Method and apparatus for using gestures to control a laser tracker

A method and system are provided for controlling a laser tracker remotely from the laser tracker through gestures performed by a user. The method includes providing a rule of correspondence between each of a plurality of commands and each of a plurality of user gestures. A gesture is performed by th...

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Main Authors FLETCHER KELLEY, MEHLER ROBERT C, PEASE GREGORY D, PARKER DAVID H, BRIDGES ROBERT E
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.01.2016
Subjects
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
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
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
SURVEYING
TESTING
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Summary:A method and system are provided for controlling a laser tracker remotely from the laser tracker through gestures performed by a user. The method includes providing a rule of correspondence between each of a plurality of commands and each of a plurality of user gestures. A gesture is performed by the user with the user's body that corresponds to one of the plurality of user gestures. The gesture performed by the user is detected. The gesture recognition engine determines a first command from one of the plurality of commands that correspond with the detected gesture. Then the first command is executed with the laser tracker.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201414264420