Self-compensating laser tracker
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1. A self compensating laser tracker, comprising:
- a laser source;
a support on which the laser source is positioned, at least a portion of the support or laser source configured to permit redirection of a laser beam emitted from the source; and
at least one temperature sensor provided within or on said laser source or support.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for compensating a coordinate measurement machine is provided, which may be a laser-based coordinate measurement machine, laser tracker, or other coordinate measurement device. In one exemplary method, such compensation comprises self-compensation of payload parameters by means of embedded tracker targets. In another exemplary embodiment, such compensation comprises self-compensation of payload, azimuth-post, axis, or R0 parameters by means of embedded temperature sensors.
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32 Claims
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1. A self compensating laser tracker, comprising:
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a laser source; a support on which the laser source is positioned, at least a portion of the support or laser source configured to permit redirection of a laser beam emitted from the source; and at least one temperature sensor provided within or on said laser source or support. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A self-compensating laser tracker, comprising:
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a laser source; a support on which the laser source is positioned, at least a portion of the support or laser source configured to permit redirection of a laser beam emitted from the source; at least two reflecting members provided on the support, wherein the support or laser source is configured to permit direction of the laser beam to said at least two reflecting members; and at least one temperature sensor provided within or on said laser source or support. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method of self-compensation of a laser tracker, comprising:
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calculating or recording an angular departure or offset parameter within a first time period; calculating or recording temperature data from at least one temperature sensor provided within or on a portion of said laser tracker within said first time period; calculating or recording temperature data from said at least one temperature sensor provided within or on a portion of said laser tracker within a second time period; and calculating a temperature corrected value of said at least one parameter based on a comparison of temperature data from said first time period and said second time period. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of self-compensation of a laser tracker, comprising:
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calculating or recording an azimuth post parameter within a first time period; calculating or recording temperature data from at least one temperature sensor provided within or on said azimuth post within said first time period; calculating or recording temperature data from said at least one temperature sensor provided within or on said azimuth post within a second time period; and calculating a temperature corrected value of said at least one parameter based on a comparison of temperature data from said first time period and said second time period. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of self-compensation of a laser tracker, comprising:
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calculating or recording an axis non-squareness parameter within a first time period; calculating or recording temperature data from at least two temperature sensors provided within or on separate portion of yoke within said laser tracker within said first time period; calculating or recording temperature data from said at least two temperature sensors within a second time period; and calculating a temperature corrected value of said axis non-squareness parameter based on a comparison of temperature data from said first time period and said second time period. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of self-compensation of a laser tracker, comprising:
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calculating or recording an R0 parameter within a first time period; calculating or recording temperature data from at least one temperature sensor provided within or on a portion of said laser tracker such that the measured temperature is representative of the temperature of the path between the gimbal point of the laser tracker and at least one home point within said first time period; calculating or recording temperature data from said at least one temperature sensor within a second time period; and calculating a temperature corrected value of said R0 parameter based on a comparison of temperature data from said first time period and said second time period. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A self-compensating laser tracker that emits a laser beam, comprising:
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a rotatable payload from which the laser beam is emitted; at least two embedded, non-moveable, reflecting members provided on a support for the payload; wherein one of said at least two reflecting members is a cube corner retroreflector and a second of said at least two reflecting members is a mirror; at least one temperature sensor provided within or on said laser source or support and; wherein the cube corner retroreflector and the mirror are fixed in position on the support relative to the rotatable payload and relative to each other and are structured to reflect the laser beam in a frontsight mode and a backsight mode when the payload is rotated accordingly in order to determine and then self-compensate for deviations in desired payload parameters where the payload parameters describe position and orientation of the laser beam. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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