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US 12,162,160 B2Granted
System, apparatus and method for improved location identification with prism
AssigneeGecko Robotics, Inc.
InventorsAlberto Pinero, Weston Bushyeager, Mayank Roy, Edward A. Bryner
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Abstract
A prism for reflecting a laser includes: a single mounting cap at a first end of the prism, and first to seventh trihedral corner (TC) reflectors, each including a reflective surface including: three side edges, and three corners at respective intercept points between the side edges, wherein the seventh TC reflector, among the first to seventh TC reflectors, is on a second end of the prism opposite to the first end of the prism.
Claims20
A prism for reflecting a laser, comprising:
- a single mounting cap at a first end of the prism;
- and
- first to seventh trihedral corner (TC) reflectors, each comprising a reflective surface comprising:
- three side edges;
- and
- three corners at respective intercept points between the side edges,
- wherein the seventh TC reflector, among the first to seventh TC reflectors, is on a second end of the prism opposite to the first end of the prism.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an inspection robot comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a prism for reflecting a laser emitted from a laser tracking head, the prism comprising:
- a single mounting cap mounted on the body of the inspection robot at a first end of the prism;
- and
- first to seventh trihedral corner (TC) reflectors, each comprising a reflective surface comprising:
- three side edges;
- and
- three corners at respective intercept points between the side edges,
- wherein the seventh TC reflector, among the first to seventh TC reflectors, is on a second end of the prism opposite to the first end of the prism.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a prism reflecting a laser emitted from a laser tracking head, comprising:
- providing a single mounting cap mounted on a body of an inspection robot at a first end of the prism;
- and
- providing first to seventh trihedral corner (TC) reflectors, each comprising a reflective surface comprising:
- three side edges;
- and
- three corners at respective intercept points between the side edges,
- wherein the seventh TC reflector, among the first to seventh TC reflectors, is on a second end of the prism opposite to the first end of the prism.
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A prism for reflecting a laser beam, comprising:
- a mounting cap;
- and
- seven trihedral corner (TC) reflectors, each comprising a reflective surface comprising:
- three side edges;
- and
- three corners at respective intercept points between the side edges, wherein the seven TC reflectors are arranged such that:
- for each of a first three of the seven TC reflectors:
- a first side edge, among the three side edges, is in direct contact with and parallel to a top surface of the mounting cap;
- a first corner, among the three corners, is opposite to the first side edge;
- and
- a second corner and a third corner, among the three corners, directly contact another of the first three of the seven TC reflectors at first and second ends of the first side edge parallel to the top surface of the mounting cap;
- for each of a second three of the seven TC reflectors:
- a first corner, among the three corners, points toward the top surface of the mounting cap;
- a first side edge, among the three side edges, is parallel to the top surface of the mounting cap, and is opposite to the first corner;
- and
- a second corner and a third corner, among the three corners, directly contact another of the second three of the seven TC reflectors at first and second ends of the first side edge parallel to the top surface of the mounting cap, and are opposite to the first corner;
- and
- for a seventh of the seven TC reflectors:
- each of three side edges contacts a respective one of the first sides of the second three of the seven TC reflectors;
- and
- the reflective surface is parallel to the top surface of the mounting cap.
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