Method, system and storage medium for providing a tool kit for a coordinate measurement system

• US 6,796,048 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2002
• Issued: 09/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Faro Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Faro Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Steffey, Kenneth, Raab, Simon
• Primary Examiner(s): Fulton, Christopher W.
• Application Number:
  US10/119,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20020170192A1
• Time in Patent Office: 903 Days
• Field of Search: 335/03, 335/04, 717/168, 717/171, 717/172, 717/173, 717/174, 717/176, 717/177, 717/178, 700/245, 702/95, 702/150, 705/26
• US Class Current: 33/503
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/4202 preparation of the programme medium using a drawing, a model
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31186 TCP-IP internet protocol
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/35034 Adapt design to customer feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/37193 Multicoordinate measuring system, machine, cmm
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/37443 Program cmm, coordinate measuring machine, use cad data
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment is a method, system and storage medium for generating a tool kit for a coordinate measurement system. The system includes a user interface and a processor for receiving a request from the user interface to generate an executable tool kit, presenting a basic tool selection list for the tool kit to the user interface, receiving a basic tool selection from the basic tool selection list and generating the tool kit. The system also includes a coordinate measurement system that executes the tool kit.

Claims

1. A system for providing a tool kit for measuring a feature of a part, the system comprising:

a user interface;

a processor for receiving a request from said user interface to generate the tool kit providing instructions guiding an operator through a number of measurement steps to be performed with a coordinate measurement system to measure at least one feature, said tool kit being an executable programs, presenting a basic tool selection list for said tool kit to said user interface, the basic tool selection list including a plurality of basic tools, said basic tools being executable programs, each basic tool corresponding to a measurement to be performed with the coordinate measurement system, receiving a basic tool selection from said basic tool selection list and generating said tool kit; and

the coordinate measurement system;

wherein said coordinate measurement system executes said tool kit.

2. The system of claim 1, further including said processor:

receiving a request from said user interface to modify said basic tool selection;

presenting a basic tool detail interface to said user interface;

receiving an input to said basic tool detail interface; and

modifying said basic tool selection based on said receiving said input to said basic tool detail interface.

3. The system of claim 1, further including said processor:

receiving a request from said user interface to assign a configuration to said tool kit;

presenting a tool kit configuration interface to said user interface;

receiving an input to said tool kit configuration interface; and

assigning said configuration to said tool kit based on said receiving said input to said tool kit configuration interface.

4. The system of claim 1, further including said processor:

receiving a request from said user interface to save said tool kit;

presenting an access control selection list to said user interface;

receiving an access control selection from said access control selection list; and

assigning access control to said tool kit based on said receiving said access control selection.

5. The system of claim 1, further including said processor:

receiving a request from said user interface to verify the function of said tool kit;

verifying the function of said tool kit; and

presenting a warning indication to said user interface if said tool kit function is not verified.

6. The system of claim 5, further including said processor presenting said user interface with a selection to modify said basic tool selection.

7. The system of claim 5, further including said processor presenting said user interface with a selection to modify said basic tool selection.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said tool kit includes a first basic tool and a second basic tool, said second basic tool relying on at least one measurement obtained by said first basic tool.

9. A system for altering a tool kit for measuring a feature of a part, the system comprising:

a user interface;

a processor for receiving a request from said user interface to modify a basic tool selection in the tool kit providing instructions guiding an operator through a number of measurement steps to be performed with a coordinate measurement system to measure at least one feature, said tool kit being an executable program, presenting a basic tool detail interface to said user interface corresponding to a basic tool corresponding to a measurement to be performed with the coordinate measurement system, said basic tool being an executable program, receiving an input to said basic tool detail interface and modifying said basic tool selection based on said receiving said input to said basic tool detail interface; and

the coordinate measurement system;

wherein said coordinate measurement system executes said tool kit.

10. The system of claim 9, further including:

receiving a request from said user interface to save said tool kit;

presenting an access control selection list to said user interface;

receiving an access control selection from said access control selection list; and

assigning access control to said tool kit based on said receiving said access control selection.

11. The system of claim 9, further including:

receiving a request from said user interface to verify the function of said tool kit;

verifying the function of said tool kit; and

presenting a warning indication to said user interface if said tool kit function is not verified.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein said tool kit includes a first basic tool and a second basic tool, said second basic tool relying on at least one measurement obtained by said first basic tool.

