Patents by Inventor Paul C. Atwell
Paul C. Atwell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240095944Abstract: A method includes providing a measuring device having a projector, a camera with a photosensitive array, and at least one processor, projecting with the projector a line of light onto an object, capturing with the camera an image of the projected line of light on the object within a window subregion of the photosensitive array, and calculating with the at least one processor three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of points on the object based at least in part on the projected line of light and on the captured image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: FARO Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kishore Lankalapalli, Michael Shen, Paul C. Atwell, Keith G. Macfarlane, Jacint R. Barba, Nitesh Dhasmana
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Patent number: 11930155Abstract: A 3D measuring system includes a first projector that projects a first line onto an object at a first wavelength, a second projector that projects a second line onto the object at a second wavelength, a first illuminator that emits a third light onto some markers, a second illuminator that emits a fourth light onto some markers, a first camera having a first lens and a first image sensor, a second camera having a second lens and a second image sensor, the first lens operable to pass the first wavelength, block the second wavelength, and pass the third light to a first image sensor, the second lens operable to pass the second wavelength, block the first wavelength, and pass the fourth light. The system further includes one or more processors operable to determine 3D coordinates based on images captured by the first image sensor and the second image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul C. Atwell, Matthew Mogensen, Nitesh Dhasmana, Christopher M Reihl
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Publication number: 20240061393Abstract: According to some aspects of the invention, auxiliary axis measurement systems for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object are provided as shown and described herein. According to some aspects of the invention, methods for operating auxiliary axis measurement systems for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object are provided as shown and described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Kishore Lankalapalli, Kenneth Steffey, Keith G. Macfarlane, Paul C. Atwell, Dragos M. Stanescu, John Lucas Creachbaum, Brent Bailey, Matthew Mogensen
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Patent number: 11908162Abstract: A handheld three-dimensional (3D) measuring system operates in a target mode and a geometry mode. In the target mode, a target-mode projector projects a first line of light onto an object, and a first illuminator sends light to markers on or near the object. A first camera captures an image of the first line of light and the illuminated markers. In the geometry mode, a geometry-mode projector projects onto the object a first multiplicity of lines, which are captured by the first camera and a second camera. One or more processors determines 3D coordinates in the target mode and the geometry mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Francesco Bonarrigo, Paul C. Atwell, John Lucas Creachbaum, Nitesh Dhasmana, Fabiano Kovalski, Andrea Riccardi, William E. Schoenfeldt, Marco Torsello, Christopher Michael Wilson
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Patent number: 11853028Abstract: According to some aspects of the invention, auxiliary axis measurement systems for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object are provided as shown and described herein. According to some aspects of the invention, methods for operating auxiliary axis measurement systems for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object are provided as shown and described herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kishore Lankalapalli, Kenneth Steffey, Keith G. Macfarlane, Paul C. Atwell, Dragos M. Stanescu, John Lucas Creachbaum, Brent Bailey, Matthew Mogensen
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Patent number: 11854219Abstract: A method includes providing a measuring device having a projector, a camera with a photosensitive array, and a processor, projecting with the projector a line of light onto an object, capturing with the camera an image of the projected line of light on the object within a window subregion of the photosensitive array, and calculating with the processor three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of points on the object based at least in part on the projected line of light and on the captured image.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kishore Lankalapalli, Michael Shen, Paul C. Atwell, Keith G. Macfarlane, Jacint R. Barba, Nitesh Dhasmana
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Publication number: 20220316869Abstract: A system includes a first light source that projects lines of light onto an object, a second light source that illuminates markers on or near the object, one or more image sensors that receive first reflected light from the projected lines of light and second reflected light from the illuminated markers, one or more processors that determine the locations of the lines of light on the image sensors based on the first reflected light and that determines the locations of the markers on the image sensors based on the second reflected light, and a frame physically coupled to the first light source, the second light source, the one or more image sensors, and the one or more processors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: William E. SCHOENFELDT, Fabiano KOVALSKI, Jacint R. BARBA, Paul C. ATWELL, Francesco BONARRIGO
