Three dimensionally measuring apparatus

• US 5,614,657 A
• Filed: 12/07/1994
• Issued: 03/25/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Harada, Shintaro
• Original Assignee: Harada, Shintaro
• Inventors: Harada, Shintaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Chilcot, Richard
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dougherty, Elizabeth L.
• Application Number:
  US08/351,526
• Time in Patent Office: 839 Days
• Field of Search: 73/11.02, 73/12.04, 73/12.05, 73/12.09, 73/12.11, 102/293, 102/502, 102/513, 364/506, 364/507, 364/552
• US Class Current: 73/12.11
• CPC Class Codes: F41J 5/056 Switch actuation by hit-generated mechanical vibration of the target body, e.g. using shock or vibration transducers
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 17/06 for measuring contours or curvatures
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/22 Position of source determined by co-ordinating a plurality of position lines defined by path-difference measurements G01S5/28 takes precedence

Abstract

A three dimensionally measuring apparatus includes a gun, a pedestal of the gun, three microphones, a pedestal of a product and a data processor. The gun shoots very small bullets at a target such as a casting product. The very small bullets explode or rupture and high frequency sound at the time of hitting against the target. The three microphones catch the high frequency sounds. All these sound data are gathered to the data processor, and processed into three dimensional data of the surface of the product.

Claims

1. A three dimensional measuring apparatus comprising:

a gun shooting a very small ballistic means;

a first pedestal for turning gun, the first pedestal having a vertical axis control and a horizontal axis control motor;

a second pedestal for turning a product to be measured, the second pedestal having a vertical control axis motor;

three or more microphones disposed at vertexes of a polygon, said microphones for gathering the high frequency sound data occurring by explosion or rupture of said very small ballistic means on the surface of the product;

a data processor for controlling said gun and said first and second pedestal control motors, for calculating distances between said microphones and said product from the sound data sent from said microphones, and for showing the three dimensional data of the surface of the product.

2. Three dimensional measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ballistic means has a thin column on its tip;

a hemisphere of gunpowder disposed on said tip of the thin column, and is covered by a thin film.

3. Three dimensional measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ballistic means consists of a spherical nucleus made of metal, gunpowder encircling said spherical nucleus and a thin film encircling said gunpowder.

4. Three dimensional measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ballistic means consists of a spherical nucleus, made of gunpowder encircled by a thin film.

5. Three dimensional measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ballistic means consists of a small bubble made of thin film filled with pressurized gas.