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Method and apparatus for using gestures to control a laser tracker

  • US 9,383,189 B2
  • Filed: 07/20/2015
  • Issued: 07/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for a user to control operation of a laser tracker with steps comprising:

  • providing the laser tracker having a structure rotatable about a first axis and a second axis, a first light source that launches a first light beam from the structure, a distance meter, a first angular encoder that measures a first angle of rotation about the first axis, a second angular encoder that measures a second angle of rotation about the second axis, and a processor;

    providing a wearable device having a plurality of sensor nodes, wherein each sensor node further includes one or more Electromyography sensors;

    providing a rule of correspondence between each of a plurality of commands and each of a plurality of gestures, each gesture from among the plurality of gestures corresponding to a muscle generated electrical signal from the one or more Electromyography sensors;

    placing the wearable device on the user'"'"'s body;

    performing by the user a first gesture from among the plurality of gestures, the first gesture corresponding to a first command;

    measuring with the wearable device a first set of muscle generated electrical signals;

    determining the first command based at least in part on processing the first set of muscle generated electrical signals according to the rule of correspondence; and

    executing the first command with the laser tracker.

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