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Hi all, I need help in a math issue: Let's say I have 3 measuring devices which give me a distance. Mechanically those 3 sensors are mounted more or less in the right position, but we can't be sure of the angle neither position the measuring devices are mounted. I have 3 Mastering parts (3 circumferences of a known radius) that I can mount into the machine at any moment and that I want to use to calibrate the system. The measuring error of the 3 measuring devices can be dismissed. this is a small diagram to represent the problem: https://i.stack.imgur.com/a2AyG.png[^] 2 known master circumferences give me a distance [d1] between circumferences (d1 = radius 1 - radius 2). For each circumference the sensor will give me a different measure m1 and m2. Given the difference between r1-r2 and m2-m1 could I find the angle in which the measuring device is mounted? Summarizing: 2 master circumferences mounted in the same center. 3 external measuring devices mounted completely unaligned with the center. I don't know the measuring devices position. The red lines in the drawing are the vector lines the measuring device measures would be placed into. The real measures (in this drawing) would be the distance from the sensor to the position where the red line crosses a circle. Any help will be welcome... Thank you all...
I'm a little confused by what you're asking, but if I understand you: You first need the 2d Cartesian points of each radius (x,y) Then you can do trig on them to get the angles out of it. My trig is rusty, but that's where to start. Once you have that, you should be able to do this: trigonometry - Finding the angle between two points - Mathematics Stack Exchange[^]
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I know it's Monday morning, and I'm still MucusMan: The Human Hagfish but I need a diagram to work out what the heck you are asking about there ...
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https://i.stack.imgur.com/a2AyG.png[^] 2 circumferences mounted in the same center. 3 external measuring devices mounted completely unaligned with the center. I don't know the measuring devices position. But I get a distance from the measuring device to the circular master part mounted. And I have 2 master circular parts. The red lines in the drawing are the vector lines the measuring device measures would be placed into.
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The 3 measuring devices are mounted around the circular part. But I don't know the exact position and orientation of the measuring devices because the mechanical engineers can't guarantee it. I need to find the position and angle of the 3 measuring devices given the known circular parts and the measures the devices take. Circular parts are always mounted in the same center position.
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I'm a little confused by what you're asking, but if I understand you: You first need the 2d Cartesian points of each radius (x,y) Then you can do trig on them to get the angles out of it. My trig is rusty, but that's where to start. Once you have that, you should be able to do this: trigonometry - Finding the angle between two points - Mathematics Stack Exchange[^]
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Joan M wrote:
The 3 measuring devices are mounted around the circular part.
What does that mean; the circular part of what? I really think we need a picture.
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Yes, if I had the xy would be easy, I don't know the position of the measuring device neither the angle it is mounted... :(
Then I'm not sure what you're asking is possible. you need some way to get 2 points out of this to get an angle. That's the minimum you need (and the 3rd point is implicit) So your task now is to divine two points. Somehow.
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Then I'm not sure what you're asking is possible. you need some way to get 2 points out of this to get an angle. That's the minimum you need (and the 3rd point is implicit) So your task now is to divine two points. Somehow.
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https://i.stack.imgur.com/a2AyG.png[^] You are super right, sorry... You can see more explanations in the original question just under the link itself. Thanks!
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Hi all, I need help in a math issue: Let's say I have 3 measuring devices which give me a distance. Mechanically those 3 sensors are mounted more or less in the right position, but we can't be sure of the angle neither position the measuring devices are mounted. I have 3 Mastering parts (3 circumferences of a known radius) that I can mount into the machine at any moment and that I want to use to calibrate the system. The measuring error of the 3 measuring devices can be dismissed. this is a small diagram to represent the problem: https://i.stack.imgur.com/a2AyG.png[^] 2 known master circumferences give me a distance [d1] between circumferences (d1 = radius 1 - radius 2). For each circumference the sensor will give me a different measure m1 and m2. Given the difference between r1-r2 and m2-m1 could I find the angle in which the measuring device is mounted? Summarizing: 2 master circumferences mounted in the same center. 3 external measuring devices mounted completely unaligned with the center. I don't know the measuring devices position. The red lines in the drawing are the vector lines the measuring device measures would be placed into. The real measures (in this drawing) would be the distance from the sensor to the position where the red line crosses a circle. Any help will be welcome... Thank you all...
