Patent ID: 7405388

Claim:
A device for aligning a machine with a target point comprising: (a) two or more image sensing devices able to detect a projected image and send the image to another component, and (b) two or more lenses to project an image at a focal plane, and (c) an image processing system containing a computer, memory, and the ability to send and receive images, and (d) wherein said machine has an alignment axis, and (e) wherein said image sensing devices view said target point through said lenses thereby receiving projected images of the target point, and (f) wherein, the image sensing devices can send images to said image processing system, and (g) wherein the image processing system receives the images and determines an offset value, and (h) wherein the image processing system creates a synthetic image based on the received images and said offset value, and (i) wherein the image processing system adds a target designator to said synthetic image thereby creating a combined image, and (j) wherein said target designator indicates said alignment axis of said machine, and the machine operator is able to the information contained in the combined image to bring the alignment axis of the machine into the desired alignment with the target point by using the machine controls.