Patents by Inventor William W. Christine

William W. Christine 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).

  • Coordinate measuring device
    Patent number: 11619481
    Abstract: A six-DOF probe includes a retroreflector, a collection of target lights, and a stylus having a probe tip. A laser tracker measures a distance, a first angle, and a second angle to the retroreflector and captures an image of the illuminated target lights. A processor determines the three-dimensional coordinates of the probe tip based at least in part on the measured distance, measured first angle, measured second angle and on a central portion of the captured image, the size of the central portion based at least in part on the measured distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Christine, Xiaoyu Cai, Max K. Kim
  • COORDINATE MEASURING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200049486
    Abstract: A six-DOF probe includes a retroreflector, a collection of target lights, and a stylus having a probe tip. A laser tracker measures a distance, a first angle, and a second angle to the retroreflector and captures an image of the illuminated target lights. A processor determines the three-dimensional coordinates of the probe tip based at least in part on the measured distance, measured first angle, measured second angle and on a central portion of the captured image, the size of the central portion based at least in part on the measured distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: William W. Christine, Xiaoyu Cai, Max K. Kim
  • System for measuring six degrees of freedom
    Patent number: 10082521
    Abstract: A system that measures six degrees-of-freedom of a remote target, the system including a dimensional measuring device having a camera, the remote target including a retroreflector, at least three light markers, and a pitch-yaw sensor, the six degrees-of-freedom determined based at least in part on measured 3D coordinates of the retroreflector by the dimensional measuring device, on a captured image of the at least three light markers by the camera, and on readings of the pitch-yaw sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mikhail Atlas, Lawrence B. Brown, William W. Christine, Max K. Kim, Daniel J. O'Neill, James Schloss, Zhiguang Willam Xu, Robert E. Bridges
  • SYSTEM FOR MEASURING SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM
    Publication number: 20170108528
    Abstract: A system that measures six degrees-of-freedom of a remote target, the system including a dimensional measuring device having a camera, the remote target including a retroreflector, at least three light markers, and a pitch-yaw sensor, the six degrees-of-freedom determined based at least in part on measured 3D coordinates of the retroreflector by the dimensional measuring device, on a captured image of the at least three light markers by the camera, and on readings of the pitch-yaw sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Mikhail Atlas, Lawrence B. Brown, William W. Christine, Max K. Kim, Daniel J. O'Neill, James Schloss, Zhiguang Willam Xu, Robert E. Bridges