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Method for measuring sheet material flatness and method for producing steel sheet using said measuring method

US9138790B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 22, 2013
Grant dateSep 22, 2015
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/89
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for measuring flatness of a sheet material in which a light and dark pattern composed by a light portion and a dark portion is projected onto a surface of the sheet material running in a longitudinal direction, a pattern image is acquired by photographing the light and dark pattern by an image pickup device having an image pickup visual field larger than a width of the sheet material, and the flatness of the sheet material is measured by analyzing the acquired pattern image. A staggered pattern is used for the projecting step and for light to be specularly reflected for receipt by the image pickup device. Calculating the flatness also includes steps of setting a shape measurement line, averaging picture element concentrations, calculating a distribution of the concentrations, and calculating the flatness based on surface shape using the distribution.

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