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Method and apparatus for measuring a three-dimensional curved surface shape

  • US 5,102,223 A
  • Filed: 02/07/1991
  • Issued: 04/07/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of measuring a three-dimensional curved surface shape, comprising the steps of:

  • causing a linear slit light to scan a surface of an object to be measured on a reference plane;

    producing video signals by picking up the surface of said object using a television camera;

    inputting said video signals corresponding to a plurality of picture elements into a memory means;

    forming a composite image of the surface of said object by composing an image in which successive video signals of the same picture element are compared in magnitude to renew the same picture element in said memory means using as a value thereof information relating to scanning of said slit light at a time of application of the larger of said compared video signals and to thereby represent a value of each picture element in said memory means by information relating to scanning of said slit light at a time when said slit light passes respectively through a measuring point corresponding to each of said picture elements; and

    measuring a three-dimensional curved surface shape of said object in accordance with said composite image.

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