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Position detector and attitude detector

  • US 20010010514A1
  • Filed: 03/05/2001
  • Published: 08/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/1999
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A position detector for detecting a position of a target point on a given plane having a plurality of characteristic points, the number of which is greater than a predetermined number, comprising:

  • an image sensor having an image plane on which an image of the given plane is formed with at least the predetermined number of the characteristic points included in the image, a point of the image which is formed at a predetermined position of the image plane corresponding to the target point to be located on the given plane;

    an image processor that identifies the positions of the characteristic points on the image plane; and

    a processor that calculates the position of the target point on the basis of the identified positions of the predetermined number of the characteristic points on the image plane.

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