Position control method
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1. A position control method, comprising the steps of:
- providing a two-dimensional mark on an object to be positioned;
scanning said mark and an adjacent area with a television camera;
extracting from an output of said television camera positions of corners of said mark;
calculating a center point of said mark from said positions of said corners;
calculating an amount of deviation of said center point from a reference point; and
correcting a position of said object by an amount of said deviation.
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Abstract
A position control method for aligning a workpiece in a machining apparatus. An alignment pattern, such as a diamond, is provided on the surface of the workpiece. The alignment pattern and the surrounding region are sensed by an image pickup television camera, the output of which is converted to binary form. From the binary data, the central point of the pattern is calculated. The difference between this central point and a reference point is then determined, and the result used to control the position of the workpiece via a positioning mechanism.
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1. A position control method, comprising the steps of:
- providing a two-dimensional mark on an object to be positioned;
scanning said mark and an adjacent area with a television camera;
extracting from an output of said television camera positions of corners of said mark;
calculating a center point of said mark from said positions of said corners;
calculating an amount of deviation of said center point from a reference point; and
correcting a position of said object by an amount of said deviation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- providing a two-dimensional mark on an object to be positioned;
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