Digitizing control equipment utilizing normal vector calculations and a position sensor
First Claim
1. A digitizing control device for generating tracing data representing a model shape while carrying out a non-contact tracing of a model surface, comprising:
- a light-projecting section for projecting a slit light onto the model surface;
a light-receiving section for receiving the slit light reflected from the model surface;
movement control means for moving the light-projecting section and the light-receiving section along the model surface relative to the model in accordance with movement control data;
a position sensor for simultaneously measuring two-dimensional positions of at least two points on the model surface in accordance with a received-light pattern obtained at the light-receiving section, and generating measurement data representing the two-dimensional positions of said at least two points; and
vector calculating means for calculating a normal vector of a slit-light-irradiated portion of the model surface in accordance with the movement control data and the measurement data.
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Abstract
A digitizing control device which is inexpensive and capable of generating a normal vector representing the direction of a normal line to a model surface on a real-time basis by a light-section method, wherein a table (31), on which a model (6) is placed, is horizontally moved relative to a tracer head (4) to which a light source (5a) and a camera (5b) are mounted, and a processor (11) of a control device (1) periodically samples measurement data representing two detection points, at which a received-light pattern on the camera crosses two one-dimensional optical sensors arranged at a light-receiving face of the camera, and table/camera movement control data, generates tracing data in accordance with the coordinates of two points on the model surface obtained from the sampled data, calculates a normal vector of the model surface on the basis of the coordinates of the two points and the coordinates of a point on the model surface obtained at a previous sampling time, and positions the tracer head at a rotational position corresponding to the normal vector so that the slit light accurately fall upon the camera.
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5 Claims
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1. A digitizing control device for generating tracing data representing a model shape while carrying out a non-contact tracing of a model surface, comprising:
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a light-projecting section for projecting a slit light onto the model surface; a light-receiving section for receiving the slit light reflected from the model surface; movement control means for moving the light-projecting section and the light-receiving section along the model surface relative to the model in accordance with movement control data; a position sensor for simultaneously measuring two-dimensional positions of at least two points on the model surface in accordance with a received-light pattern obtained at the light-receiving section, and generating measurement data representing the two-dimensional positions of said at least two points; and
vector calculating means for calculating a normal vector of a slit-light-irradiated portion of the model surface in accordance with the movement control data and the measurement data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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