Acquiring dimensions of a large object
First Claim
1. Method of contactless acquiring dimensional and gauge data of objects and work pieces such as forgings comprising:
- providing two image producing sensors, each being up and down tiltable about a horizontal axis, and swivable from side to side about a vertical axis and spacing them to have a particular distance between them;
directing at least one of the sensors towards the object for acquiring position data on a particular point of the object;
detecting in an image of the object, as produced by one sensor that is directed towards the object, contrasting lines and a particular point, being a point of intersection of two of the contrasting lines as detected;
positioning the one sensor, including tilting and swiveling respectively about two particular axes to have a particular image field point coincide with that particular point of intersection as imaged;
positioning the other sensor through tilting and swiveling about two particular axes to have a particular image field point of this other sensor trained on that same particular point of intersection; and
deriving dimensional and gauge data of the object from angular position data of the two sensors, by repeating the directing, detecting and positioning steps in relation to other points of intersection of contrast lines of the image of the object.
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Abstract
A method of acquiring dimensional and gauge data of objects and work pieces, such as forgings or the like, uses two image producing sensors, each being up and down tiltable about a horizontal axis and swivable from side to side about a vertical axis. At least one of the sensors is directed initially towards the object for acquiring position data on a particular point of the object such as a point of intersection of two contrast lines. One of these sensors is then positioned, including tilting and/or swiveling until a particular image field point coincides with the intersection point whereupon the other sensor has a particular image field point trained on that same particular intersection point. Finally, dimensional and guage data of the object is derived from angular position data of multiple points as so acquired by the two sensors.
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1. Method of contactless acquiring dimensional and gauge data of objects and work pieces such as forgings comprising:
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providing two image producing sensors, each being up and down tiltable about a horizontal axis, and swivable from side to side about a vertical axis and spacing them to have a particular distance between them; directing at least one of the sensors towards the object for acquiring position data on a particular point of the object; detecting in an image of the object, as produced by one sensor that is directed towards the object, contrasting lines and a particular point, being a point of intersection of two of the contrasting lines as detected; positioning the one sensor, including tilting and swiveling respectively about two particular axes to have a particular image field point coincide with that particular point of intersection as imaged; positioning the other sensor through tilting and swiveling about two particular axes to have a particular image field point of this other sensor trained on that same particular point of intersection; and deriving dimensional and gauge data of the object from angular position data of the two sensors, by repeating the directing, detecting and positioning steps in relation to other points of intersection of contrast lines of the image of the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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