Patent ID: 9291447
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G01B

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling motion of a coordinate measuring machine (CMM), the method comprising: providing a guide element tracking system which provides a sensing volume, the guide element tracking system comprising at least one guide element tracking sensor located on the CMM and configured to provide position sensing of a guide element in the sensing volume; defining a guide element active tracking volume within the sensing volume relative to at least one of the guide element tracking sensor or a portion of the CMM; inserting a guide element into the active tracking volume, wherein the guide element is manually controlled by a user of the CMM; operating the guide element tracking system to sense and track a position of the guide element in the active tracking volume; and moving a measurement probe portion of the CMM according to a three-dimensional (3D) tracking motion that is responsive to the tracked position of the guide element, wherein the method further comprises: