Patent ID: 7064845

Claim:
Process for the measurement of an object geometry ( 12 ) by means of a coordinate measuring device ( 10 ), the object geometry ( 12 ) is recorded by means of an image processing sensor ( 14 ) movable along the x-, y-, and z-axes by means of a positioning system of the coordinate measuring device, and said object geometry is represented by an image content ( 32 ), and whereby, within the image content, geometric structures ( 60 – 70 ) suitable for the measurement of the object are selected and subsequently evaluated, characterized in that at the time of any modification of the image content ( 32 ) on the basis of a modification of a value of the coordinate measuring device effected by operation of the coordinate measuring device, said image content is automatically searched for the geometric structures ( 60 – 70 ) suitable for the measurement of the object ( 12 ), and the suitable structures are marked and made available for further evaluation.