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Publication number: 20220201269Abstract: A 3D measuring system includes a first projector that projects a first line onto an object at a first wavelength, a second projector that projects a second line onto the object at a second wavelength, a first illuminator that emits a third light onto some markers, a second illuminator that emits a fourth light onto some markers, a first camera having a first lens and a first image sensor, a second camera having a second lens and a second image sensor, the first lens operable to pass the first wavelength, block the second wavelength, and pass the third light to a first image sensor, the second lens operable to pass the second wavelength, block the first wavelength, and pass the fourth light. The system further includes one or more processors operable to determine 3D coordinates based on images captured by the first image sensor and the second image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Paul C. Atwell, Matthew Mogensen, Nitesh Dhasmana, Christopher M. Reihl
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Publication number: 20220198704Abstract: A handheld three-dimensional (3D) measuring system operates in a target mode and a geometry mode. In the target mode, a target-mode projector projects a first line of light onto an object, and a first illuminator sends light to markers on or near the object. A first camera captures an image of the first line of light and the illuminated markers. In the geometry mode, a geometry-mode projector projects onto the object a first multiplicity of lines, which are captured by the first camera and a second camera. One or more processors determines 3D coordinates in the target mode and the geometry mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Paul C. Atwell, John Lucas Creachbaum, Nitesh Dhasmana, Fabiano Kovalski, Andrea Riccardi, William E. Schoenfeldt, Marco Torsello, Christopher Michael Wilson
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Publication number: 20210165389Abstract: According to some aspects of the invention, auxiliary axis measurement systems for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object are provided as shown and described herein. According to some aspects of the invention, methods for operating auxiliary axis measurement systems for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object are provided as shown and described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Kishore Lankalapalli, Kenneth Steffey, Keith G. Macfarlane, Paul C. Atwell, Dragos M. Stanescu
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Publication number: 20210118167Abstract: A method includes providing a measuring device having a projector, a camera with a photosensitive array, and a processor, projecting with the projector a line of light onto an object, capturing with the camera an image of the projected line of light on the object within a window subregion of the photosensitive array, and calculating with the processor three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of points on the object based at least in part on the projected line of light and on the captured image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Kishore Lankalapalli, Michael Shen, Paul C. Atwell, Keith G. Macfarlane, Jacint R. Barba, Nitesh Dhasmana
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Patent number: 10969760Abstract: According to some aspects of the invention, auxiliary axis measurement systems for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object are provided as shown and described herein. According to some aspects of the invention, methods for operating auxiliary axis measurement systems for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object are provided as shown and described herein.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kishore Lankalapalli, Kenneth Steffey, Keith G. Macfarlane, Paul C. Atwell, Dragos M. Stanescu
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Patent number: 10895445Abstract: Rotary assemblies for arm segments of an articulated arm coordinate measuring machines are provided. The rotary assemblies include a drive assembly having an output shaft passing therethrough. The drive assembly includes a motor subassembly and an output subassembly having a gear assembly and a shaft engagement element. The motor subassembly is configured to drive the gear assembly and the shaft engagement element to drive the output shaft. In some embodiments, a motor controller is operably coupled to the motor subassembly. The motor assembly provides a torque on an arm segment about a second axis in response to a signal from the motor controller.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kishore Lankalapalli, Yue Li, John Lucas Creachbaum, Dragos M. Stanescu, Paul C. Atwell
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Patent number: 10699442Abstract: A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine (AACMM) for measuring the coordinates of an object in space and a method of operating the AACMM is provided. The AACMM includes a laser line probe is having a projector and a camera, the projector projecting a line of light, the camera having a lens assembly and a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly having a filter disposed between a photosensitive array and the lens assembly. The filter has a plurality of red, green and blue pixels in a predetermined arrangement. A controller causes the camera to acquire a metrology image and a color image. 3D coordinates of points on a surface are determined based on the metrology image and a color is assigned to the points based on the color image. The exposure time for the color image is adjusted based on an Exposure To The Right or a Mid-gray color model.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jeremy W. Mares, Jacint R. Barba, Christopher M. Riehl, Christopher Michael Wilson, Keith G. Macfarlane, Kishore Lankalapalli, Paul C. Atwell, Michael Shen, Nitesh Dhasmana
