摘要 |
Method for providing information about a sensor chain of a coordinate measuring machine (1), the coordinate measuring machine (1) comprises a drive mechanism for moving a tool carrier (13) relative to a base (5) for approaching a measurement point. The CMM also comprises the sensor chain carried by the tool carrier (13) and comprising an arrangement of sensor chain components providing a particular sensor configuration for measuring the measurement point, and a camera (20,21) for providing an image of at least a part of the sensor chain. The method further comprises capturing an image of at least a part of the sensor chain, deriving at least one sensor chain property from the image by image processing, comparing the sensor chain property with reference data which relates to a set of known sensor chain components and providing an output relating to the comparison of the sensor chain property with the reference data. |