Apparatus for specifying coordinates of a body in three-dimensional space
First Claim
1. An apparatus for specifying three-dimensional coordinates of a body including:
- image position sensing means for converging incident light radiated from said body arranged in a predetermined region of a three-dimensional space to form an image on a predetermined plane and detecting a position of said image on said predetermined plane,reflecting means for reflecting the light radiating from said body to allow the reflected light to enter said image position sensing means, andcoordinate calculating means for calculating coordinates of said body in a three-dimensional coordinate system defined in said three-dimensional space based on a position, on said predetermined plane, of an image formed by a direct incident light radiated from said body and directly entering said image position sensing means, and a position, on said predetermined plane, of an image formed by an indirect incident light radiated from said body and reflected by said reflecting means and entering said image position sensing means.
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Abstract
An apparatus for specifying three-dimensional coordinates of a body includes an image position sensing unit for converging a light radiating from a specific body arranged in a space on a plane to form an image and detecting a position of the image on the plane, one or a plurality of mirrors for reflecting the light from the specific body to allow the reflected light to enter the image position sensing unit, and a coordinate calculating unit for calculating coordinates of the specific body in a three-dimensional coordinate system defined in a three-dimensional space based on the positions of the images respectively formed by a light radiating from the specific body and directly entering the image position sensing unit and a light reflected by the mirror and entering the image position sensing unit.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for specifying three-dimensional coordinates of a body including:
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image position sensing means for converging incident light radiated from said body arranged in a predetermined region of a three-dimensional space to form an image on a predetermined plane and detecting a position of said image on said predetermined plane, reflecting means for reflecting the light radiating from said body to allow the reflected light to enter said image position sensing means, and coordinate calculating means for calculating coordinates of said body in a three-dimensional coordinate system defined in said three-dimensional space based on a position, on said predetermined plane, of an image formed by a direct incident light radiated from said body and directly entering said image position sensing means, and a position, on said predetermined plane, of an image formed by an indirect incident light radiated from said body and reflected by said reflecting means and entering said image position sensing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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