Granted Patent B2

US 12,236,613 · App. 16/945,862 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Inventors: Stefan Saur (Aalen, DE); Zuzanna Derda (Katowice, PL); Stefan Schute (Aalen, DE); Adrian Samp (Slupsk, PL)

Assignees: Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH; Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

G06T7/246A61B90/39G06T1/0014G06T7/73A61B2090/3937G06T2207/10012

Abstract

Claims (43)

1. A method for generating a control signal for a controllable device with an optical position detection system, the method comprising:

generating images of at least one spatial region with at least one optical detection device of the optical position detection system;

identifying markers in the images;

generating the control signal when at least one of a relative position between at least two markers changes and a number of imaged markers changes,

wherein the controllable device is a positioning device,

wherein the control signal is an activation signal for activating a predetermined operating mode of the controllable device or a deactivation signal for deactivating the predetermined operating mode of the controllable device, and

wherein, in an activated operating mode, control signals which are different from the deactivation signal and which are generated depending on a change of at least one of the relative position between two markers and the number of imaged markers, serve for controlling an operation of the controllable device or parts of the controllable device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

generating the control signal when the relative position changes in a predetermined manner.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

changing the relative position with a relative movement along a linear trajectory.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

changing the relative position by a relative movement along a trajectory in a shape of a circle arc or by a rotation of at least one marker.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

changing the relative position by a manual actuation of at least one marker.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

moving at least one marker out of an initial position; and

generating, in a position that is different from the initial position, a restoring force/a restoring moment for moving the at least one marker into the initial position.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

moving at least one marker from an initial position into an end position without generating, in the end position, a restoring force/a restoring moment for moving the at least one marker into the initial position.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

interrupting or ending a marker-based position determination when the relative position between the at least two markers changes.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , assigning mutually different control signals to at least one of mutually different changes and mutually different marker arrays subsequent to the change.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying, depending on identified markers, a marker array comprising the at least two markers; and

generating the control signal depending on a relative position change between the at least two markers of the marker array.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the predetermined operating mode is a position tracking mode.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the predetermined operating mode is a measuring mode.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the predetermined operating mode is an input mode.

14. A system for generating a control signal for activating a predetermined operating mode or deactivating the predetermined operating mode of a controllable positioning device with an optical position detection system, the system comprising:

at least one marker;

at least one optical detection device of the optical position detection system; and

at least one evaluation device,

wherein at least two images of at least one spatial region are generatable with the at least one optical detection device,

wherein markers are identifiable in the images with the at least one evaluation device,

wherein the control signal is generatable with the at least one evaluation device when at least one of a relative position between at least two markers changes and a number of imaged markers changes,

wherein the controllable positioning device is a positioning device,

wherein the control signal is an activation signal for activating the predetermined operating mode of the controllable positioning device or a deactivation signal for deactivating the predetermined operating mode of the controllable positioning device, and

wherein, in an activated operating mode, control signals which are different from the deactivation signal and which are generated depending on a change of at least one of the relative position between two markers and of the number of imaged markers, serve for controlling an operation of the controllable positioning device or parts of the controllable positioning device in an operating mode-specific manner.

15. A controllable system comprising:

at least one system for generating a control signal as claimed in claim 14 ; and

at least one controllable device.

16. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controllable device is a positioning device for a microscope or a sensor of a coordinate measuring device.

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