Transprojection of geometry data
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1. A system for coordinate measurement and visual overlay, comprising:
- an articulated arm coordinate measuring machine comprising a base, a plurality of segments hingedly connected with a plurality of rotational transfer housings, and a contact probe at an end of the articulated arm coordinate measuring machine, the articulated arm coordinate measuring machine being configured to measure a position of an object contacted by the contact probe;
an imaging member disposed on the articulated arm coordinate measuring machine near the probe in such a manner that the probe is not in the field of view of the imaging member;
a memory configured to store preacquired geometry information; and
at least one module configured to use positions measured with the contact probe to associate coordinate systems of images captured by the imaging member with the preacquired geometry information, perform a transformation operation on the preacquired geometry information to map the preacquired geometry information to the captured images, and overlay said preacquired geometry information over the captured images.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for transprojection of geometry data acquired by a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). The CMM acquires geometry data corresponding to 3D coordinate measurements collected by a measuring probe that are transformed into scaled 2D data that is transprojected upon various digital object image views captured by a camera. The transprojection process can utilize stored image and coordinate information or perform live transprojection viewing capabilities in both still image and video modes.
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1. A system for coordinate measurement and visual overlay, comprising:
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an articulated arm coordinate measuring machine comprising a base, a plurality of segments hingedly connected with a plurality of rotational transfer housings, and a contact probe at an end of the articulated arm coordinate measuring machine, the articulated arm coordinate measuring machine being configured to measure a position of an object contacted by the contact probe; an imaging member disposed on the articulated arm coordinate measuring machine near the probe in such a manner that the probe is not in the field of view of the imaging member; a memory configured to store preacquired geometry information; and at least one module configured to use positions measured with the contact probe to associate coordinate systems of images captured by the imaging member with the preacquired geometry information, perform a transformation operation on the preacquired geometry information to map the preacquired geometry information to the captured images, and overlay said preacquired geometry information over the captured images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for coordinate measurement and visual overlay comprising:
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measuring a plurality of positions with a contact probe mounted on an articulated arm coordinate measuring machine comprising a base, a plurality of segments hingedly connected with a plurality of rotational transfer housings, and the contact probe mounted at an end of the articulated arm coordinate measuring machine; capturing a plurality of images with an imaging member disposed on the articulated arm coordinate measuring machine near the probe in such a manner that the probe is not in the field of view of the imaging member; associating coordinate systems of the images with preacquired geometry information; performing a transformation operation on the preacquired geometry information to map the preacquired geometry information to the images; and overlaying the preacquired geometry information over the images. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for coordinate measurement and visual overlay, comprising:
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a coordinate measuring machine comprising a contact probe configured to measure a position of an object contacted by the contact probe; an imaging member disposed on the coordinate measuring machine near the probe in such a manner that the field of view of the imaging member is substantially unobstructed by the probe; a memory configured to store preacquired geometry information; and at least one module configured to use positions measured with the contact probe to associate coordinate systems of images captured by the imaging member with the preacquired geometry information, perform a transformation operation on the preacquired geometry information to map the preacquired geometry information to the captured images, and overlay said preacquired geometry information over the captured images.
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