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Robert E. Bridges0
James K. West0
Peter G. Cramer0
Date of Patent
December 16, 2008
0Patent Application Number
119695660
Date Filed
January 4, 2008
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Patent abstract
An apparatus and method for compensating a coordinate measurement machine is provided, which may be a laser-based coordinate measurement machine, laser tracker, or other coordinate measurement device. In one exemplary method, such compensation comprises self-compensation of payload parameters by means of embedded tracker targets. In another exemplary embodiment, such compensation comprises self-compensation of payload, azimuth-post, axis, or R0 parameters by means of embedded temperature sensors.
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