in the region of the first part. | 04-12-2012 |
20120105866 | COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE (CMM) AND METHOD OF COMPENSATING ERRORS IN A CMM - A coordinate measuring machine for determination of at least one spatial coordinate of a measurement point on an object to be measured. The coordinate measuring machine comprises a stationary base, a probe head for approaching the measurement point and a frame structure for linking the probe head to the base. A first reference path is provided by an optical reference beam, wherein the reference beam extends along a guide of a linear drive mechanism so that the reference path is parallel to a first direction. Furthermore, at least one displacement sensor is assigned to the reference beam, the reference beam and the displacement sensor being designed and arranged in such a way, that a displacement of the movable member of the linear drive mechanism relative to the first reference path is measurable being indicative of a translational and/or rotational displacement of the movable member from its ordinary bearing position. | 05-03-2012 |
20120219699 | GRAPHICAL APPLICATION SYSTEM - A graphical application system, with a surface spattering device, with at least one nozzle for expelling a spattering material onto a target surface, a nozzle control mechanism controls expelling of the nozzle. A spatial referencing unit references the spattering device in space and a computation means automatically controls the nozzle according to information from the spatial referencing unit and according to predefined desired spattering data as a digital image or a CAD-model of a desired pattern to be spattered onto the target surface. A communication means for establishing a communication link from the spatial referencing unit to the computation means to supply the position and orientation to the computation means. The spatial referencing unit is located remote from the spattering device and comprises at least two optical 2D cameras arranged with a stereobasis, for determining the position and orientation of images taken by the cameras. | 08-30-2012 |
20120257017 | METHOD AND SURVEYING SYSTEM FOR NONCONTACT COORDINATE MEASUREMENT ON AN OBJECT SURFACE - Noncontact coordinate measurement. With a 3D image recording unit, a first three-dimensional image of a first area section of the object surface is electronically recorded in a first position and first orientation, the first three-dimensional image being composed of a multiplicity of first pixels, with which in each case a piece of depth information is coordinated. First 3D image coordinates in an image coordinate system are coordinated with the first pixels. The first position and first orientation of the 3D image recording unit in the object coordinate system are determined by a measuring apparatus coupled to the object coordinate system by means of an optical reference stereocamera measuring system. First 3D object coordinates in the object coordinate system are coordinated with the first pixels from the knowledge of the first 3D image coordinates and of the first position and first orientation of the 3D image recording unit. | 10-11-2012 |
20130046457 | METHOD AND GUIDANCE-UNIT FOR GUIDING BATTERY-OPERATED TRANSPORTATION MEANS TO RECONDITIONING STATIONS - Methods and apparatus for guiding a mobile transportation means of a set of transportation means to a selected reconditioning station of a set of reconditioning stations, comprising determining a position of the battery, determining a condition of the battery, forecasting a consumption characteristic of the transportation means, evaluating an achievable range of mobility of the transportation means, assigning the selected reconditioning station of the set of reconditioning stations, which is located within the range of mobility of the transportation means along a path to a desired target and guiding the transportation means to the selected reconditioning station, an optimization of the assignment and/or the path is executed by a search algorithm for assigning the set of transportation means to the set of reconditioning stations and batteries, based on actual and/or forecasted information about multiple entities of the sets of transportation means, stations and batteries as well as their conditions. | 02-21-2013 |
20140007441 | COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE - A coordinate measurement machine with a first frame element, a second frame element, a linear drive unit with a motor for moving the second frame element relative to the first frame element and a position measurement instrument, for determining a drive position of the second frame element relative to the first frame element. The drive unit has limited stiffness and dynamic deflections on movement. The machine comprises a mechanical coupler from the drive unit to the second frame element, which coupler comprises a first part fixed to the drive unit and a second part fixed to the second frame element, which parts are movable relative to each other by an active compensation actuator. The active compensation actuator is built in such a way to shift the second frame element against the drive unit to introduce a counter-displacement in such a way that the dynamic deflections are at least partially compensated. | 01-09-2014 |
20140007442 | WORKING TOOL POSITIONING SYSTEM - A method and system for determining the position of a hand-held power tool on a wall including measuring distances within a plane perpendicular to a tooling axis in at least two directions, comprising at least the direction to one side wall and the direction to the floor or the ceiling. At least one non-contact measurement sensor module measures distances in a multitude of angles in an angular range of at least 1° around the at least two directions. From the distance sequence measured by the at least one measurement sensor module a calculation and storing unit automatically calculates a function, wherein extrema represent shortest distances to walls, floor and/or ceiling adjacent to the wall. From said function the calculation and storing unit deduces the shortest distances, and output means provide information about the shortest distances so as to allow positioning relative to the shortest distances. | 01-09-2014 |
20140046614 | WEAR-MONITORING OF A GEARBOX IN A POWER STATION - The invention relates to a method of monitoring a wear of a gearbox in a power station, such as a windmill, water-wheel or tidal power station, the gearbox comprising at least two shafts, cogwheels and bearings as components of the gearbox. The method comprises sensing an angular position at the shafts by a rotational shaft encoder and monitoring the wear of the transmission-unit according to differences of the sensed angular positions and generating a condition signal representative of the wear of the gearbox according to the monitored differences. The monitoring comprises an additional sensing of at least one additional degree of freedom, in particular an axial and/or eccentric displacement, of at least one of the shafts caused by wear of at least one of the components of the gearbox, and generating the condition signal according to the displacement and differences in the at least two degrees of freedom. | 02-13-2014 |
20140076985 | SURFACE SPATTERING DEVICE - The invention concerns a handheld, dynamically movable surface spattering device ( | 03-20-2014 |
20140242285 | GRAPHICAL APPLICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a graphical application system to apply a desired pattern by multiple tiles onto a target surface. The system comprises a graphical application device comprising a base structure with a trackable optical feature, at least one nozzle for expelling paint, a driving unit for positioning the nozzle and a local camera for a local referencing of the nozzle. A controller controls the driving unit and the expelling of the nozzle to achieve an application of the desired pattern on the target surface. The system also comprises an external referencing device located remote from the graphical application device, for a global referencing of the application device according to the trackable optical feature. The desired pattern is applied with a primary alignment of the application range by the global referencing and with a fine-alignment of the actual tile to a previously applied tile according to the local referencing. | 08-28-2014 |
20140286536 | POSITION AND ORIENTATION DETERMINATION IN 6-DOF - A method for a six degree of freedom position and orientation determination of a known shape in a scenery is disclosed. The method includes taking a range image with a range imaging camera and a visual picture with a digital camera. The range imaging camera includes a sensor array with a first number of pixels. Determining a 3D cluster of points from range information collected from the sensor array to a point of the scenery. The digital camera comprises an image sensor having a second number of pixels, resulting in a 2D picture. A stored 3D digital representation of the known shape may be fitted in a virtual space to match the reproduction of the known object in the 2D picture and the 3D cluster of points and determining the six degree of freedom position and orientation of the known shape according to the virtual match. | 09-25-2014 |
20140320603 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING 3D COORDINATES OF AN OBJECT - The invention relates to a method for determining 3D coordinates of an object ( | 10-30-2014 |
20150049186 | COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE HAVING A CAMERA - A coordinate measuring machine ( | 02-19-2015 |
20150085110 | SURVEYING APPARATUS HAVING A RANGE CAMERA - Embodiments described herein include a surveying apparatus for surveying a measurement scenery. The surveying apparatus may include a base defining a vertical axis; a support tiltable around the vertical axis; a telescope unit tiltable around the vertical axis and around a horizontal axis that is orthogonal to the vertical axis and comprises means for distance measurement; motor means for rotational driving of the support and the telescope unit; and angle determination means for detecting an orientation of the telescope unit with respect to the base. In some embodiments, the telescope unit comprises a first camera capable to take a visible image of the measurement scenery and/or means for capturing coordinates of 3D-points of the measurement scenery. In some embodiments, the surveying apparatus comprises a display capable to display at least a portion of the visible image taken by the first camera and/or at least a portion of the 3D-points. | 03-26-2015 |