Three-dimensional mapping systems for automotive vehicles and other articles
AssigneeSnap-on U.K. Holdings Limited
InventorBarbara L. Jones
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for three-dimensional mapping for automotive diagnostics and repair and other uses enables mapping of separate regions of a vehicle with a linking mapping step between the apparatus used for mapping the two regions, the linking mapping step using the transmission of an energy signal between the two sets of apparatus to establish their relative three-dimensional coordinates.
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A method of three-dimensional coordinate determination adapted for mapping operations in relation to vehicles, the method comprising:
- carrying out first and second series of coordinate data evaluation steps employing two sets of coordinate data evaluation apparatus respectively in relation to first and second regions of a vehicle, and
- transmitting an energy signal establishing the relative coordinates of the regions, the energy signal being transmitted between transfer components forming respective parts of the two sets of apparatus, the energy signal being transmitted while each of the transfer components is in a defined positional relationship to its respective one of the first and second regions of the vehicle.
Apparatus for three-dimensional coordinate determination adapted for mapping operations in relation to vehicles, the apparatus comprising:
- first and second sets of coordinate data evaluation apparatus for respectively carrying out first and second series of coordinate data evaluation steps respectively in relation to first and second regions of a vehicle;
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- transmission means for the transmission of an energy signal, establishing the relative coordinates of the regions, between the first and second sets, the transmission means including transfer components respectively included in the sets and each disposed in a defined positional relationship to its respective one of the first and second regions of the vehicle during transmission of the energy signal.
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