Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080204698 | Phase Noise Compensation For Interferometric Absolute Rangefinders - The invention relates to a method for interferometric absolute distance measuring by a frequency modulation electromagnetic radiation on at least one measurable target and for subsequently receiving a retransmitted radiation with a heterodyne mixture, wherein the radiation is guided in a parallel direction via a reference interferometric length. In such a way, a first digitised interferogram of the radiation retransmitted by the target and a second digitised interferogram of the radiation guided on the reference length are obtainable at a reception. According to phase progression data of the second interferogram, a virtual interferogram or a phase progression thereof is synthesised and the distance determination is carried out by comparing the progression face data of the first interferogram with the progression face data of the virtual interferogram. | 08-28-2008 |
20080219301 | Sweep Speed Compensation - A method of manipulating a laser source, includes analyzing an optical signal generated by the laser source, evaluating on the basis of the analysis an actual indicator corresponding with an actual value of a tuning velocity of the laser source, comparing the actual indicator with a desired indicator corresponding with a desired value of the tuning velocity to detect a deviation of the actual value of the tuning velocity from the desired value of the tuning velocity, and compensating the deviation if any by manipulating at least one parameter influencing the signal of the laser source. | 09-11-2008 |
20090185159 | DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD AND DISTANCE MEASURING ELEMENT FOR DETECTING THE SPATIAL DIMENSION OF A TARGET - A distance measuring method for detecting the spatial dimension of at least one target by at least one emission of a multiplicity of light pulses, in particular laser light, towards the target, detecting the light pulse scattered back by the target by means of a multiplicity of distance measuring pixels and eliminating the distance to the target for each pixel, wherein each light pulse can be detected within a measuring interval T | 07-23-2009 |
20090279069 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL RANGE FINDER - An electro-optical range finder ( | 11-12-2009 |
20100046003 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A SYNTHETIC WAVELENGTH - In a method for generating a synthetic wavelength, particularly for an interferometric distance measuring setup, with a primary laser source defining a primary frequency U | 02-25-2010 |
20100208318 | LASER SCANNER - A laser scanner for detecting spatial surroundings comprises a stator ( | 08-19-2010 |
20100253931 | COORDINATE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A coordinate measurement instrument includes an optical distance measurement device ( | 10-07-2010 |
20100312524 | METHOD AND MEASURING DEVICE FOR GAUGING SURFACES - In a method for gauging surfaces ( | 12-09-2010 |
20110051146 | INTERFEROMETRIC DISTANCE-MEASURING METHOD WITH DELAYED CHIRP SIGNAL AND SUCH AN APPARATUS - In a distance-measuring method comprising a distance-measuring apparatus having at least one frequency-modulatable laser source for producing chirped laser radiation. The laser radiation has radiation components with opposite chirp as time dependency of the modulated wavelengths, the simultaneous oppositeness of the frequency curve being realized via an optical delay path ( | 03-03-2011 |
20110154672 | OPTICAL SENSOR WITH COLLISION PROTECTION FOR A MEASUREMENT MACHINE - The invention relates to an optical sensor with collision protection for a measurement machine, in particular for a coordinate measurement machine. The optical sensor comprises a sensor-side coupling part for mechanically and optically connecting to the measurement machine, and a sensor element. According to the invention, the sensor comprises a sensor protective coupling as collision protection, said protective coupling comprising a coupling part on the measurement machine side and a coupling part on the sensor element side, wherein a fiber optic cable is routed between the coupling parts of the sensor protective coupling and wherein a fiber optic cable protection element surrounds the fiber optic cable, wherein the ends of the fiber optic cable protection element are fastened to the associated coupling part of the sensor protective coupling. | 06-30-2011 |
20110229091 | OPTICAL SENSOR ELEMENT FOR A MEASURING MACHINE, AND COUPLING ELEMENT THEREFOR ON THE MEASURING MACHINE SIDE - The invention relates to an optical sensor element for a measuring machine, comprising a coupling element on the sensor element side for mechanically and optically connecting to a coupling element on the measuring machine side. An optical fiber is arranged in the coupling element on the sensor element side, wherein said optical fiber comprises an optical interface for connecting to an optical machine contact element of the measuring machine, wherein said optical interface is formed by an optical sensor contact element having a self-centering ferrule that encloses the end of the optical fiber. The ferrule is supported in the coupling element on the sensor element side in a floating manner. | 09-22-2011 |
