摘要 |
The present invention, a wireless location and attitude detector for a sensor, is intended to determine and record the position and attitude of a sensor being used to test a material. It uses radio frequency identification transponders attached to a rigid object, to which the sensor is also attached. These radio frequency identification transponders respond to radio frequency identification transceivers that measure the time of response, giving distance data for each radio frequency identification transponder. This data is calculated to establish the position and attitude of the sensor relative to the radio frequency identification transceivers. This recorded data is used by a computer to draw a contoured image of the material, as the sensor is being dragged across the material by hand. This material contour image can be combined with data from the sensor itself for the purpose of drawing an image of a tested material that shows characteristics of the material on the image. This can be done without a rigid connection of the sensor to the position recording apparatus.
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