Method for calibrating a thz measuring apparatus, thz measuring method and corresponding thz measuring apparatus
AssigneeCiTEX Holding GmbH
InventorRoland BÖHM
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AssigneeCiTEX Holding GmbH
InventorRoland BÖHM
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The invention relates to a method for calibrating a THz measuring apparatus (8), in particular a pipe, on a measurement object (10), comprising at least the following steps: providing a THz measuring apparatus (8) having a plurality of pivotable THz sensors (1), arranged in a circumferential direction around a measuring chamber (9), for outputting one THz transmitted beam (12) each along a sensor axis (B) (provision step); orienting the THz sensors (1) into a starting position in the measuring chamber (9) in which the measurement object (10) is received (orientation step in starting position); allocating the THz sensors (1) to at least one first and one second sensor group (group formation step); first calibration adjustment step, in which the second sensor group is adjusted as an adjustment group by means of the first sensor group as a starting group, and corresponding second calibration adjustment step, in which the first sensor group is adjusted as an adjustment group by means of the previously calibration-adjusted second sensor group as a starting group; wherein, in each of the calibration adjustment steps=by means of the THz sensors (S1, S3, S5, S7) of the starting group, spacing points on a surface (10a) of the measurement object (10) are determined, =sensor correction angles of the THz sensors (1; S2, S4, S6, S8) of the adjustment group are determined by means of the spacing points determined by the starting group, and =the THz sensors of the adjustment group are calibration-adjusted about the determined sensor correction angles (a).
A method for calibrating a THz measuring apparatus to a measurement object, the method comprising the steps of
The method of claim, wherein the spacing points are determined in that the THz sensor of the starting group measures a starting distance from the surface, in particular exterior surface, of the measurement object and, from the determined starting distance and the orientation of its sensor axis, the spacing point is determined as an intersection point of the sensor axis and the surface.
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