Method and measuring device for measuring translation of surface

1. A method of measuring translation of a surface, the method comprising:

the movement of the surface of an object to be measured having at least one primary direction of movement,

detecting the surface repeatedly by at least one detector row of at least one detector, the direction of the detector row being the same as the surface's primary direction of movement;

arranging, by a signal processing unit, successive response rows into a response matrix;

determining, by a signal processing unit, the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in each response matrix; and

determining, by a signal processing unit, enlargement data from a known distance between the surface and the detector to produce enlargement data and response rows and the surface translation in the response matrices by comparing the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in a response matrix formed by telecentric optics with the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in a response matrix formed by non-telecentric optics on the basis of the enlargement data.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising determining the surface translation by comparing the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion at least at two different moments.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising measuring the size of an image of an object on the surface to be measured by at least two detectors and determining the distance and/or distance variation of the surface to be measured from the image sizes.

4. The measuring device according to claim 1 , further comprising detecting a distance between the surface and the detector to produce the enlargement data and the response rows.

5. A method of measuring translation of a surface, the method comprising:

the movement of the surface of an object to be measured having at least one primary direction of movement,

detecting the surface repeatedly by at least one detector row of at least one detector, the direction of the detector row being the same as the surface's primary direction of movement;

arranging, by a signal processing unit, successive response rows into a response matrix;

determining, by a signal processing unit, the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in each response matrix; and

determining, by a signal processing unit, enlargement data from a known distance between the surface and the detector to produce enlargement data and response rows, and the surface translation as zero velocity on the basis of the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in the response matrices and on the basis of the enlargement data, and measuring the translation at the surface plane by means of a deviation exceeding a predetermined threshold value of a curve or curve portion in the response matrix.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising determining the translation by comparing directions of different curves.

7. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising measuring a change in the distance between the surface and the detector row or movement by means of the enlargement.

8. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising measuring inclination between the surface and the detector row by means of the surface translation.

9. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising measuring a surface profile by means of the surface translation.

10. A method of measuring translation of a surface, the method comprising:

the movement of the surface of an object to be measured having at least one primary direction of movement,

detecting the surface repeatedly by at least one detector row of at least one detector, the direction of the detector row being the same as the surface's primary direction of movement;

arranging, by a signal processing unit, successive response rows into a response matrix;

determining, by a signal processing unit, the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in each response matrix; and

determining, by a signal processing unit, enlargement data from a known distance between the surface and the detector to produce enlargement data and response rows, and the surface translation on the basis of the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion and on the basis of the enlargement data, and determining the surface velocity by a correlation measurement between response signals of at least two detector elements.

11. A method of measuring translation of a surface, the method comprising:

the movement of the surface of an object to be measured having at least one primary direction of movement,

detecting the surface repeatedly by at least one detector row of at least one detector, the direction of the detector row being the same as the surface's primary direction of movement;

arranging, by a signal processing unit, successive response rows into a response matrix;

determining, by a signal processing unit, the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in each response matrix; and

determining, by a signal processing unit, enlargement data from a known distance between the surface and the detector to produce enlargement data and response rows, and the surface translation on the basis of the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion and on the basis of the enlargement data, and determining the velocity of the object to be measured by the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion and detecting the edge of the object to be measured by a change in the velocity.

12. A measuring device for measuring translation of a surface, wherein the measuring device comprises

at least one detector row of at least one detector; and

a signal processing unit,

wherein, for forming response rows, each detector row is arranged to repeatedly detect the surface of the object to be measured, the surface having at least one primary direction of movement, and the direction of each detector row is set to be the same as the surface's primary direction of movement,

wherein the at least one detector row is arranged to form at least two response matrices, of which at least one is formed by telecentric imaging optics and at least one by non-telecentric imaging optics,

wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to receive distance information for determining enlargement data and the response rows formed by each detector row, form a response matrix related to each detector row from the successive response rows, and determine the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in each response matrix, and

wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to determine the surface translation on the basis of comparison of the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in a response matrix formed by telecentric optics with the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in a response matrix formed by non-telecentric optics, and on the basis of the enlargement data.

13. The measuring device according to claim 12 , wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to determine the surface translation by comparing the direction of one curve at least at two different moments.

14. The measuring device according to claim 12 , wherein a distance detector is arranged to measure a distance between the surface and the detector for determining the enlargement data.

15. A measuring device for measuring translation of a surface, wherein the measuring device comprises

at least one detector row of at least one detector, and

a signal processing unit,

wherein, for forming response rows, each detector row is arranged to repeatedly detect the surface of the object to be measured, the surface having at least one primary direction of movement, and the direction of each detector row is set to be the same as the surface's primary direction of movement,

wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to receive distance information for determining enlargement data and the response rows formed by each detector row, form a response matrix related to each detector row from the successive response rows, and determine the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in each response matrix, and

wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to determine the surface translation on the basis of the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in the response matrices and on the basis of the enlargement data, and measure the surface translation as zero velocity by measuring the translation at the surface plane by means of a deviation exceeding a predetermined threshold value of a curve or curve portion in the response matrix.

16. The measuring device according to claim 15 , wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to determine the translation by comparing the directions of different curves.

17. The measuring device according to claim 15 , wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to measure a change in the distance between the surface and the detector row or movement by means of the enlargement.

18. The measuring device according to claim 15 , wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to measure inclination between the surface and the detector row by means of the surface translation.

19. The measuring device according to claim 15 , wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to measure a surface profile by means of the surface translation.

20. A measuring device for measuring translation of a surface, wherein the measuring device comprises

at least two detectors each including at least one detector row; and

a signal processing unit,

wherein, for forming response rows, each detector row is arranged to repeatedly detect the surface of the object to be measured, the surface having at least one primary direction of movement, and the direction of each detector row is set to be the same as the surface's primary direction of movement,

wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to receive distance information for determining enlargement data and the response rows formed by each detector row, form a response matrix related to each detector row from the successive response rows, and determine the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in each response matrix, and

wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to determine the surface translation on the basis of the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in the response matrices and on the basis of the enlargement data, and determine the surface velocity by means of a correlation measurement between the response signals of at least two detector elements.

21. The measuring device according to claim 20 , wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to measure the size of an image of an object on the surface to be measured by at least two detectors and determining the distance and/or distance variation of the surface to be measured from the image sizes.

22. A measuring device for measuring translation of a surface, wherein the measuring device comprises

at least one detector including at least one detector row; and

a signal processing unit,

wherein, for forming response rows, each detector row is arranged to repeatedly detect the surface of the object to be measured, the surface having at least one primary direction of movement, and the direction of each detector row is set to be the same as the surface's primary direction of movement,

wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to receive distance information for determining enlargement data and the response rows formed by each detector row, form a response matrix related to each detector row from the successive response rows, and determine the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in each response matrix, and

wherein the signal processing unit is arranged to determine the surface translation on the basis of the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion in the response matrices and on the basis of the enlargement data, determine the velocity of the object to be measured by the direction or directions of at least one curve or curve portion and detect the edge of the object to be measured by a change in the velocity.