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US 5,854,880 AGranted
Target based determination of robot and sensor alignment
AssigneeSensor Adaptive Machines, Inc.
InventorTimothy R. Pryor
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Abstract
Target based machine vision useful for alignment of sensors and other objects affixed to structures, robots and the like. While addressed particularly to alignment of machine vision systems relative to structures, the techniques disclosed are useful with a multitude of different sensors and objects.
Claims15
An apparatus for determining the position of at least one member comprising:
- a computer containing information related to a math data base of an object to be worked or positioned by the member;
- a sensor which senses a separate position of the member;
- a sensor positioning means positionable in multiple degrees of freedom for positioning said sensor with respect to the data base of the object and separate from said member such that the separate position of the member is sensed by the sensor;
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- an analysis means for determining, from the position of said sensor with respect to the data base and from the sensed position of the member by said sensor, a position of the member with respect to the data base.
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A method for determining the position of at least one member comprising the steps of:
- programming a computer with a math data base of an object to be worked or positioned by the member;
- positioning a sensor located remote from the member in multiple degrees of freedom with respect to the data base of the object;
- sensing a separate position of the member with the sensor;
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- determining, from the position of the sensor with respect to the data base and from the sensed separate position of the member by the sensor, a position of the member with respect to the data base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.