Device and method for reading a positional relationship between two components
AssigneeGifs AS
InventorBjørn Nøstvold
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Abstract
A reading device is for reading a positional relationship between a first component and a second component. The first component has an optical sensor and the second component has a collimator configured for directing a light beam at the optical sensor. A method is for reading a positional relationship between two components, the method including passing light through a collimator in a first component towards an optical sensor in a second component, reading the position of the light beam from the collimator on the optical sensor, and calculating the positional relationship between the first and second components from the position of the light beam on the optical sensor.
Claims11
A reading device for reading a positional relationship between a first component and a second component, wherein the first component comprises an optical sensor and wherein the second component comprises a collimator configured for directing a light beam at the optical sensor by the collimator comprising a collimator housing with two openings opposite each other, each in a respective end part of the collimator housing.
A method for reading a positional relationship between two components, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- passing light through a collimator in a second component to an optical sensor in a first component, the collimator comprising a collimator housing with two openings opposite each other, each in a respective end part of the collimator housing;
- reading the position of the light beam from the collimator on the optical sensor;
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- calculating the positional relationship between the first and second components from the position of the light beam on the optical sensor.
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