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US 2017/0285127 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for following an operator and locking onto a retroreflector with a laser tracker
AssigneeFaro Technologies, Inc.
InventorsKalyan Nagalla, Robert C. Mehler, Robert E. Bridges
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Abstract
A method for measuring three-dimensional (3D) coordinates includes providing a retroreflector and a laser tracker. An operator gives a follow-operator gesture, and the laser tracker responds by following movement of the operator.
Claims10
A three-dimensional (3D) coordinate measurement system, comprising:
- a retroreflector;
- a laser tracker including:
- a first light source configured to emit a first beam of light from the laser tracker;
- a structure rotatable about a first axis and a second axis;
- a second light source;
- a first camera proximate the second light source;
- and
- a processor responsive to executable instructions which when executed by the processor is operable to determine that a follow-operator gesture has been given by an operator and in response rotate the structure to follow movement of the operator.
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A method for measuring three-dimensional (3D) coordinates comprising:
- providing a retroreflector and a laser tracker, the laser tracker including a first light source configured to emit a first beam of light, a structure rotatable about a first axis and a second axis, a second light source, a first camera proximate the second light source, and a processor;
- giving by an operator a follow-operator gesture;
- and
- responding with the processor, executing executable instructions, to the follow-operator gesture by rotating the structure to follow movement of the operator.
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