Patent ID: 9651525
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G01N,G06K

Claim:
1. A method of scanning an object, comprising: defining, by a controller, a rectangular grid on a 3D representation of a surface of the object, wherein the rectangular grid defines a plurality of pulse positions distributed on the surface of the object and wherein a mesh size of the pulse positions varies at distinct positions on the rectangular grid; positioning, by the controller, two virtual, orthogonal axes on axes of the rectangular grid, wherein an orientation of each of the two, virtual orthogonal axes varies at distinct pulse positions on the rectangular grid; and moving, by the controller, a probe from a first pulse position to a next pulse position along a scanning path calculated as a function of orientations of the two virtual, orthogonal axes on the rectangular grid; wherein positions of the probe along the scanning path are defined according to a combination of linear and rotational mechanical axes of a multi-axis movable support holding the probe and controlled by the controller.