Laser and Photogrammetry merged process
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorBobby J. Marsh
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Abstract
The invention relates to processes for measuring one or more surfaces of a part utilizing both Photogrammetry and laser tracking devices. The measured part may comprise the barrel of an airplane. In other embodiments, varying types of surfaces may be measured in both airplane and non-airplane applications. In one embodiment, such a process may comprise measuring at least one surface of a part utilizing Photogrammetry, and simultaneously measuring the at least one surface utilizing laser tracking.
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A process for measuring at least one surface of a part, comprising a barrel of an airplane, comprising:
- measuring the at least one surface of the part utilizing Photogrammetry and at least one moving camera by reflecting at least one light beam off at least one target;
- measuring the at least one surface of the part utilizing laser tracking and at least one laser tracker by reflecting at least one laser beam off said at least one target;
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- measuring an entire outer surface of said barrel in less than an hour.
A measured surface of a part comprising a barrel of an airplane, wherein the surface was measured utilizing Photogrammetry and at least one moving camera, by reflecting at least one light beam off at least one target, and laser tracking, by reflecting at least one laser beam off said at least one target, wherein an entire outer surface of the barrel of the airplane was measured in less than an hour.
A process for measuring at least one surface of a part, comprising a barrel of an airplane, comprising:
- projecting a multitude of light beams onto said at least one surface;
- measuring the position of at least one target utilizing Photogrammetry, at least one moving camera, and laser tracking;
- measuring the position of said multitude of light beams utilizing Photogrammetry and said at least one moving camera;
- combining the Photogrammetry and laser tracking measurements to determine said at least one surface's measurements;
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- measuring an entire outer surface of said barrel in less than an hour.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.