Patent ID: 8908028

Claim:
A calibration method for a measuring system, wherein the measuring system is designed to determine a positioning of an object that is to be positioned in a defined fashion within the scope of an industrial process, and comprises at least a first recording apparatus with a first camera for capturing a first image within a first field of view and a first angle measuring unit for very precisely determining a first angular alignment of the first camera, wherein, within the scope of the industrial process, there is, in a known cycle, a repetition of: the object being positioned in a defined fashion during positioning phases and of the measuring system performing measurements with respect to the positioning of the object; and of other process steps, more particularly processing, machining, monitoring and/or transportation steps, during positioning pauses, wherein the cycle controls an advance of the industrial process; wherein the following steps are performed within the scope of the calibration method: carrying out calibration measurements of a calibration measurement cycle comprising the capture of calibration measurement data, wherein the calibration measurement cycle has at least such a number and variety of calibration measurements that calibration parameters can be determined on the basis of the captured calibration measurement data, said calibration parameters at least relating to position and orientation of the first recording apparatus in a defined coordinate system, and establishing the calibration parameters on the basis of the calibration measurement data, wherein: the calibration measurement cycle is subdivided into a plurality of partial cycles with one or more of the calibration measurements being associated with each of these; and while maintaining the cycle, the partial cycles each take place in one of the positioning pauses such that the calibration measurement cycle is distributed over a plurality of positioning pauses.