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Publication number: 20200088505Abstract: Rotary assemblies for arm segments of an articulated arm coordinate measuring machines are provided. The rotary assemblies include a drive assembly having an output shaft passing therethrough. The drive assembly includes a motor subassembly and an output subassembly having a gear assembly and a shaft engagement element. The motor subassembly is configured to drive the gear assembly and the shaft engagement element to drive the output shaft. In some embodiments, a motor controller is operably coupled to the motor subassembly. The motor assembly provides a torque on an arm segment about a second axis in response to a signal from the motor controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Kishore Lankalapalli, Yue Li, John Lucas Creachbaum, Dragos M. Stanescu, Paul C. Atwell
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Patent number: 10591276Abstract: An articulated arm coordinate measuring machine includes a laser line probe. The laser line probe includes a camera that can acquire metrology data and color data. A laser line probe is coupled to a probe end of an articulated arm. The laser line probe having a projector and a camera, the projector being operable to project a line of light at one or more predetermined wavelengths, the camera having a lens assembly optically coupled to a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly has a photosensitive array and a filter disposed between the photosensitive array and the lens assembly. The filter includes a plurality of red, green and blue pixels in a predetermined arrangement. A controller is coupled to the laser line probe and causes the camera to acquire a metrology image and a color image. The controller assigns a color to the three-dimensional coordinate points based on the color image.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jacint R. Barba, Christopher Michael Wilson, Nitesh Dhasmana, Michael Shen, Jeremy W. Mares, Keith G. MacFarlane, Randy R. Fields, Paul C. Atwell, Kishore Lankalapalli, Yazid Tohme
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Publication number: 20190317470Abstract: According to some aspects of the invention, auxiliary axis measurement systems for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object are provided as shown and described herein. According to some aspects of the invention, methods for operating auxiliary axis measurement systems for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object are provided as shown and described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Kishore Lankalapalli, Kenneth Steffey, Keith G. Macfarlane, Paul C. Atwell, Dragos M. Stanescu
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Publication number: 20190066337Abstract: A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine (AACMM) for measuring the coordinates of an object in space and a method of operating the AACMM is provided. The AACMM includes a laser line probe is having a projector and a camera, the projector projecting a line of light, the camera having a lens assembly and a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly having a filter disposed between a photosensitive array and the lens assembly. The filter has a plurality of red, green and blue pixels in a predetermined arrangement. A controller causes the camera to acquire a metrology image and a color image. 3D coordinates of points on a surface are determined based on the metrology image and a color is assigned to the points based on the color image. The exposure time for the color image is adjusted based on an Exposure To The Right or a Mid-gray color model.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Jeremy W. Mares, Jacint R. Barba, Christopher M. Riehl, Christopher Michael Wilson, Keith G. Macfarlane, Kishore Lankalapalli, Paul C. Atwell, Michael Shen, Nitesh Dhasmana
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Publication number: 20190063899Abstract: An articulated arm coordinate measuring machine includes a laser line probe. The laser line probe includes a camera that can acquire metrology data and color data. A laser line probe is coupled to a probe end of an articulated arm. The laser line probe having a projector and a camera, the projector being operable to project a line of light at one or more predetermined wavelengths, the camera having a lens assembly optically coupled to a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly has a photosensitive array and a filter disposed between the photosensitive array and the lens assembly. The filter includes a plurality of red, green and blue pixels in a predetermined arrangement. A controller is coupled to the laser line probe and causes the camera to acquire a metrology image and a color image. The controller assigns a color to the three-dimensional coordinate points based on the color image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Jacint R. Barba, Christopher Michael Wilson, Nitesh Dhasmana, Michael Shen, Jeremy W. Mares, Keith G. MacFarlane, Randy R. Fields, Paul C. Atwell, Kishore Lankalapalli, Yazid Tohme
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Patent number: 10060722Abstract: A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine includes a noncontact 3D measuring device that has a projector configured to emit a first pattern of light onto an object, a scanner camera arranged to receive the first pattern of light reflected from the surface of the object, an edge-detecting camera arranged to receive light reflected from an edge feature of the object, and a processor configured to determine first 3D coordinates of an edge point of the edge feature based on electrical signals received from the scanner camera and the edge-detecting camera.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Robert E. Bridges, Paul C. Atwell