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Granted Patent B2
US 11,193,757 · App. 16/717,320 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Image pick-up device, image measurement apparatus, non-contact displacement-detecting device and non-contact profile-measuring device

Inventors: Satoru Yoshida (Kanagawa, JP); Tatsuya Nagahama (Kanagawa, JP); Masafumi Yamanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Hitoshi Isobe (Kanagawa, JP); Naoto Oita (Tokyo, JP); Koji Kubo (Tokyo, JP); Yuko Shishido (Kanagawa, JP); Nobuo Ohba (Kanagawa, JP); Takahisa Ootake (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroki Matsui (Kanagawa, JP); Masanori Arai (Kanagawa, JP); Shiro Igasaki (Kanagawa, JP); Yuki Kurahashi (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Sakai (Kanagawa, JP); Yutaka Watanabe (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
G01B11/24G02B21/365H04N5/2254
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Patent No.
US 11,193,757
App. No.
16/717,320
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image measurement apparatus, which functions as a non-contact profile-measuring device, includes: an image sensor as an image pick-up device; a variable focal length lens (liquid lens unit) disposed on an optical axis extending from a workpiece to the image sensor; and a controller (image-pickup lens controller and image measurement processor) configured to control the variable focal length lens and process a detected image by the image sensor. The image measurement apparatus, which also functions as a non-contact displacement-detecting device, includes: an image sensor; a variable focal length lens (liquid lens unit) disposed on an optical axis extending from the workpiece to the image sensor; and a controller (displacement-detection lens controller and profile measurement processor) configured to control the variable focal length lens and a detected image by the image sensor.

Claims (31)

1. An image measurement apparatus comprising:

a first image sensor configured to detect a first image of a workpiece;

a first variable focal length liquid lens unit disposed on a first optical path extending from the workpiece to the first image sensor, the first variable focal length liquid lens unit comprising:

a first case filled with a first transparent liquid; and

a first cylindrical vibrator formed of a first piezoelectric material;

a first controller configured to control the first variable focal length liquid lens unit and process the first image detected by the first image sensor;

a stage on which the workpiece is placed;

a display device configured to display the first image detected by the first image sensor on the display device; and

a non-contact displacement-detecting device comprising:

a second image sensor configured to detect a second image of the workpiece;

a second variable focal length liquid lens unit disposed on a second optical path extending from the workpiece to the second image sensor, the second variable focal length liquid lens unit comprising:

a second case filled with a second transparent liquid; and

a second cylindrical vibrator formed of a second piezoelectric material; and

a second controller configured to control the second variable focal length liquid lens unit and detect a surface position of the workpiece from the second image detected by the second image sensor.

2. A non-contact displacement-detecting device comprising:

a first image sensor configured to detect a first image of a workpiece;

a first variable focal length liquid lens unit disposed on a first optical path extending from the workpiece to the first image sensor, the first variable focal length liquid lens unit comprising:

a first case filled with a first transparent liquid; and

a first cylindrical vibrator formed of a first piezoelectric material;

a first controller configured to:

control the first variable focal length liquid lens unit,

detect a surface position of the workpiece from the first image detected by the first image sensor, and

measure a surface profile of the workpiece;

a stage on which the workpiece is placed;

a display device configured to display a detection result thereon; and

an image measurement apparatus comprising:

a second image sensor configured to detect a second image of the workpiece;

a second variable focal length liquid lens unit disposed on a second optical path extending from the workpiece to the second image sensor, the second variable focal length liquid lens unit comprising:

a second case filled with a second transparent liquid; and

a second cylindrical vibrator formed of a second piezoelectric material; and

a second controller configured to control the second variable focal length liquid lens unit and process the second image detected by the second image sensor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2019
From: YOSHIDA, SATORU; NAGAHAMA, TATSUYA; ISOBE, HITOSHI; YAMANAKA, MASAFUMI; OITA, NAOTO; KUBO, KOJI; SHISHIDO, YUKO; OHBA, NOBUO; OOTAKE, TAKAHISA; MATSUI, HIROKI; ARAI, MASANORI; IGASAKI, SHIRO; KURAHASHI, YUKI; SAKAI, HIROSHI; WATANABE, YUTAKA
To: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-247506 · Dec 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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