System for point-by-point measuring of spatial coordinates
First Claim
1. A system for point-by-point measuring of spatial coordinates, comprising:
- at least one opto-electronic camera arranged to measure spatial direction to light giving means;
touch tool having a minimum of three point-shaped light giving means at known local coordinates relative to a local tool-fixed coordinate system, and having a contact point at a known position relative to said local coordinate system;
a laser rangefinder being provided for measuring distance to light reflecting targets, said rangefinder having in operation a specific positional relationship to said at least one camera, theone or more light reflecting points/targets for said laser rangefinder being located on the touch tool, anda data processor constructed and programmed to compute the spatial position and orientation of said touch tool relative to said at least one camera and said rangefinder on the basis of the position of said light giving means relative to the tool'"'"'s contact point, the measured directions from the cameras to the individual light giving means, and measured distance from the laser rangefinder to the light reflecting point/target, so that the position of the tool is related to said contact point.
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Abstract
A system for point-by-point measurement of spatial coordinates comprising: one or more opto-electronic cameras (7, 8) arranged for measuring spatial direction to point-shaped light sources; one or more rangefinders (11) for measuring distance and optionally direction to light-reflecting targets (19, 28); a touch tool (18) having a minimum of three point-shaped light giving means (21-25) in known local coordinates relative to a local tool-fixed coordinate system, one or more light-reflecting points or targets (28) for the laser rangefinder, and having a contact point (30) in known position relative to said local coordinate system; and data processor (2) designed to compute the spatial position and orientation of said touch tool (18) relative to said camera (7, 8) and rangefinder (11) on the basis of knowledge of the position of said light giving means (21-25) relative to the tool'"'"'s contact point (30), the measured directions from the cameras (7, 8) to the individual light giving means (21-25), and measured distance from the laser rangefinder (11) to the light-reflecting point/target (28), so that the position of the tool (18) is referred to said contact point (30).
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16 Claims
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1. A system for point-by-point measuring of spatial coordinates, comprising:
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at least one opto-electronic camera arranged to measure spatial direction to light giving means; touch tool having a minimum of three point-shaped light giving means at known local coordinates relative to a local tool-fixed coordinate system, and having a contact point at a known position relative to said local coordinate system; a laser rangefinder being provided for measuring distance to light reflecting targets, said rangefinder having in operation a specific positional relationship to said at least one camera, the one or more light reflecting points/targets for said laser rangefinder being located on the touch tool, and a data processor constructed and programmed to compute the spatial position and orientation of said touch tool relative to said at least one camera and said rangefinder on the basis of the position of said light giving means relative to the tool'"'"'s contact point, the measured directions from the cameras to the individual light giving means, and measured distance from the laser rangefinder to the light reflecting point/target, so that the position of the tool is related to said contact point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for point-by-point-measuring of spatial coordinates, comprising:
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at least one camera arranged to measure spatial direction to point-shaped light sources; a touch tool having point-shaped light sources in known local coordinates relative to a local tool-fixed coordinate system, and having a contact point in known position relative to said local coordinate system; a laser rangefinder for measuring distance to light reflecting targets, said rangefinder having in operation a specific positional relationship to said at least one camera, the light reflecting targets for said single laser rangefinder being located as light sources on the touch tool, and a data processor for computing a spatial position and orientation of said touch tool relative to said at least one camera and said laser rangefinder based on the position of said light sources relative to the tool'"'"'s contact point, measured directions from the cameras to the individual light sources, and a measured distance from the laser rangefinder to the light reflecting point/target. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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