Laser measurement apparatus
First Claim
1. A laser measurement apparatus comprising:
- a measuring laser beam generating means for outputting a measuring laser beam used to measure a characteristic of an object to be measured;
an optical guiding means for controlling the direction in which the measuring laser beam travels;
a measuring means for measuring the property of the object to be measured using the measuring laser beam returning from the object to be measured;
a position detecting means for detecting the position of an object to be tracked; and
a control means for controlling the optical guiding means so that the measuring laser beam is radiated to the object to be tracked based on the position of the object to be tracked detected by the position detecting means;
wherein the measuring means measures the property of the object to be measured using the measuring laser beam returning from the object to be measured in a state where the measuring laser beam is controlled to be radiated to the object to be measured.
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Abstract
In a laser measurement apparatus capable of measuring a moving object or a designated object to be measured by tracking an object to be tracked and detecting the position of the tracked object as needed, optical signal processing units 103 through 105 output laser beams having different wavelengths via a common optical path A toward a corner cube 100 attached to an object to be measured, and detect the laser beams being reflected on the corner cube 100. A control unit 102 controls motors 110, 111 so that the laser beams return to a predetermined position of an optical position sensitive detector 117 of an optical signal processing unit 103, by which the direction of a reflecting mirror 112 is controlled so that the laser beams track the object. The control unit 102 computes the distance, shape, position, speed etc. of the object to be measured based on signals detected via the optical signal processing units 104, 105 while having the laser beams output from optical signal processing units 104, 105 track the object to be tracked.
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7 Claims
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1. A laser measurement apparatus comprising:
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a measuring laser beam generating means for outputting a measuring laser beam used to measure a characteristic of an object to be measured;
an optical guiding means for controlling the direction in which the measuring laser beam travels;
a measuring means for measuring the property of the object to be measured using the measuring laser beam returning from the object to be measured;
a position detecting means for detecting the position of an object to be tracked; and
a control means for controlling the optical guiding means so that the measuring laser beam is radiated to the object to be tracked based on the position of the object to be tracked detected by the position detecting means;
whereinthe measuring means measures the property of the object to be measured using the measuring laser beam returning from the object to be measured in a state where the measuring laser beam is controlled to be radiated to the object to be measured. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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