US 11,874,101 B2
Modular servo cartridges for precision metrology
Kishore Lankalapalli, Sanford, FL (US); John Lucas Creachbaum, Deltona, FL (US); Dragos M. Stanescu, Lake Mary, FL (US); and Alessandro Patrioli, Rezzato (IT)
Assigned to FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC, Lake Mary, FL (US)
Filed by FARO Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US)
Filed on May 1, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/400,635.
Application 16/400,635 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/364,474, filed on Mar. 26, 2019, granted, now 10,969,760.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/816,457, filed on Mar. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/714,861, filed on Aug. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/666,969, filed on May 4, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/656,477, filed on Apr. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0316899 A1, Oct. 17, 2019
Int. Cl. G01B 11/25 (2006.01); G01B 5/008 (2006.01); G05D 3/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01)
CPC G01B 11/254 (2013.01) [G01B 5/008 (2013.01); G05D 3/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30036 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motorized cartridge for coordinate measuring machines, the motorized cartridge comprising:
a cartridge housing having a shaft passing therethrough;
a measurement probe coupled to shaft and arranged to detect movement of the shaft;
an integrated motor operably coupled to the shaft and arranged to drive movement of the shaft; and
a control unit operably connected to the integrated motor and configured to control operation of the integrated motor, wherein the control unit is configured to learn, based at least in part on a manual input, to automatically control operation of the integrated motor based on the learned manual input;
wherein the learn manual input is based on encoder readings during a manual operation by an operator of at least the measurement probe, the encoder readings being based on at least one of currents, voltages, or other electrical characteristics within or associated with the motorized cartridge.