Method and apparatus for remote optical measurement of the position of a surface

Systems and methods for optically measuring a position of a measurement surface relative to a reference position. The system is a wireless network comprising a centrally located data acquisition computer and a multiplicity of remotely located sensor modules mounted at different locations within wire...

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Hauptverfasser:	Huang, Timothy P, Konyndyk, David M, James, Jerry A, Fuller, Mark Douglas
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIRCRAFT ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE AVIATION CALCULATING CHECKING-DEVICES COMPUTING COSMONAUTICS COUNTING DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING ORREPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLYADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFTCOMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR MEASURING MEASURING ANGLES MEASURING AREAS MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PRESENTATION OF DATA RECOGNITION OF DATA RECORD CARRIERS REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES TESTING TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS TRANSPORTING VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS
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Zusammenfassung:	Systems and methods for optically measuring a position of a measurement surface relative to a reference position. The system is a wireless network comprising a centrally located data acquisition computer and a multiplicity of remotely located sensor modules mounted at different locations within wireless communication range of a central receiver. Each sensor module is mounted to a clamp that is made specific to a control surface location and embedded with an RFID tag to denote clamp location. The optical components of the sensor modules are selected to enable indication of the linear position of a measurement surface relative to a reference position and then broadcast the measurement results. The broadcast results are received by the central receiver and processed by the data acquisition computer, which hosts human interface software that displays measurement data.