20110292403 | INTERFEROMETRIC DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD WITH SPECTRALLY SEPARABLE DOUBLE CHIRP AND DEVICE - In a distance-measuring method, chirped laser radiation with two separable radiation components is emitted to at least one target to be surveyed and via a local oscillator path, the radiation components having an opposite chirp as a time dependency of the modulated wavelengths (λ | 12-01-2011 |
20120014564 | GEODETIC MEASURING DEVICE - Geodetic measuring device that has an angle and distance measuring functionality for determining a position of a target object. For this purpose, the measuring device comprises a sighting device having a lens that magnifies multiplicatively, a camera sensor comprising a plurality of image recording points for recording a camera image of a field of view, a focusing optical system arranged in front of the camera sensor—wherein a first optical path is defined between the lens and the camera sensor—and an ocular. The camera sensor is connected to an electronic graphics processor for generating a display image from the camera image. The sighting device comprises an electronic graphical display component arranged in front of the ocular for visually presenting the generated display image, wherein a second optical path separated from the first optical path by the display image is defined between the display component and the ocular. | 01-19-2012 |
20120110866 | OPTICAL SENSOR WITH COLLISION PROTECTION FOR A MEASUREMENT MACHINE - The invention relates to an optical sensor with collision protection for a measurement machine, in particular for a coordinate measurement machine. The optical sensor comprises a sensor-side coupling part for mechanically and optically connecting to the measurement machine, and a sensor element. According to the invention, the sensor comprises a sensor protective coupling as collision protection, said protective coupling comprising a coupling part on the measurement machine side and a coupling part on the sensor element side, wherein a fiber optic cable is routed between the coupling parts of the sensor protective coupling and wherein a fiber optic cable protection element surrounds the fiber optic cable, wherein the ends of the fiber optic cable protection element are fastened to the associated coupling part of the sensor protective coupling. | 05-10-2012 |
20140139846 | INTERFEROMETRIC DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD FOR MEASURING SURFACES, AND SUCH A MEASURING ARRANGEMENT - A distance measuring method for measuring surfaces uses a laser source having a frequency that can be modulated to tune a wavelength of a laser beam in a wavelength range. The laser beam is generated with a coherence length to provide a measuring beam and is emitted at the surface, located within a specified distance range, as a measuring beam. The measuring beam is back-scattered by the surface and is received again and used to interferometrically measure the distance from a reference point to the surface. The specified distance range lies at least partly outside of the coherence length. One portion of the laser beam is temporally delayed with respect to another portion, such that the one optical path difference caused by the delay matches the optical path difference that corresponds to a distance in the specified distance range plus or minus the coherence length of the laser. | 05-22-2014 |
20140211191 | OPTICAL INDIVIDUAL-POINT MEASUREMENT - A distance measuring method for a point on an object is performed by emitting measurement radiation. When an optical measurement axis of the measurement radiation is aligned with the point to be measured, an optical measurement point region is defined by the beam cross section of the radiation on the object. The beam cross section may be, for example, a maximum of eight times the standard deviation of a Gaussian steel profile of the measurement radiation. The distance to the point on the object is determined by receiving measurement radiation reflected from the object. The method includes altering, at least once, a measurement direction as emission direction of the measurement radiation with respective emission and reception of the measurement radiation. Altering the measurement direction is carried out such that respective area centroids defined by the beam cross section on the object lie within the measurement point region. | 07-31-2014 |
20150029489 | MEASURING DEVICE HAVING A SCANNING FUNCTIONALITY AND A SINGLE-POINT MEASUREMENT MODE - Embodiments described herein relate to a measuring device, comprising a base that defines a vertical axis, an assembly that can be pivoted about the vertical axis relative to the base, and a beam deflecting unit for varying the orientation of a measurement axis, wherein the beam deflecting unit can be rotated about a horizontal axis relative to the assembly. The measuring device further has a distance measurement functionality for measuring distance by means of the measurement radiation, an angle measurement functionality for determining an orientation of the measurement axis relative to the base, a control and processing unit for processing data and for controlling the measuring device, and a scanning functionality, wherein when the scanning functionality is executed, a scan is performed, and a point cloud comprising the scan points is produced. The assembly also has an imaging system. The measuring device may have a single-point measurement mode. | 01-29-2015 |