Patent · US Expired

Shape measuring device

US6909513B1 · kind B1 · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateMay 24, 2000
Grant dateJun 21, 2005
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Expiry dateMay 24, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B11/2509
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There are provided a measuring head moved along a guide rail, first position detection means for detecting the positions of the measuring head on the guide rail using a predetermined position on the guide rail as a reference position, second position detection means for detecting the position in a world coordinate system of the measuring head on the guide rail, and means for storing in a storage device each of the positions of the measuring head on the guide rail using the predetermined position on the guide rail as the reference position and a corresponding position in the world coordinate system with the positions correlated with each other.

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