What is claimed is:
1. A moveable machine foot with a sealing function, comprising
at least one element having an adjustable length portion,
an adjustable support element disposed on the at least one element for supporting the adjustable length portion; and
the machine being secured to the adjustable length portion; and
wherein the adjustable length portion has an annular collar on a side facing the support, with an outer diameter of the annular collar having a size sufficient for the annular collar covering and sealing against the connecting collar of the support plate even when the center axes of the two units are not mutually parallel, but are tilted at an angle.
2. The machine foot according to claim 1, wherein the adjustable length portion is a threaded spindle and the adjustable support element is a support plate.
3. The machine foot according to claim 2, wherein the annular collar covers the connecting collar to such an extent, that liquid does not contact the threaded spindle and does not drip downwardly and does not reaches the gap between the threaded spindle and the support plate.
4. The machine foot according to claim 2 , wherein an articulated joint is formed between the threaded spindle and the support plate facing a floor, and wherein a ball joint having a ball socket is formed.
5. The machine foot according to claim 2, wherein the threaded spindle has an end face with a concave surface facing the floor and the associated opposing surface on the support plate is convex, and the concave and the convex surfaces slide relative to one another and engage with one another, when the tilt of the support plate relative to the threaded spindle is adjusted.
6. The machine foot according to claim 2, wherein an articulated joint between the threaded spindle and the support plate (12).is formed by mating a spherical surface with an associated conical surface.
7. The machine foot according to claim 2, wherein two corresponding conical surfaces are mated for forming an articulated joint between the threaded spindle and the support plate.
8. The machine foot according to claim 2, wherein the threaded spindle is adjustably connected to the support plate with a fastening screw.
9. The machine foot according to claim 2, wherein an approximately conical recess engages with the underside of the support plate and forms a gap with respect to the respective surfaces of the support plate, providing an adjustment clearance.
10. The machine foot according to claims 2, wherein a plate is fitted in the interior space of the support plate so as to form a tight seal.
11. The machine foot according to claim 2, wherein the plate is vulcanized in the interior space of the support plate.
12. The machine foot according to claim 2, wherein the plate 14 includes a center recess which is closed off with a sealing plug or with an elastomer material.
13. The machine foot according to claim 11, wherein the plate is formed of rubber.
14. The machine foot according to claim 11, wherein the plate is formed of a metal.
15. The machine foot according to claim 11, wherein the cover plate and the plate form a single element.
16. The machine foot according to claim 15, wherein an annular groove is disposed on the contact surface of the plate.
17. The machine foot according to claims 16, wherein an O-ring is inserted into the annular groove.
18. A moveable machine foot with a sealing function comprising at least one element having a threaded spindle, with an adjustable support plate disposed on the threaded spindle for supporting the threaded spindle and the machine secured thereto with respect to a support surface or contact surface, wherein an elastomer sealing means is provided, with an upper annular collar of the elastomer sealing means sealingly contacting the threaded spindle, with radially outwardly extending surfaces of the elastomer sealing means overlapping the sealing gap between this threaded spindle and the support plate, and with corresponding sealing lips of the elastomer sealing means sealingly contacting the surface of the support plate.
19. The machine foot according to claim 18, wherein a spherical surface is mated with a corresponding opposing spherical or conical surface, and the spherical surface and the spherical or conical surface transfer of the load from the threaded spindle to the support plate.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of annotating an image of an object located in a predetermined world space of an image processing system adapted to estimate at least a location of the object in the predetermined world space, the image processing system including a monitor for displaying the image, the method comprising the steps of:
calibrating the image processing system for the predetermined world space by determining a transformation between coordinates in an image coordinate system of the image and coordinates in a world coordinate system of the predetermined world space;
defining an annotation of the object relative to the estimated location of the object in the predetermined world space returned by the image processing system, the annotation being defined in the world coordinate system of the world space;
mapping the annotation into the image coordinate system using an inverse of the transformation between the image coordinate system and the world coordinate system, wherein mapping the annotation comprises piece wise mapping of the annotation by:
segregating the annotation into a plurality of local elements;
mapping each of the local elements into the image coordinate system; and
desegregating the mapped local elements within the image coordinate system; and
displaying the annotation of the object on the monitor in conjunction with the image of the object.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of defining an annotation of the object comprises any one or more of:
defining an envelope in the world coordinate system encompassing the estimated location of the object in the predetermined world space;
defining an indicator positioned at the estimated location of the object in the predetermined world space;
defining text information at a predetermined position relative to the estimated location of the object in the predetermined world space; and
defining a wire-frame drawing tracing at least a portion of an outline of the object in the predetermined world space.
3. A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein defining an envelope comprises defining either one of a polygon and an ellipsoid surrounding the estimated location of the object in the predetermined world space.
4. A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the image processing system is further adapted to estimate an orientation of the object in the predetermined world space, and wherein defining an envelope further comprises defining an orientation of the envelope to approximate the estimated orientation of the object in the predetermined world space.
5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein displaying the annotation comprises either one of:
mapping the annotation into an overlay buffer associated with the monitor; and
mapping the annotation directly into a display buffer of the monitor.