Patent ID: 7705996
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
1. A system for determining the direct measurement of an object's pose with six degrees of freedom (DOF), the system comprising: at least one computer programmed to calculate six degrees of freedom of an object's motion relative to a fixed reference plane and/or an object's position relative to a fixed reference plane by fringe pattern analysis; a broad band illumination-based interferometer; and at least one image capture device capable of capturing and transferring images to the at least one computer, wherein the broad band illumination-based interferometer is optically coupled to the at least one image capture device, wherein the system determines the motion and/or position of the object relative to a fixed reference plane, and wherein the system determines an object's rose with six degrees of freedom (DOF) from an image captured by the at least one image capture device.