Patent ID: 6049378
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
Device for mutually aligning bodies with a combined position-measuring sensor, comprising a light emitting system for emitting a light beam oriented parallel to a defined axis, an adaptor with which the light emitting system is mountable onto a body to be aligned parallel to a longitudinal axis thereof, a receiving unit for receiving said light beam and having means for determining its own orientation relative to a predetermined spatially fixed coordinate system, and electronic computing means for a determining azimuth and elevation angular positions of the adaptor and body with respect to said predetermined spatially fixed coordinate system by a) determining a specific angular alignment of the receiving unit relative to coordinates of the predetermined spatially fixed coordinate system b) determining a direction of reception of the light beam from the light emitting system relative to specific housing dimensions of the receiving unit c) computing of the angular position of the adaptor relative to the predetermined spatially fixed coordinate system on the basis of measured values which have been obtained by means of a) and b) without having to displace either of said receiving unit and said longitudinal axis.