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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8085394 | Optoelectronic longitudinal measurement method and optoelectronic longitudinal measurement device The invention relates to an optoelectronic measurement method for determining a position, particularly an angle or a length, of a code carrier (10) that carries a position code (11) and is movable relative to a detector element (30) with a degre... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7684025 | Auto-adjust of imaging module mechanical setup An imaging member adjustment system for an imaging module includes an imaging field opposing the imaging module and positioning targets provided in connection with the imaging field. The imaging module includes an optical source generating an optical path, an imagin... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7679733 | Optical tracking device employing a three-axis gimbal An optical tracking device, includes an azimuth sub-assembly providing a 360-degree range of motion and a transducer sensing the azimuth position within this range of motion; and an elevation sub-assembly coupled to the azimuth sub-assembly and providing at least a ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7561262 | Lateral and longitudinal metrology system The invention relates to a satellite metrology system for satellite formation flight comprising at least one reference satellite (SR) and one secondary satellite (SS). In the reference satellite, an optical source (SO) emits a light beam intended to illuminate the s... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7511804 | Crossed beam roof target for motion tracking A system for detecting motion between a first body and a second body includes first and second detector-emitter pairs, disposed on the first body, and configured to transmit and receive first and second optical beams, respectively. At least a first optical rotator i... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7433028 | Laser surveying instrument A laser surveying instrument, comprising a laser projector for projecting a laser beam by rotary irradiation and designed as tiltable, a tilting unit for tilting the laser projector, a rotating unit for integrally rotating the tilting unit and the laser projector in... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7397548 | Method of detecting suspended filamentary objects by telemetry A method of detecting the presence of a suspended filamentary object in view of a telemeter on an aircraft includes: i) calculating terrestrial coordinates of points corresponding to telemeter echoes, and selecting candidates; ii) searching a horizontal plane for st... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7382448 | Alignment system for observation instruments A method and apparatus is disclosed for aligning an optical instrument with respect to a celestial coordinate system, the optical instrument having a field of view and an optical instrument coordinate system, the celestial coordinate system having a plurality of obj... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7352477 | Two dimensional position detecting device A two-dimensional position detecting device includes a movable member which relatively moves parallel to a stationary member; a light source and a two-dimensional position sensor which are fixed to one and the other of the stationary member and the movable member, r... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349130 | Automated scanning system and method A system and method for mass, automated scanning of objects, including dental study casts, housing parts, and other objects. The system and method are able to function with little or no human operator intervention, thereby facilitating high volume scanning and reduc... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339662 | Exposure apparatus and a device manufacturing method using the same A scanning type exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system which projects a pattern of a reticle onto a wafer, which is held by a wafer chuck, a scanning stage system which scanningly moves the reticle and the wafer synchronously with respect the projec... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336349 | Systems and methods for determining a configuration of a barge complex In one aspect, a system for determining the configuration of a plurality of barges in a barge complex is described. The system includes at least one target positioned on predetermined ones of the plurality of barges, an angular measurement device positioned in a lin... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327897 | Method of precisely correcting geometrically distorted satellite images and computer-readable storage medium for the method Disclosed herein is a method of precisely correcting geometrically distorted satellite images. In order to correct a geometrically distorted satellite image, the position and attitude of a satellite must be accurately recognized. In this case, a correlation between ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327452 | Light beam apparatus and method for orthogonal alignment of specimen A system for orthogonal alignment of a specimen disclosed. The system includes a light-beam illumination source, collection optics, imaging optics, and a tiltable specimen holder. The light-beam source is activated to illuminate a spot on the specimen, and the imagi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327446 | Self-compensating laser tracker 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-compens... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7312862 | Measurement system for determining six degrees of freedom of an object A measurement system for determining six degrees of freedom (α, β, d, φ, χ, ψ) of a reflector (2) or of an object (3) on which the reflector is arranged, comprises an angle- and distance measurement apparatus (1), e.g. a laser tracker, oper... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312699 | Ear associated machine-human interface A human-machine interface can detect when a user's ear is pulled back to initiate a plurality of procedures. Such procedures include turning on a TV using a laser attached to the user, starting an additional procedure by speaking a command, communicating with other ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309048 | Vision system and method incorporating graphics symbology for use in a tanker refueling system A vision system and method for use on a refueling tanker to assist a boom operator in performing an airborne refueling operation on a receiver aircraft. The system includes a digital camera system, a sensor subsystem and a processing system that receives information... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7292151 | Human movement measurement system A system for measuring the position of transponders for testing and training a user to manipulate the position of the transponders while being guided by interactive and sensory feedback through a bidirectional communication link to a processing system for the purpos... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292319 | Optical tracking device employing a three-axis gimbal An optical tracking device, includes an azimuth sub-assembly providing a 360-degree range of motion and a transducer sensing the azimuth position within this range of motion; and an elevation sub-assembly coupled to the azimuth sub-assembly and providing at least a ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289230 | Wireless substrate-like sensor A wireless substrate-like sensor is provided to facilitate alignment and calibration of semiconductor processing systems. The wireless substrate-like sensor includes an optical image acquisition system that acquires one or more images of targets placed within the se... