METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING GESTURES TO CONTROL A MEASUREMENT DEVICE

A method and system are provided for controlling a measurement device remotely through gestures performed by a user. The method includes providing a relationship between a command and a gestures. A gesture is performed by the user with the user's body that corresponds to the user gesture. The g...

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Main Authors Bridges, Robert E, Fletcher, Kelley, Parker, David H
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.07.2018
Subjects
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASURING
MEASURING ANGLES
MEASURING AREAS
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS
MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS
NAVIGATION
PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
SURVEYING
TESTING
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Summary:A method and system are provided for controlling a measurement device remotely through gestures performed by a user. The method includes providing a relationship between a command and a gestures. A gesture is performed by the user with the user's body that corresponds to the user gesture. The gesture performed by the user is detected. A command is determined based at least in part on the detected gesture. Then the command is executed with the laser tracker.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201815910493