Patent Document ID: 10089789
Application ID: 15215031
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system comprising: a six-degree of freedom (six-DOF) probe assembly, the six-DOF probe assembly including a probe head having a retroreflector and an integral camera; a coordinate measurement device having a device frame of reference, the coordinate measurement device including a distance meter, an orientation sensor, and a control system electrically coupled to a processor, the coordinate measurement device being operable to direct a first beam of light to a first direction, the first direction determined at least by a first angle of rotation about a first axis and a second angle of rotation about a second axis; wherein the processor is operable to execute non-transient computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions comprising: in a first instance: measuring a first distance to the retroreflector with the distance meter and a first set of three orientational degrees of freedom with the orientation sensor; forming a first 2D image of the object with the camera; in a second instance: in response to the six-DOF probe assembly being moved, measuring a second distance to the retroreflector with the distance meter and a second set of three orientational degrees of freedom with the orientation sensor; forming a second 2D image of the object with the camera; determining a first cardinal point in common between the first 2D image and the second 2D image, the first cardinal point being positioned a first location on the first 2D image and a second location on the second 2D image; determining 3D coordinates of the first cardinal point in a first frame of reference; creating a first composite 3D image from the first 2D image and the second 2D image based at least in part on the first 2D image, the second 2D image, and the 3D coordinates of the first cardinal point in the first frame of reference; and storing the first composite 3D image.