Portable Articulated Arm Coordinate Measuring Machine and Integrated Environmental Recorder
First Claim
1. A portable articulated arm coordinate measurement machine (AACMM), comprising:
- a manually positionable articulated arm having opposed first and second ends, the arm including a plurality of connected arm segments, each of the arm segments including at least one position transducer for producing a position signal;
a measurement device attached to a first end of the AACMM;
an electronic circuit for receiving the position signal from the at least one transducer and for providing data corresponding to a position of the measurement device; and
an environmental recorder in communication with the electronic circuit, the environmental recorder includinga sensor for outputting a value of a parameter;
a memory; and
logic executable by the environmental recorder to implement a method that comprisesmonitoring the value of the parameter;
determining that the value of the parameter is outside of a programmable threshold;
storing the value of the parameter and a timestamp in the memory, the storing responsive to the determining; and
transmitting contents of the memory to the electronic circuit.
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Abstract
A portable articulated arm coordinate measurement machine (AACMM) that includes a manually positionable articulated arm, a measurement device attached to a first end of the AACMM, and an electronic circuit for receiving the position signal and for providing data corresponding to a position of the measurement device. The AACMM further includes an environmental recorder. The environmental recorder includes a sensor for outputting a value of a parameter, a memory, and logic executable by the environmental recorder to implement a method. The method includes monitoring the value of the parameter, and determining that the value of the parameter is outside of a programmable threshold. The value of the parameter and a timestamp are stored in the memory in response to the value of the parameter being determined to be outside of the programmable threshold. The contents of the memory are transmitted to the electronic circuit.
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24 Claims
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1. A portable articulated arm coordinate measurement machine (AACMM), comprising:
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a manually positionable articulated arm having opposed first and second ends, the arm including a plurality of connected arm segments, each of the arm segments including at least one position transducer for producing a position signal; a measurement device attached to a first end of the AACMM; an electronic circuit for receiving the position signal from the at least one transducer and for providing data corresponding to a position of the measurement device; and an environmental recorder in communication with the electronic circuit, the environmental recorder including a sensor for outputting a value of a parameter; a memory; and logic executable by the environmental recorder to implement a method that comprises monitoring the value of the parameter; determining that the value of the parameter is outside of a programmable threshold; storing the value of the parameter and a timestamp in the memory, the storing responsive to the determining; and transmitting contents of the memory to the electronic circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of implementing a portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine (AACMM), the method comprising:
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receiving a value of a parameter from a sensor located on the portable AACMM, the portable AACMM comprised of a manually positionable articulated arm portion having opposed first and second ends, the arm portion including a plurality of connected arm segments, each arm segment including at least one position transducer for producing a position signal, a measurement device attached to the first end, and an electronic circuit which receives the position signal from the at least one transducer and provides data corresponding to a position of the measurement device; monitoring the value of the parameter; determining that the value of the parameter is outside of a programmable threshold; storing the value of the parameter and a timestamp in a memory located on an environmental recorder, the storing responsive to detecting the event; and transmitting contents of the memory to the electronic circuit. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product for implementing a portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine (AACMM), the computer program product comprising a storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied thereon, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to implement a method, the method including:
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receiving a value of a parameter from a sensor located on the portable AACMM, the portable AACMM comprised of a manually positionable articulated arm portion having opposed first and second ends, the arm portion including a plurality of connected arm segments, each arm segment including at least one position transducer for producing a position signal, a measurement device attached to a first end of the portable AACMM, and an electronic circuit which receives the position signal from the at least one transducer and provides data corresponding to a position of the measurement device; monitoring the value of the parameter; determining that the value of the parameter is outside of a programmable threshold; storing the value of the parameter and a timestamp in a memory located on an environmental recorder, the storing responsive to detecting the event; and transmitting contents of the memory to the electronic circuit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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