US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on Nov. 3 for "Method and tool for calibrating a passive positioning system" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,124, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Method and tool for calibrating a passive positioning system" was invented by Michel Cardoso (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), Florence Grassin (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) and Vincent Saint Martin (Gif-sur-Yvette, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for calibrating a device for non-destructive inspection of a mechanical part. The device includes an optical movement tracking system to which a reference reference frame is linked, a sensor-holder, a first rigid body, a non-destructive inspection sensor secured to th...