Automatic Guidance Method for Laser Tracker Based on Rotary-Laser Scanning Angle Measurement
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Linghui Yang1, Yuanlin Pan1, Jiarui Lin1
1State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments, School of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
Abstract:
Laser-tracking measurement systems (laser tracker) have been playing a critical role in large-scale 3D high-precision coordinate measurement. However, the existing visual guidance of laser trackers is still limited by the disadvantages of operator-dependence, small-angle view field, time-consuming laser-guided process. This paper presents an automatic guidance method for laser trackers based on the rotary-laser scanning angle measurement technology. In this method, a special target consisting of six photoelectric receivers and a retroreflector is integrated into the rotary-laser scanning transmitter' coordinate systems. Real-time constraints calculated by the proposed method would provide the coordinates of the target in a laser tracker coordinates system for guidance. Finally, the experimental results verified the automatic re-establish of sightline can be realized in horizontal 360° angle field within tens of arc-seconds, and this method is robust against the fast movement of the target.
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