XYZ coordinates measuring system
First Claim
1. An XYZ coordinates measuring system comprising:
- a slit light source means for projecting a slit light beam onto a surface of a work to be measured with a predetermined angle;
television camera means for taking a light line formed on the surface of the work by said slit light beam to generate an output video signal; and
coordinate measuring circuit means for processing said video signal and for detecting horizontal and vertical imaging positions Ks and Ls of said light line, said coordinate measuring circuit means including look-up table means for previously storing an interrelationship between horizontal and vertical imaging positions of said light line and XYZ coordinates thereof on said surface of the work, thereby outputting XYZ coordinates on the surface of the work from the look-up table means, based on detected values of the horizontal and vertical imaging positions Ks and Ls,whereby the XYZ coordinates on the surface of the work are real-time measured along the light line.
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Abstract
An XYZ coordinates measuring system has a slit light source for projecting a slit light beam onto the surface of a work to be measured with a predetermined angle. Furthermore a television camera takes a light line formed on the surface of the work by the slit light beam to generate an output video signal. A coordinate measuring circuit has a look-up table for previously storing the interrelationship between the horizontal and vertical imaging positions of the light line and the XYZ coordinates on the surface of the actual work. The coordinate measuring circuit is adapted to process the video signal to detect the horizontal and vertical imaging positions Ks and Ls of the light line and to output the XYZ coordinates on the surface of the work from the look-up table, depending on the detected horizontal and vertical imaging positions Ks and Ls, the XYZ coordinates on the surface of the work can thus be real-time measured along the light line.
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20 Claims
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1. An XYZ coordinates measuring system comprising:
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a slit light source means for projecting a slit light beam onto a surface of a work to be measured with a predetermined angle; television camera means for taking a light line formed on the surface of the work by said slit light beam to generate an output video signal; and coordinate measuring circuit means for processing said video signal and for detecting horizontal and vertical imaging positions Ks and Ls of said light line, said coordinate measuring circuit means including look-up table means for previously storing an interrelationship between horizontal and vertical imaging positions of said light line and XYZ coordinates thereof on said surface of the work, thereby outputting XYZ coordinates on the surface of the work from the look-up table means, based on detected values of the horizontal and vertical imaging positions Ks and Ls, whereby the XYZ coordinates on the surface of the work are real-time measured along the light line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An XYZ coordinates measuring system comprising:
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a slit light source means including a slit light source for projecting a slit light beam onto a surface of a work to be measured with a predetermined angle; television camera means for taking a light line formed on the surface of the work by said slit light beam to generate an output video signal; and coordinate measuring circuit means including; a light line detecting circuit for outputting light line detection signals based on said video signal, a horizontal imaging position detecting circuit for adding addresses at the positive and negative edges to generate a horizontal imaging position Ks during a period for which light line detection signals are being output from said light line detecting surface, a vertical imaging position detecting circuit for detecting a vertical imaging position Ls based on said video signal, and look-up table means for previously storing an interrelationhsip between horizontal and vertical imaging positions of said light line and XYZ coordinates thereof on said surface of the work, thereby outputting XYZ coordinates on the surface of the work from said look-up table means, based on detected values of the horizontal and vertical imaging positions Ks and Ls, whereby the XYZ coordinates on the surface of the work are real-time measured along the light line.
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