IP Library Granted Patent US 8,243,063
Granted Patent B2
US 8,243,063 · App. 12/271,347 · Granted Aug 14, 2012

Shape inspection apparatus, shape inspection method and computer readable medium

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Patent No.
US 8,243,063
App. No.
12/271,347
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shape inspection apparatus includes a shape display unit that displays a three-dimensional shape specified by three dimensional shape data on a screen; a direction designating unit that specifies a drawing direction in molding the three-dimensional shape on the screen; a face designating unit that specifies one face of a protruding or recessed shape portion of the three-dimensional shape on the screen; a dimension calculating unit that calculates a shape dimensional value of the shape portion based on the specified drawing direction and the specified one face; and a determination unit that determines whether or not the shape portion having the shape dimensional value satisfies a shape condition by comparing the calculated shape dimensional value with a standard value.

Claims (32)

1. A shape inspection apparatus comprising:

a shape display unit that displays a three-dimensional shape specified by three dimensional shape data on a screen;

a direction designating unit that specifies a drawing direction in molding the three-dimensional shape on the screen;

a face designating unit that specifies on the screen one face of a rib being a protruding shape portion of the three-dimensional shape;

a dimension calculating unit that calculates shape dimensional values of a height of the rib, a tip width of the rib, a ratio of a bottom width and a bottom wall thickness of the rib and a gradient of a side face of the rib on the basis of the specified drawing direction and coordinates of the specified one face; and

a determination unit that determines whether or not the shape portion having the shape dimensional values satisfy shape conditions by comparing the calculated shape dimensional values with standard values.

2. The shape inspection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a determination result display unit that displays the shape portion, which is determined not to satisfy the shape condition by the determination unit, in a state where the shape portion is distinguishable from another shape portion of the three-dimensional shape.

3. The shape inspection apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one face is one side face of the shape portion.

4. A shape inspection apparatus comprising:

a shape display unit that displays a three-dimensional shape specified by three dimensional shape data on a screen;

a direction designating unit that specifies a drawing direction in molding the three-dimensional shape on the screen;

a face designating unit that specifies one face of a protruding or recessed shape portion of the three-dimensional shape on the screen;

a dimension calculating unit that calculates a shape dimensional value of the shape ortion based on the s ecified drawin direction and the s ecified one face;

a determination unit that determines whether or not the shape portion having the shape dimensional value satisfies a shape condition by comparing the calculated shape dimensional value with a standard value;

a batch processing designating unit that specifies batch processing on a plurality of shape portions; and

a parallel-formed portion extracting unit that, when the batch processing is specified by the batch processing designating unit, extracts another shape portion having a face provided in parallel with the specified one face,

wherein the dimension calculating unit calculates as to the shape portion extracted by the parallel-formed portion extracting unit, and

the determination unit that determines as to the shape portion extracted by the parallel-formed portion extracting unit.

5. A shape inspection method comprising:

displaying three dimensional shape specified by a three-dimensional shape data on a screen;

specifying a drawing direction in molding the three-dimensional shape on the screen;

specifying on the screen one face of a rib being a protruding shape portion of the three-dimensional shape;

calculating a shape dimensional values of a height of the rib, a tip width of the rib, a ratio of a bottom width and a bottom wall thickness of the rib and a gradient of a side face of the rib on the basis of the shape portion based on the specified drawing direction and coordinates of the specified one face; and

determining whether or not the shape portion having the shape dimensional values satisfy shape conditions by comparing the calculated shape dimensional values with standard values.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for shape inspection, the process comprising:

displaying three dimensional shape data of a three-dimensional shape on a screen;

specifying a drawing direction in molding the three-dimensional shape on the screen;

specifying on the screen one face of a rib being a protruding shape portion of the three-dimensional shape;

calculating a shape dimensional values of a height of the rib, a tip width of the rib, a ratio of a bottom width and a bottom wall thickness of the rib and a gradient of a side face of the rib on the basis of the shape portion based on the specified drawing direction and coordinates of the specified one face; and

determining whether or not the shape portion having the shape dimensional values satisfy shape conditions by comparing the calculated shape dimensional values with standard values.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2008
From: NAKAZATO, HIROAKI; HAGIWARA, MASAAKI; NUMAUCHI, TOSHIHIRO; TAKEZAKI, KATSUMI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021845/0301 →