FORM MEASURING APPARATUS, STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, SCANNING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MEASURING FORM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR MEASURING FORM
First Claim
1. A form measuring apparatus configured to measure a three-dimensional form of a measuring object, comprising:
- a light generator configured to generate a light;
a projector configured to scan the measuring object with the light by changing an irradiation direction of the light generated by the light generator;
a controller configured to control the light generator to periodically change an intensity of the light generated by the light generator, and to change an amplitude of the intensity change of the generated light according to the irradiation direction;
an imager configured to take an image of the measuring object; and
a measuring portion configured to calculate the three-dimensional form of the measuring object based on the image of the measuring object.
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Abstract
There is provided a form measuring apparatus including: a light generator configured to generate a light; a projector configured to scan the measuring object with the light by changing an irradiation direction of the light generated by the light generator; a controller configured to control the light generator to periodically change an intensity of the light generated by the light generator, and to change an amplitude of the intensity change of the generated light according to the irradiation direction; an imager configured to take an image of the measuring object; and a measuring portion configured to calculate the three-dimensional form of the measuring object based on the image of the measuring object.
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44 Claims
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1. A form measuring apparatus configured to measure a three-dimensional form of a measuring object, comprising:
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a light generator configured to generate a light; a projector configured to scan the measuring object with the light by changing an irradiation direction of the light generated by the light generator; a controller configured to control the light generator to periodically change an intensity of the light generated by the light generator, and to change an amplitude of the intensity change of the generated light according to the irradiation direction; an imager configured to take an image of the measuring object; and a measuring portion configured to calculate the three-dimensional form of the measuring object based on the image of the measuring object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A form measuring apparatus configured to measure a three-dimensional form of a measuring object, comprising:
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a light generator configured to generate a light; a projector configured to scan the measuring object with the light by changing an irradiation direction of the light generated by the light generator; a controller configured to control the light generator to sinusoidally change intensity of the light generated by the light generator, and to change a period of the intensity change of the generated light according to the irradiation direction; an imager configured to take an image of the measuring object; and a measuring portion configured to calculate the three-dimensional form of the measuring object based on the image of the measuring object.
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22. A scanner configured to scan with a light a measuring object of which three-dimensional form is to be measured, comprising:
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a light generator configured to generate the light; a projector configured to scan the measuring object with the light by changing an irradiation direction of the light generated by the light generator; and a controller configured to control the light generator to change an amplitude of an intensity change of the light generated by the light generator according to the irradiation direction. - View Dependent Claims (23, 31)
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24. A form measuring method for measuring three-dimensional form of a measuring object, comprising:
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generating a light; scanning the measuring object with the light by changing an irradiation direction of the generated light; modulating an intensity of the generated light periodically, and modulating an amplitude of an intensity change of the generated light according to the irradiation direction; taking an image of the measuring object in synchronization with scanning the measuring object with the light; and calculating the three-dimensional form of the measuring object based on the taken image. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A non-temporary computer-readable medium storing a form measuring program configured to cause a computer as a form measuring apparatus to carry out operations comprising:
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generating light, via a light generator of the form measuring apparatus; scanning a measuring object with the light by changing irradiation direction of the generated light, via a projector of the form measuring apparatus; controlling the light generator, via a controller of the form measuring apparatus, to periodically modulate an intensity of the light generated via the light generator, and to modulate an amplitude of the intensity change of the generated light according to the irradiation direction; taking an image of the measuring object scanned via the projector with the light, via an imager of the form measuring apparatus; and measuring form of the measuring object based on the image, obtained via the imager, of the measuring object, via a measuring portion of the form measuring apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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