US 11,754,383 B2
Generating efficient measurement protocol using segment grouping and limiting time-dependent measurement deviations
Sean Taylor, North Kingstown, RI (US)
Assigned to Hexagon Metrology, Inc., North Kingstown, RI (US)
Filed by Hexagon Metrology, Inc., North Kingstown, RI (US)
Filed on May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,852.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/192,725, filed on May 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/192,995, filed on May 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/192,761, filed on May 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/192,909, filed on May 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0381546 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G01B 5/008 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G01B 21/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 5/008 (2013.01) [G01B 11/005 (2013.01); G01B 21/045 (2013.01); G01B 21/047 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of efficiently measuring an object having a feature, the feature having a plurality of profiles each having a surface, the method comprising:
providing a coordinate measuring machine having a wrist coupled with a measuring probe, the probe having a tolerance angle with respect to a surface normal of a surface to be measured, the wrist having a first given orientation that is adjustable to a second given orientation;
segmenting an object to be measured into a plurality of segments as a function of a wrist orientation that can be used to measure a given segment within the tolerance;
determining a first group of segments that can be measured within the probe tolerance using a first ideal vector; and
determining a second group of segments that can be measured within the probe tolerance using a second ideal vector.