The first measurement of a three-dimensional coordinate by use of a laser tracking interferometer system based on trilateration
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Measurement Science and Technology
- Vol. 9 (1), 38-41
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/9/1/006
Abstract
A three-dimensional coordinate of a target position was measured using a laser tracking interferometer system based on laser trilateration. Laser interferometers, which are mounted on two-directional rotating stages, track the motion of the target retroreflector. By applying the principle of trilateration, the position of the retroreflector is estimated using the optical path difference caused by the motion of the target. Four laser interferometers were used, which produced redundancy in the measurement. By taking advantage of the redundancy, the position of the interferometers and the initial position of the target is self-calibrated and consequently the target position was calculated. The measurement error of a preliminary experiment was about m for a 1 m measurement.Keywords
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