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275330 | Three axial displacement measuring apparatus Disclosed is a three-axial displacement measuring apparatus. The three-axial displacement measuring apparatus includes: a fixation grip fixed to one surface of a hanger supporting a structure to be measured; a universal joint connected to the fixation grip which is ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268893 | Optical projection system There is provided an optical projection system for projecting an image onto an object that is being manufactured and/or inspected. The system includes an image-projecting device, a target-locating device for determining the orientation of the image-projecting device... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257248 | Non-contact measurement system and method A system and method for non-contact measurement of a complex part is provided. The method comprises acquiring an image of the complex part including imposed laser lines on the complex part using at least one imaging device, determining a span of interest of the comp... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248374 | Spherically mounted light source with angle measuring device, tracking system, and method for determining coordinates A device for use in conjunction with a coordinate measuring device, a three-dimensional coordinate measuring system and a method of measuring three-dimensional coordinates are described. The device includes a light source mounted substantially within the center of a... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228634 | Using viewing-angle-sensitive visual tags to determine angular orientation and/or location One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses a visual tag to determine an angle. During operation, the system observes the visual tag from an observation point, wherein the visual tag includes an angle-sensitive image which changes in appearan... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230694 | Method for determining an axle geometry and sensor for its execution Method for determining an axle geometry by recording and evaluating a topographical image of a face (6) of a wheel (1) fitted to an axle (2), and a sensor (10) for execution of the method. The method includes projecting light with a codin... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227626 | Method for determining the current position of the heads of vehicle occupants The invention relates to a method for determining the current position (A, B, C, D) of a head (9) of an occupant (8) in the passenger compartment (2) of a motor vehicle (1), said head moving toward an automatic dynamic disabling zone (... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224467 | System for rotation measurement with laser interferometry An apparatus for use in rotational measurement. A rotational assembly is provided that is rotationally movable about a rotational axis. At least two interferometers are provided that are each able to receive a respective light beam, separate it into both reference a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221436 | System and method for optimization-based sensor steering and tracking A method of tracking a target includes: (a) receiving energy from the target at a plurality of spatial orientations; (b) processing the received energy; (c) evaluating a penalty function at each of the plurality of spatial orientations; (d) selecting a new spatial o... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218272 | Reducing antenna boresight error Reducing antenna boresight error includes receiving radar pulses reflected from the ground, where pulses are emitted from the antenna of a radar system, reflected by the ground, and received by the antenna. The return pulses carry information about the ground. Measu... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209243 | Illumination device, and coordinate measuring instrument having an illumination device A coordinate measuring instrument includes a horizontally X-Y displaceable measurement stage for receiving a substrate with a feature that is to be measured, an illumination system, and a detector device. The illumination system includes a light source, an optical f... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203911 | Altering a display on a viewing device based upon a user proximity to the viewing device A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture altering a displayed image presented to a user on a viewing device using the proximity of the user to the viewing device to determine how the displayed image is to be presented. The viewing device includes a plurality ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199872 | Method and apparatus for ground-based surveying in sites having one or more unstable zone(s) The invention relates to ground-based surveying on a site (2) which comprises an unstable zone (60) and at least one control point (FCP1, FCP2, FCP6, FCP7; CP1–CP3) placed outside the unstable zone, in which ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188444 | Firearm orientation and drop sensor system A sensor system for detecting jarring, acceleration or other application of force to a firearm, and/or movement of the firearm into an undesired orientation, which includes a sensor array mounted to a firearm. The sensor array detects the excessive acceleration and/... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188348 | Optical disc drive apparatus and method An optical pickup unit (OPU) includes a moveable structure that is moved by a voice coil motor component in response to an input signal. The moveable structure includes a pattern that is moved corresponding to the input signal. An encoder reads the pattern to genera... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181083 | System and method for configuring an imaging tool An imaging tool, including a lens, an imager, and a housing component, can be configured using a focus subsystem and an alignment subsystem. The focus subsystem can perform a focus heuristic using a source image to determine the appropriate focus of the lens. The al... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7164472 | Common reference target machine vision wheel alignment system A camera configuration for a machine vision vehicle wheel alignment system which does not dispose all of the cameras on a single rigid structure, such that cameras disposed to view the left side of a vehicle are movable independently of the cameras disposed to view ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161664 | Apparatus and method for optical determination of intermediate distances An apparatus and a method are disclosed for optically determining a distance r to a feature from an origin or a center. The apparatus uses a beam generation unit for launching a reference beam on a reference path and a first beam on a first path. The center from whi... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156307 | Color code for device configuration A method is disclosed that scans a colored code using a scanner disposed internal a device. As setting of the device is then adjusted based on a color of the colored code. ... | 01/02/2007 |
