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Measuring system with improved method of reading image data of an object

  • US 6,674,534 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2002
  • Issued: 01/06/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A measuring system for measuring a shape of an object, comprising:

  • a storage section for storing shape data of the object;

    a measuring section for measuring the shape of the object and for generating shape data of the object;

    a display section for displaying the shape of the object; and

    a mode selector for allowing a user of the measuring system to select one of a plurality of modes that include a first mode and a second mode;

    a control section for controlling the measuring system based on one of the plurality of modes selected by the mode selector, wherein said control section controls, in the first mode, the measuring section and the display section to measure the shape of the object and to display the shape of the object based on the shape data measured by the measuring section, and controls, in the second mode, the storage section and the display section to read out the shape data from the storage section and to display the shape of the object based on the shape data read out from the storage section.

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