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Digitizing control equipment utilizing normal vector calculations and a position sensor

  • US 5,266,811 A
  • Filed: 07/01/1992
  • Issued: 11/30/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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:

  • 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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