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Polhemus' corporate name is Alken, Inc. and is incorporated in Vermont.<ref name="x953">{{cite web | title=Corporations Division | website=Corporations Division | url=https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/online/BusinessInquire/TradeNameInformation?businessID=251741 | access-date=2024-05-25}}</ref><ref name="q030">{{cite web | title=Patriot User Manual November 2004 | url=http://www.math.uaa.alaska.edu/~moose/mhs/trunk/PolhemusActiveXControl/polhemus/Patriot/PATRIOT%20Manual.pdf | access-date=2024-05-25}}</ref>
 
Polhemus' corporate name is Alken, Inc. and is incorporated in Vermont.<ref name="x953">{{cite web | title=Corporations Division | website=Corporations Division | url=https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/online/BusinessInquire/TradeNameInformation?businessID=251741 | access-date=2024-05-25}}</ref><ref name="q030">{{cite web | title=Patriot User Manual November 2004 | url=http://www.math.uaa.alaska.edu/~moose/mhs/trunk/PolhemusActiveXControl/polhemus/Patriot/PATRIOT%20Manual.pdf | access-date=2024-05-25}}</ref>
 
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* [[Fastrak]] / 3Space Fastrak
 
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* [[Polhemus Viper]]
 
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* [[Polhemus G4]]<ref name="c890">{{cite web | title=Polhemus All Trackers | website=Polhemus is the premier precision motion tracking company | url=https://polhemus.com/motion-tracking/all-trackers/ | access-date=2024-05-13}}</ref>
 
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* [[Polhemus Patriot]]
 
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* [[Polhemus Liberty]]
 
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* [[Liberty LATUS]]
 
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* [[3Space 3Draw]]<ref name="v472">{{cite web | title=Polhemus | website=Wayback Machine | url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970330140519if_/http://www.polhemus.com/ourprod.htm | access-date=2024-05-25}}</ref>
 
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==History==
 
==History==
 
Polhemus was started as Polhemus Associates by [[Bill Polhemus]].<ref name="b232">{{cite web | last=Carlson | first=Wayne E. | title=17.4 Interaction | publisher=The Ohio State University | date=2017-06-20 | url=https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/graphicshistory/chapter/1-4-interaction/ | access-date=2024-05-25}}</ref> It was founded in Michigan. Polhemus Associates researched how to track objects' position and orientation in a three-dimensional space.<ref name="b232"/>
 
Polhemus was started as Polhemus Associates by [[Bill Polhemus]].<ref name="b232">{{cite web | last=Carlson | first=Wayne E. | title=17.4 Interaction | publisher=The Ohio State University | date=2017-06-20 | url=https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/graphicshistory/chapter/1-4-interaction/ | access-date=2024-05-25}}</ref> It was founded in Michigan. Polhemus Associates researched how to track objects' position and orientation in a three-dimensional space.<ref name="b232"/>
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Polhemus was incorporated as Alken, Inc. in Vermont.<ref name="v141">{{cite web | title=Corporations Division | website=Corporations Division | url=https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/online/BusinessInquire/BusinessInformation?businessID=123354 | access-date=2024-05-25}}</ref>
 
Polhemus was incorporated as Alken, Inc. in Vermont.<ref name="v141">{{cite web | title=Corporations Division | website=Corporations Division | url=https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/online/BusinessInquire/BusinessInformation?businessID=123354 | access-date=2024-05-25}}</ref>
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==Products==
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* [[Fastrak]] / 3Space Fastrak
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* [[3space isotrak]]
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* [[Polhemus Viper]]
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* [[Polhemus G4]]<ref name="c890">{{cite web | title=Polhemus All Trackers | website=Polhemus is the premier precision motion tracking company | url=https://polhemus.com/motion-tracking/all-trackers/ | access-date=2024-05-13}}</ref>
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* [[Polhemus Patriot]]
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* [[Polhemus Liberty]]
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* [[Liberty LATUS]]
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* [[3Space 3Draw]]<ref name="v472">{{cite web | title=Polhemus | website=Wayback Machine | url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970330140519if_/http://www.polhemus.com/ourprod.htm | access-date=2024-05-25}}</ref>
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* [[3Space 3Draw Pro]]<ref name="v472"/>
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* [[3Space Isotrak II]]<ref name="v472"/>
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* [[3Space Star*Trak]]<ref name="v472"/>
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* [[3Space Ultratrak Pro]]<ref name="v472"/>
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* [[3Space InsideTrak]]<ref name="v472"/>
  
