REPLACEABLE ILLUMINATION MODULE FOR A COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE
First Claim
1. An illumination module for a coordinate measuring machine for measuring a workpiece by means of an optical sensor, wherein the illumination module comprises a main body having a sensor side and a workpiece side, wherein the sensor side has a first interface device at least for the sensor-side coupling of the illumination module in a defined position, and wherein the illumination module comprises at least one illumination arrangement for illuminating the workpiece, wherein the main body has the form of a ring having a free central region and an edge region, wherein the at least one illumination arrangement and the first interface device are arranged in the edge region.
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Abstract
An illumination module for a coordinate measuring machine for measuring a workpiece by means of an optical sensor, wherein the illumination module comprises a main body having a sensor side and a workpiece side, wherein the sensor side has a first interface device at least for the sensor-side coupling of the illumination module in a defined position, and wherein the illumination module comprises at least one illumination arrangement for illuminating the workpiece. Furthermore, the main body has the form of a ring having a free central region and an edge region, wherein the at least one illumination arrangement and the first interface device are arranged in the edge region.
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22 Claims
- 1. An illumination module for a coordinate measuring machine for measuring a workpiece by means of an optical sensor, wherein the illumination module comprises a main body having a sensor side and a workpiece side, wherein the sensor side has a first interface device at least for the sensor-side coupling of the illumination module in a defined position, and wherein the illumination module comprises at least one illumination arrangement for illuminating the workpiece, wherein the main body has the form of a ring having a free central region and an edge region, wherein the at least one illumination arrangement and the first interface device are arranged in the edge region.
- 14. A coordinate measuring machine for measuring a workpiece by means of an optical sensor, wherein the coordinate measuring machine comprises at least one illumination module for a coordinate measuring machine for measuring a workpiece by means of an optical sensor, wherein the illumination module comprises a main body having a sensor side and a workpiece side, wherein the sensor side has a first interface device at least for the sensor-side coupling of the illumination module in a defined position, and wherein the illumination module comprises at least one illumination arrangement for illuminating the workpiece, wherein the main body has the form of a ring having a free central region and an edge region, wherein the at least one illumination arrangement and the first interface device are arranged in the edge region, and wherein the coordinate measuring machine further comprises a holding device having at least one magazine site for the illumination module.
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19. A method for taking up an illumination module of a coordinate measuring machine for measuring a workpiece by means of an optical sensor, wherein the coordinate measuring machine comprises at least one first illumination module which can be coupled to the optical sensor at least indirectly, and a holding device having at least one first magazine site for the first illumination module, comprising the following steps:
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moving an optical sensor of the coordinate measuring machine and a first magazine site having the first illumination module relative to one another into a first position, in which the optical sensor and the first illumination module can be coupled at least indirectly by means of a translational and/or rotational movement relative to one another, performing a translational and/or rotational relative movement between the optical sensor and the first illumination module for the purpose of at least indirectly coupling the optical sensor to the first illumination module, and moving the first illumination module coupled at least indirectly to the optical sensor out of the first magazine site. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing a computer program product comprising program code designed to perform a method for taking up an illumination module of a coordinate measuring machine for measuring a workpiece by means of an optical sensor, wherein the coordinate measuring machine comprises at least one first illumination module which can be coupled to the optical sensor at least indirectly, and a holding device having at least one first magazine site for the first illumination module, comprising the steps of moving an optical sensor of the coordinate measuring machine and a first magazine site having the first illumination module relative to one another into a first position, in which the optical sensor and the first illumination module can be coupled at least indirectly by means of a translational and/or rotational movement relative to one another, performing a translational and/or rotational relative movement between the optical sensor and the first illumination module for the purpose of at least indirectly coupling the optical sensor to the first illumination module, and moving the first illumination module coupled at least indirectly to the optical sensor out of the first magazine site, if they are executed on a regulating device of a coordinate measuring machine.
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