Position and orientation tracking system
First Claim
1. A system for tracking the position and orientation of a moving target object, comprising:
- (A) laser scanning means for scanning the moving target object and generating direction information;
(B) detection means carried by the moving target object for detecting scanning of the moving target object by the laser scanning means and generating a detection signal; and
(C) control means for controlling the laser scanning means based on the direction information and the detection signal while the target object is moving.
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Abstract
A position and orientation tracking system presents a laser scanning appaus having two measurement pods, a control station, and a detector array. The measurement pods can be mounted in the dome of a radioactive waste storage silo. Each measurement pod includes dual orthogonal laser scanner subsystems. The first laser scanner subsystem is oriented to emit a first line laser in the pan direction. The second laser scanner is oriented to emit a second line laser in the tilt direction. Both emitted line lasers scan planes across the radioactive waste surface to encounter the detector array mounted on a target robotic vehicle. The angles of incidence of the planes with the detector array are recorded by the control station. Combining measurements describing each of the four planes provides data for a closed form solution of the algebraic transform describing the position and orientation of the target robotic vehicle.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for tracking the position and orientation of a moving target object, comprising:
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(A) laser scanning means for scanning the moving target object and generating direction information; (B) detection means carried by the moving target object for detecting scanning of the moving target object by the laser scanning means and generating a detection signal; and (C) control means for controlling the laser scanning means based on the direction information and the detection signal while the target object is moving. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for tracking the position and orientation of a moving target object, comprising the steps of:
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(A) scanning the moving target object with three or more lasers; (B) detecting scanning of the moving target object with the three or more lasers; (C) determining the direction of each of the three or more lasers to the moving target object; (D) determining the time that each of the three or more lasers scanned the moving target object; (E) determining the position and orientation of the moving target object based on; (i) the direction of each of the three or more lasers to the moving target object and (ii) the time that each of the three or more lasers scanned the moving target object; and (F) following the moving target object with the three or more lasers. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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