MEASUREMENT MACHINE UTILIZING A BARCODE TO IDENTIFY AN INSPECTION PLAN FOR AN OBJECT
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1. A method for inspecting a part according to an inspection plan, the method using a portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine (AACMM) having a base;
- a manually positionable arm portion having opposed first and second ends, the second end of the arm portion being coupled to the base, 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 coupled to the first end of the arm portion; and
an electronic circuit which receives the position signal from the at least one position transducer and provides data corresponding to a position of the measurement device;
the method comprising the steps of;
generating an inspection plan for a part to be inspected to determine at least one characteristic of the part;
generating a first machine readable information symbol that includes information that identifies the generated inspection plan;
associating the first generated machine readable information symbol with the part;
reading the first machine readable information symbol from the part with a reader device configured to translate the first machine readable information symbol to determine the information contained therein, the reader device being coupled to communicate with the AACMM; and
measuring the at least one part characteristic according to the generated inspection plan identified by the first machine readable symbol.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a measurement machine for measuring an object, and more particularly to a measurement machine such as a portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine or a laser tracker that measures an object according to a measurement or inspection plan that is identified by a machine readable information symbol located on the object to be measured or on a drawing (e.g., a CAD drawing) of the object.
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1. A method for inspecting a part according to an inspection plan, the method using a portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine (AACMM) having a base;
- a manually positionable arm portion having opposed first and second ends, the second end of the arm portion being coupled to the base, 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 coupled to the first end of the arm portion; and
an electronic circuit which receives the position signal from the at least one position transducer and provides data corresponding to a position of the measurement device;
the method comprising the steps of;generating an inspection plan for a part to be inspected to determine at least one characteristic of the part; generating a first machine readable information symbol that includes information that identifies the generated inspection plan; associating the first generated machine readable information symbol with the part; reading the first machine readable information symbol from the part with a reader device configured to translate the first machine readable information symbol to determine the information contained therein, the reader device being coupled to communicate with the AACMM; and measuring the at least one part characteristic according to the generated inspection plan identified by the first machine readable symbol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- a manually positionable arm portion having opposed first and second ends, the second end of the arm portion being coupled to the base, the arm portion including a plurality of connected arm segments, each arm segment including at least one position transducer for producing a position signal;
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8. A method for inspecting a part according to an inspection plan, the method using a laser tracker having a light source that emits a light beam towards a target located within an environment, and a reader device that captures the light beam reflected back to the laser scanner from the target located within the environment;
- the method comprising the steps of;
generating an inspection plan for a part to be inspected to determine at least one characteristic of the part; generating a first machine readable information symbol that identifies the generated inspection plan; associating the generated first machine readable information symbol with the part; reading the first machine readable information symbol with the reader device associated with the laser tracker; and inspecting the part according to the generated inspection plan identified by the first machine readable information symbol read by the reader device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
- the method comprising the steps of;
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