METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING AN IMAGE OF AN OBJECT

• US 20080133173A1
• Filed: 09/05/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: CHANG, CHIH-KUANG, YUAN, ZHONG-KUI, JIANG, LI, SUN, XIAO-CHAO
• Application Number:
  US11/850,038
• Publication Number:
  US 20080133173A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/155
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 11/03 by measuring coordinates of points

Abstract

A system for measuring an image of an object is provided. The system includes a measuring machine and an application server. The application server includes: an edge searching module for finding outlines of an image of an under-measurement object based on gray scale of points in the image and around the image; a measuring module for constructing an applicable coordinate system for the image, and computing structural data of structural patterns of the image using the constructed coordinate system; and a process recording module for recording measuring process as a corresponding procedure instruction while measuring the under-measurement object and generating an automatic measurement program according to the procedure instruction. A related method is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A system for measuring an image of an object, comprising a measuring machine and an application server, the application server comprising:

an edge searching module configured for finding outlines of an image of an under-measurement object based on gray scales of points in the image and around the image, wherein the image is captured and transmitted from the measuring machine;

a measuring module configured for constructing an applicable coordinate system for the image, and computing structural data of structural patterns of the image using the constructed coordinate system, wherein the structural patterns comprises points, lines, and circles of the image, and the structural data comprises coordinate values of the points, coordinate values of the starting point of each line, coordinate values of the midpoint of each line, coordinate values of the end point of each line, the direction of each line, straightness of each line, coordinate values of the center point of each circle, the radius of each circle, the diameter of each circle, circular degree of each circle; and

a process recording module configured for recording measuring process as a corresponding procedure instruction while the measuring machine measures the under-measurement object and generating an automatic measurement program according to the procedure instruction.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the application server further comprises:

an outputting module configured for displaying the constructed coordinate systems, the structural patterns of the image, the structural data of the structural patterns, and the automatic measurement program; and

a saving module configured for storing the constructed coordinate systems, the structural patterns of the image, the structural data of the structural patterns, and the automatic measurement program.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the application server further comprises:

an automatic measuring module configured for invoking the automatic measurement program for measuring the same objects.

4. A method for measuring an image of an object, the method comprising:

(a) acquiring an image of an under-measurement object captured and transmitted from a measuring machine;

(b) finding outlines of the image based on gray scales of points in the image and around the image;

(c) measuring the image by constructing an applicable coordinate system for the image, and computing structural data of structural patterns of the image using the constructed coordinate system, wherein the structural patterns comprises points, lines, and circles of the image, and the structural data comprises coordinate values of the points;

coordinate values of the starting point of each line, coordinate values of the midpoint of each line, coordinate values of the end point of each line, the direction of each line, straightness of each line, coordinate values of the center point of each circle, the radius of each circle, the diameter of each circle, circular degree of each circle; and

(d) saving process from step (a) to step (c) and compiling the process into an automatic measurement program.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

(e) outputting and storing the constructed coordinate system, the structural patterns, the structural data of the structural patterns, and the automatic measurement program in the application server.

6. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

automatically measuring the same objects using the automatic measurement program generated in step (d).