Probe system and method for operating a probe system
AssigneeDr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH
InventorKlaus Groell
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Abstract
A probe system includes a scanning head and a transceiver element. By touching a stylus, a sensor element is able to generate a sensor signal. The scanning head and the transceiver element are configured such that a wireless information transmission is able to be established between them. The probe contact information is able to be transmitted from the scanning head to the transceiver element by a first signal whose carrier wave is an optical wave, and furthermore, additional information is able to be transmitted between the scanning head and the transceiver element by an additional signal whose carrier wave is a radio wave.
Claims18
A probe system, comprising:
- a scanning head including:
- a stylus;
- and
- a sensor configured to generate a sensor signal that includes probe contact information by contact of the stylus;
- a transceiver;
- wherein the scanning head and the transceiver are configured to communicate with each other by wireless information transmission;
- wherein the scanning head is configured to transmit the probe contact information to the transceiver by a first signal having an optical carrier wave;
- and
- wherein additional information is transmittable between the scanning head and the transceiver by an additional signal having a radio carrier wave.
A method for operating a probe system including a scanning head and a transceiver, the scanning head having a stylus and a sensor, the sensor configured to generate a sensor signal including probe contact information by contact of the stylus, a wireless information transmission being established between the scanning head and the transceiver, comprising:
- (a) transmitting the probe contact information from the scanning head to the transceiver by a first signal having an optical carrier wave;
- and
- (b) transmitting additional information between the scanning head and the transceiver by an additional signal having a radio carrier wave.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.