What I do not understand is what distances those 3 devices measuring... What is the significance of endpoint of the red lines in the drawing?
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maybe try printing out your drawing and just trying to use a pen to draw the triangles you need. Then see where the points fall. From there, see where the points are in relation to the circles and see if that can't help you. It's a shot in the dark but it's the best i got.
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What I do not understand is what distances those 3 devices measuring... What is the significance of endpoint of the red lines in the drawing?
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Hi all, I need help in a math issue: Let's say I have 3 measuring devices which give me a distance. Mechanically those 3 sensors are mounted more or less in the right position, but we can't be sure of the angle neither position the measuring devices are mounted. I have 3 Mastering parts (3 circumferences of a known radius) that I can mount into the machine at any moment and that I want to use to calibrate the system. The measuring error of the 3 measuring devices can be dismissed. this is a small diagram to represent the problem: https://i.stack.imgur.com/a2AyG.png[^] 2 known master circumferences give me a distance [d1] between circumferences (d1 = radius 1 - radius 2). For each circumference the sensor will give me a different measure m1 and m2. Given the difference between r1-r2 and m2-m1 could I find the angle in which the measuring device is mounted? Summarizing: 2 master circumferences mounted in the same center. 3 external measuring devices mounted completely unaligned with the center. I don't know the measuring devices position. The red lines in the drawing are the vector lines the measuring device measures would be placed into. The real measures (in this drawing) would be the distance from the sensor to the position where the red line crosses a circle. Any help will be welcome... Thank you all...
With no further information I unfortunately think this is a "software can't fix your mechanical problems" situation. I'm not a math wizard though so maybe someone else will chime in. If there's a way to guarantee a distance between the measurement device and the center of the measured sphere, I think it may be possible. You'd have both sides of the triangle coming out of the measurement device (the "true" distance [distance to center - radius] and the measured) and you could use spherical trigonometry to determine the angle between those sides (the angle of the measurement device) given the difference between the two distances. Honestly that's beyond me though and relies on having perfect spheres. I was never good at trig :sigh: EDIT: Also this would in no way let you know where in the xy plane those measurement devices are.
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Hi all, I need help in a math issue: Let's say I have 3 measuring devices which give me a distance. Mechanically those 3 sensors are mounted more or less in the right position, but we can't be sure of the angle neither position the measuring devices are mounted. I have 3 Mastering parts (3 circumferences of a known radius) that I can mount into the machine at any moment and that I want to use to calibrate the system. The measuring error of the 3 measuring devices can be dismissed. this is a small diagram to represent the problem: https://i.stack.imgur.com/a2AyG.png[^] 2 known master circumferences give me a distance [d1] between circumferences (d1 = radius 1 - radius 2). For each circumference the sensor will give me a different measure m1 and m2. Given the difference between r1-r2 and m2-m1 could I find the angle in which the measuring device is mounted? Summarizing: 2 master circumferences mounted in the same center. 3 external measuring devices mounted completely unaligned with the center. I don't know the measuring devices position. The red lines in the drawing are the vector lines the measuring device measures would be placed into. The real measures (in this drawing) would be the distance from the sensor to the position where the red line crosses a circle. Any help will be welcome... Thank you all...
Your question is really unclear, are you trying to calculate d1? Regardless, if you have neither the positions nor the angles of the devices then you can't get an accurate calculation. Your best option would be to use which ever device gives you the shortest distance, as that will be the most accurate - but certainly cannot guarantee a correct result. Essentially to get the correct result you need a device pointed directly at the centre point. If they are not pointing directly at the centre point then you could probably compensate for this offset is your calculations, but you would need the angles and positions to be able to do so.