 
==Patents==
 
==Patents==

Revision as of 02:45, 15 October 2024

Polhemus logo

Polhemus is a company that makes 3D tracking systems. Polhemus trackers have been used in virtual reality systems. The magnetic tracking products generally have high precision. The trackers can be found in medical and flight simulator applications. Examples of their products are the Viper line and the Polhemus Patriot.

Polhemus' systems are comprised of a system electronics unit (SEU), a source, and at least one sensor. The SEU connects to a computer and plugs in to the source(s) and sensors.

Polhemus has filed patents on magnetic tracking technology.

The trackers can be used with or without kalman filtering.

The company is named after Bill Polhemus.

Polhemus' corporate name is Alken, Inc. and is incorporated in Vermont.[1][2]

History

Polhemus was started as Polhemus Associates by Bill Polhemus.[3] It was founded in Michigan. Polhemus Associates researched how to track objects' position and orientation in a three-dimensional space.[3]

The company moved to Vermont, and began focusing on hardware. It worked with Northrop Corporation, and then changed its name to Polhemus Navigation Sciences, and became incorporated in Vermont.[3][4][5]

Polhemus developed magnetic tracking for tracking a pilot's helmet for use with a head-up display. Polhemus received Air Force contracts.[3] Polhemus faced financial difficulty, and was sold to the Austin Company, a company in Cleveland, Ohio.[3]

The company was then sold to McDonnell Douglas. It was called the Polhemus Navigation Sciences division of McDonnell Douglas.[6]

Two employees left and founded Ascension.[3]

Polhemus was sold to Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics.[3]

Philip G. Cooper was the President of Polhemus.[4][7][8]

Polhemus was incorporated as Alken, Inc. in Vermont.[9]

Products

Patents

References

  1. ↑ "Corporations Division". https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/online/BusinessInquire/TradeNameInformation?businessID=251741.
  2. ↑ "Patriot User Manual November 2004". http://www.math.uaa.alaska.edu/~moose/mhs/trunk/PolhemusActiveXControl/polhemus/Patriot/PATRIOT%20Manual.pdf.
  3. ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Carlson, Wayne E. (2017-06-20). "17.4 Interaction". The Ohio State University. https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/graphicshistory/chapter/1-4-interaction/.
  4. ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 "Polhemus". https://web.archive.org/web/19970330140351if_/http://www.polhemus.com/aboutpol.htm.
  5. ↑ Cruz-Neira, Carolina; Sandin, Dan; DeFanti, Tom; Other, Along With. "Section 17: Virtual Reality". https://web.archive.org/web/20120213214810if_/http://excelsior.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~carlson/history/lesson17.html.
  6. ↑ https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/167962.165918
  7. ↑ "Press Release: 1996-08-05: Sega Selects Polhemus to Develop Next Generation Motion Capture System". 2019-07-20. https://segaretro.org/Press_Release:_1996-08-05:_Sega_Selects_Polhemus_to_Develop_Next_Generation_Motion_Capture_System.
  8. ↑ "Polhemus Press Releases". 1997-05-22. http://www.polhemus.com/pressrel.htm#sega96.
  9. ↑ "Corporations Division". https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/online/BusinessInquire/BusinessInformation?businessID=123354.
  10. ↑ "Polhemus All Trackers". https://polhemus.com/motion-tracking/all-trackers/.
  11. ↑ Jump up to: 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 "Polhemus". https://web.archive.org/web/19970330140519if_/http://www.polhemus.com/ourprod.htm.
  12. ↑ "Method and apparatus for determining electromagnetic field characteristics within a volume". 1998-12-17. https://patents.google.com/patent/US6377041B1/.
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