Systems and methods for improved coordination acquisition member comprising calibration information
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1. A probe for a coordinate measurement machine comprising:
- a probe tip;
at least one device comprising non-modifiable information relating to calibrating the probe with the coordinate measurement machine and configured to provide said information relating to calibrating the probe with the coordinate measurement machine; and
a probe mount configured to mount the probe tip and the at least one device to the coordinate measurement machine,wherein the probe tip, probe mount, and at least one device form a singular unit configured to mount to a coordinate measurement machine.
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems and methods for an improved probe for a coordinate measurement machine (PCMM) is disclosed herein. The probe comprises a machine readable unique serial number, which the PCMM can read from the probe to identify the probe and obtain information relating to calibration of the probe by matching the unique serial number with unique serial number stored with the information relating calibration. The coordinate information device further comprises modules configured to store and provide the machine readable unique serial number, and also information relating to calibrating the probe.
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1. A probe for a coordinate measurement machine comprising:
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a probe tip; at least one device comprising non-modifiable information relating to calibrating the probe with the coordinate measurement machine and configured to provide said information relating to calibrating the probe with the coordinate measurement machine; and a probe mount configured to mount the probe tip and the at least one device to the coordinate measurement machine, wherein the probe tip, probe mount, and at least one device form a singular unit configured to mount to a coordinate measurement machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A spatial coordinate measurement system comprising:
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a coordinate measurement machine; a singular probe that is removably attached to the coordinate measurement machine to form an end of the coordinate measurement machine; and wherein the singular probe comprises at least one device comprising non-modifiable information relating to calibrating the probe with the coordinate measurement machine and configured to provide said information relating to calibrating the probe with the coordinate measurement machine. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for calibrating a coordinate measurement machine comprising:
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attaching a singular probe to the coordinate measurement machine to form an end of the coordinate measurement machine; detecting the singular probe attached to the end of the coordinate measurement machine; acquiring non-modifiable calibration information related to the singular probe from the singular probe at the end of the coordinate measurement machine; and calibrating the singular probe to the coordinate measurement machine using at least part of the acquired non-modifiable calibration information. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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