Patent ID: 8199316
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: B25J,G01B,G05B

Abstract:
1. A device ( 1 ) for tracking the movement of a tool of a handling unit ( 2 ) having at least one directional radiator ( 5 ) that can be aligned with the tool and be tracked, and a signal evaluation unit ( 4 ) for determining the movement, in which the directional radiators ( direction beam sensors ( the signal evaluation unit ( characterized in that at least one inertial sensor ( 8 ) is connected to the tool for quantitatively acquiring the acceleration and/or rate of rotation and acquiring the direction of acceleration and/or direction of rotation of the tool and is connected with a signal output to the signal evaluation unit ( 4 ), and in that the signal evaluation unit ( 4 ) is set up for correcting the movement information determined with the aid of the signals of the inertial sensor ( 8 ) by means of the movement information determined with the aid of the directional radiators ( 5 ), and for tracking the movement of the tool and/or for tracking the directional radiators ( 5 ) as a function of the acceleration and/or rate of rotation signals of the inertial sensor ( 8 ).