IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,781,856
Granted Patent B2
US 11,781,856 · App. 17/241,267 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Image dimension measurement device

Inventors: Tatsuro Wakai (Osaka, JP); Atsushi Matsutani (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
G01B11/02G01B11/26G06T7/001G06T7/74
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Patent No.
US 11,781,856
App. No.
17/241,267
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Convenience is improved by enabling an imaging section to capture an image of a measurement element without adjustment of a rotation angle of a measurement object performed by a user. A control unit identifies a reference rotation angle during measurement, and calculates a measurement angle to measure a measurement element based on a relative rotation angle with respect to the reference rotation angle stored in advance. The control unit controls a rotation unit such that a rotation angle of the rotation unit becomes the measurement angle. The control unit executes a process of measuring a dimension of the measurement element based on a measurement object image captured by an imaging section when the rotation angle of the rotation unit becomes the measurement angle.

Claims (19)

1. An image dimension measurement device, which measures a dimension of a measurement object, comprising:

a rotation mechanism that rotates the measurement object about a predetermined axis;

a camera that has an optical axis intersecting a rotation axis of the rotation mechanism and is configured to generate a plurality of measurement object images obtained by capturing images of the measurement object at different rotation angles;

an operation section configured to receive setting of a reference shape on a first measurement object image generated by the camera and setting of a measurement element on a second measurement object image captured at a different rotation angle from the first measurement object image;

a storage that stores a relative rotation angle when the second measurement object image is captured with respect to a reference rotation angle when the first measurement object image is captured; and

a controller that identifies the reference rotation angle from the plurality of measurement object images based on the setting of the reference shape received by the operation section during measurement, calculates a measurement angle to measure the measurement element set by the operation section based on the relative rotation angle with respect to the reference rotation angle stored in the storage, controls the rotation mechanism such that a rotation angle of the rotation mechanism becomes the measurement angle, and executes a measurement process of measuring the dimension of the measurement element set by the operation section based on a measurement object image captured by the camera when the rotation angle of the rotation mechanism becomes the measurement angle.

2. The image dimension measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller calculates a rotation angle at which the reference shape faces the camera based on the plurality of measurement object images captured by the camera and a rotation angle of the rotation mechanism when each of the measurement object images is captured, and controls the rotation mechanism such that the reference shape faces the camera.

3. The image dimension measurement device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a display that displays each of rotation angles and the second measurement object image captured at each of the rotation angles in association with each other, and an angle corresponding to the second measurement object image on which the measurement element is set in an identifiable manner,

wherein the operation section is configured to be capable of performing an operation of selecting a rotation angle on the display section, and

the controller controls the rotation mechanism to have the rotation angle selected by the operation section.

4. The image dimension measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein

the operation section is configured to be capable of registering a pattern image of an arbitrary part of the measurement object on a measurement object image and position information of the pattern image, and

the controller includes a pattern search execution section that executes pattern search to search for the pattern image registered by the operation section using the measurement object image captured by the camera during measurement, and executes position correction of the measurement object image in an X direction and a Y direction based on an execution result of the pattern search in the pattern search execution section and the position information registered in the operation section.

5. The image dimension measurement device according to claim 4 , wherein

the controller executes the pattern search using a plurality of measurement object images obtained by capturing images of the measurement object at different rotation angles by the camera during measurement, and identifies a rotation angle at which a highest degree of coincidence with the registered pattern image is obtained, and

the controller uses the rotation angle identified by the pattern search execution section as a reference angle.

6. The image dimension measurement device according to claim 5 , wherein the operation section is configured to be capable of setting a search angle range in which the pattern search execution section executes the pattern search.

7. The image dimension measurement device according to claim 5 , wherein the operation section is configured to be capable of receiving designation of an area to be registered in the pattern image on the measurement object image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2021
From: WAKAI, TATSURO; MATSUTANI, ATSUSHI
To: KEYENCE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056050/0148 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-094236 · May 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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