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Your question is really unclear, are you trying to calculate d1? Regardless, if you have neither the positions nor the angles of the devices then you can't get an accurate calculation. Your best option would be to use which ever device gives you the shortest distance, as that will be the most accurate - but certainly cannot guarantee a correct result. Essentially to get the correct result you need a device pointed directly at the centre point. If they are not pointing directly at the centre point then you could probably compensate for this offset is your calculations, but you would need the angles and positions to be able to do so.
I need to calculate XY position in which the sensor finds the part. The problem is that the sensor is at an unknown position and angle (which will be very similar to the desired one but I need a really high precision (3 micrometers)). I only get from the sensor the distance from the sensor to the part.
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I need to calculate XY position in which the sensor finds the part. The problem is that the sensor is at an unknown position and angle (which will be very similar to the desired one but I need a really high precision (3 micrometers)). I only get from the sensor the distance from the sensor to the part.
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Like a beam that hits the surface of the circle and you have the distance without the angle?
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Hi all, I need help in a math issue: Let's say I have 3 measuring devices which give me a distance. Mechanically those 3 sensors are mounted more or less in the right position, but we can't be sure of the angle neither position the measuring devices are mounted. I have 3 Mastering parts (3 circumferences of a known radius) that I can mount into the machine at any moment and that I want to use to calibrate the system. The measuring error of the 3 measuring devices can be dismissed. this is a small diagram to represent the problem: https://i.stack.imgur.com/a2AyG.png[^] 2 known master circumferences give me a distance [d1] between circumferences (d1 = radius 1 - radius 2). For each circumference the sensor will give me a different measure m1 and m2. Given the difference between r1-r2 and m2-m1 could I find the angle in which the measuring device is mounted? Summarizing: 2 master circumferences mounted in the same center. 3 external measuring devices mounted completely unaligned with the center. I don't know the measuring devices position. The red lines in the drawing are the vector lines the measuring device measures would be placed into. The real measures (in this drawing) would be the distance from the sensor to the position where the red line crosses a circle. Any help will be welcome... Thank you all...
We have the distances m1 (between the measuring device and the outer circle), m2 (between the measuring device and the inner circle), r1, and r2 (the radii of the two circles). If the measuring device were pointed exactly at the common centre of the circles, then m1 - m2 == r1 - r2. If it is not pointing at the centre, the direction vector traces a chord on each of the circles. One chord is the intersections of the direction vector with the outer circle, and one chord is the intersections of the direction vector with the inner circle. The difference between the two chords is 2*(m1 - m2). If the measuring device is at a distance R and angle alpha from the centre of the circles, you should be able to calculate the lengths of the chords in terms of R, alpha, r1, and r2. Working backwards, you should get a formula for R and alpha in terms of m1, m2, r1, and r2.
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Like a beam that hits the surface of the circle and you have the distance without the angle?
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Yes, in that case is a mechanical measuring device, but yes, the red line would represent a beam that measure the distance, but I don't know the incidence angle. Thank you for spending time on that, I'm sure my super explanations are not making it easy to understand it.
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Joan M wrote:
I only get from the sensor the distance from the sensor to the part.
So just to be clear. Do you just get a single value (distance) from the sensor to the outer circle? Or do you get 2 values, one for outer circle and one for inner circle?
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One for each circle. Thank you for spending time on this. And sorry for my bad explanations, it's difficult for me to describe this clearly in English...
Joan M wrote:
One for each circle.
Ok, that is a good start. We definitely need both. The other vital piece is: do you know the value of d1? (i.e do you know the radius/circumference of both the inner and outer circles?) It looks like Daniel is already suggesting what I am trying to get at too, however I just wanted to be sure you have all the information that he is trying to make use of.
