Method and program for using gestures to control a coordinate measuring device

A coordinate measuring device comprising:

• a measuring probe configured to measure three-dimensional coordinates;
• a measuring arm configured to support the measuring probe, and further configured to output position information for calculating the three-dimensional coordinates;
• a controller connected to the measuring arm and configured to detect the three-dimensional coordinates based on the position information;
• and
• a memory configured to store a predetermined gesture, wherein the controller is further configured to:
• detect a trajectory of the measuring probe based on the continuously detected three-dimensional coordinates, and
• recognize the specific gesture corresponding to the trajectory by cross-checking the trajectory with the gesture stored in the memory.