13. A method for providing a tool kit for measuring a feature of a part, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a user interface to generate an executable tool kit providing instructions guiding an operator through a number of measurement steps to be performed with a three dimensional coordinate measurement system to measure at least one feature, said tool kit being an executable program;

presenting a basic tool selection list for said tool kit to said user interface, the basic tool selection list including a plurality of basic tools, said basic tools being executable program, each basic tool corresponding to a measurement to be performed with the coordinate measurement system;

receiving a basic tool selection from said basic tool selection list; and

generating said tool kit in response to the basic tool selection.

14. The method of claim 13, further including:

receiving a request from said user interface to modify said basic tool selection;

presenting a basic tool detail interface to said user interface;

receiving an input to said basic tool detail interface; and

modifying said basic tool selection based on said receiving said input to said basic tool detail interface.

15. The method of claim 13, further including:

receiving a request from said user interface to assign a configuration to said tool kit;

presenting a tool kit configuration interface to said user interface;

receiving an input to said tool kit configuration interface; and

assigning said configuration to said tool kit based on said receiving said input to said tool kit configuration interface.

16. The method of claim 13, further including:

receiving a request from said user interface to save said tool kit;

presenting an access control selection list to said user interface;

receiving an access control selection from said access control selection list; and

assigning access control to said tool kit based on said receiving said access control selection.

17. The method of claim 13, further including:

receiving a request from said user interface to verify the function of said tool kit;

verifying the function of said tool kit; and

presenting a warning indication to said user interface if said tool kit function is not verified.

18. The method of claim 17, further including presenting said user interface with a selection to modify said tool selection.

19. The method of claim 17, further including presenting said user interface with a selection to add a further tool selection.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein said tool kit includes a first basic tool and a second basic tool, said second basic tool relying on at least one measurement obtained by said first basic tool.

21. A method for providing a toolkit to a user interface for measuring a feature of a part, the method comprising:

receiving a request from said user interface to use an executable toolkit providing instructions guiding an operator through a number of measurement steps to be performed with a coordinate measurement system to measure at least one feature, said tool kit being an executable program;

receiving a request from said user interface to modify a basic tool selection in said tool kit corresponding to a basic tool corresponding to a measurement to be performed with the coordinate measurement system, said basic tool being an executable program;

presenting a basic tool detail interface to said user interface;

receiving an input to said basic tool detail interface; and

modifying said basic tool selection based on said receiving said input to said basic tool detail interface.

22. The method of claim 21, further including:

receiving a request from said user interface to save said tool kit;

presenting an access control selection list to said user interface;

receiving an access control selection from said access control selection list; and

assigning access control to said tool kit based on said receiving said access control selection.

23. The method of claim 21, further including:

receiving a request from said user interface to verify the function of said tool kit;

verifying the function of said tool kit; and

presenting a warning indication to said user interface if said tool kit function is not verified.

24. The method of claim 21 wherein said tool kit includes a first basic tool and a second basic tool, said second basic tool relying on at least one measurement obtained by said first basic tool.

25. A storage medium encoded with a machine-readable computer program code for providing a tool kit for a measuring a feature of a part, said storage medium including instructions for causing a processor to implement a method comprising:

receiving a request from said user interface to generate an executable tool kit providing instructions guiding an operator through a number of measurement stops to be performed with a coordinate measurement system to measure at least one feature, said tool kit being an executable program;

presenting a basic tool selection list for said tool kit to said user interface, the basic tool selection list including a plurality of basic tools, each basic tool corresponding to a measurement to be performed with the coordinate measurement system, said basic tools being executable programs;

receiving a basic tool selection from said tool selection list; and

generating said tool kit is response to said basic tool selection.

26. A storage medium encoded with a machine-readable computer program code for altering a tool kit for measuring a feature of a part, said storage medium including instructions for causing a processor to implement a method comprising:

receiving a request from said user interface to use an executable tool kit providing instructions guiding an operator through a number of measurement steps to be performed with a coordinate measurement system to measure at least one feature, said tool kit being an executable program;

receiving a request from said user interface to modify a basic tool selection in said tool kit;

presenting a basic tool detail interface to said user interface corresponding to a basic tool corresponding to a measurement to be performed with the coordinate measurement system, said basic tool being an executable program;

receiving an input to said basic tool detail interface; and

modifying said basic tool selection based on said receiving said input to said basic tool detail interface.