The present disclosure relates to a method for initializing a position measuring system relative to an offset. A position measurement system, also known as a pose measurement system, measures the pose of a body relative to a reference frame in one or more degrees of freedom (DOF). It typically comprises a multitude of 1-DOF position sensors, which may either be absolute (indicating location) or relative (indicating displacement). A position sensor typically consists of an active part (the sensor) and a passive part (the target), where one part is attached to the body while the other part is attached to the reference frame. A pose measurement system that is based on relative position seasors typically requires some form of referencing by means of absolute sensors. An absolute sensor cannot usually substitute a relative position sensor due to lacking an essential property of the relative position sensor, e.g., a large measurement range or a high measurement rate.
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