Method and apparatus for positioning a member relative to an object surface
AssigneeDiffracto Ltd.
InventorsTimothy R. Pryor, Bernard Hockley, Nick Liptay-Wagner, Omer L. Hageniers, Walter J. Pastorius
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for positioning a member in a desired position relative to a surface of an object including providing positioning means for positioning the member, sensing the attitude of the object surface relative to the member or the positioning means using a non-contact sensing means, the attitude being sensed in at least one plane normal to the object surface, and controlling the positioning means using data from the sensing means to position the member at a desired attitude relative to the surface of the object.
Claims21
Apparatus for positioning a member in a desired position relative to a surface of an object comprising:
- positioning means for positioning a member,
- non-contact sensing means to sense the attitude of said object surface relative to one of said member and said positioning means, said attitude being sensed in at least one plane normal to said object surface, and
- control means to control said positioning means using said data from said sensing means to position said member in a desired attitude relative to the surface of said object.
A method for positioning a member in a desired position relative to a surface of an object comprising the steps of:
- providing positioning means for positioning a member,
- sensing the attitude of the object surface relative to one of said member and said positioning means using a non-contact sensing means, said attitude being sensed in at least one plane normal to said object surface, said sensing means providing data related to said attitude of said object surface, and
- controlling said positioning means using said data from said sensing means to position said member at a desired attitude relative to the surface of said object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.