Minolta Company, Ltd.

Fumiya Yagi

Toshio Norita

Takashi Kondo

Satoru Hirose

Koichi Kamon

Eiichi Ide

Eiro Fujii

Hiroshi Uchino

Makoto Miyazaki

Akira Yahashi

Hideki Tanabe

Yoshiko Sakagawa

Tadashi Fukumoto

Takuto Joko

Masahide Ueda

Tetsuya Katagiri

Shigeaki Imai

Naoki Kubo

Hisashi Takata

Shigeaki Tochimoto

Yuzuru Tanaka

Norihiro Agawa

Akiyoshi Kamisaki

A measuring section for measuring a three-dimensional shape of an object by scanning the object, and a display section for displaying information about an area where the scanning has been already completed in accordance with the progress of the scanning are provided. Thus, an image for clarifying the area where the scanning has been already completed and an area where the scanning has not been completed yet is displayed, and the progressing status of the scanning can be grasped accurately by a user.

Three-dimensional shape measuring system

A system comprises a two-dimensional photographing device and a three-dimensional measuring device that is removably attached to the two-dimensional photographing device. The two-dimensional photographing device and the three-dimensional measuring device can communicate with each other. Information indicating an operating condition of one of the devices is transmitted to the other device, which receives the information and sets own operating condition in accordance with the received information for photographing or measuring.

Imaging system, two-dimensional photographing device and three-dimensional measuring device

An object is to provide a three-dimensional data input apparatus that enables data currently required by the user to be easily extracted from the stored past three-dimensional data, shooting position data or shooting direction data. When the user provides the three-dimensional measuring devicewith a measurement instruction, the portions operate through control by the central processing portionto obtain the three-dimensional data SS and the two-dimensional image data SN of the object Q. The group of the three-dimensional data SS, the two-dimensional image data SN, the position data SP and the attitude data SA that are in the one-to-one correspondence with one another as described above are stored in the storage portionevery time the three-dimensional data of the object Q is measured. In a case where a fixed point observation of the object is repetitively performed by use of the three-dimensional measuring deviceby extracting from the storage portionthree-dimensional data SSK and two-dimensional image data SNK obtained in the past and comparing them with the present three-dimensional data SSG and two-dimensional image data SNG, the change in the configuration of the object during that period can be found.

Three-dimensional data input apparatus

In order to reproduce a three-dimensional shape of an object accurately while maintaining measuring accuracy and high speed, in a three-dimensional measuring method of projecting a stripe pattern having colored stripes on the object and measuring the three-dimensional shape of the object based on stripe positions on the imaged image corresponding to the stripes on the stripe pattern, colors of the stripes on the stripe pattern are set according to a predetermined rule, and a plurality of stripes having a predetermined positional relationship are extracted from the image, and correspondence with stripes on the stripe pattern based on the color arrangement of the extracted plural stripes.

Three-dimensional measuring method and device, and computer program

Method and apparatus for measuring three dimensional information of a target placed in an interior space of a rotator type mirror by using the rotator type mirror in combination with an imaging apparatus disposed with its light receiving axis aligned with a center axis of the rotator type mirror. The invention includes projecting reference light toward the rotator type mirror from a position on the center axis, and scanning the target with mirror reflected reference light that is produced by reflecting the reference light on the rotator type mirror. The invention further includes obtaining the three dimensional information of the target, based on a physical quantity corresponding to the projection angle of the reference light and on a physical quantity corresponding to the position of a projected image obtained when the mirror reflected reference light that scanned the target is captured by the imaging apparatus via the rotator type mirror.

Three dimensional information measurement method and apparatus

A 3D object molding apparatus has a tank holding an uncolored or white resin as a first material for use in molding an interior of a 3D molded object and other thanks holding colored resins as second materials for use in molding a surface of the 3D molded object. A control unit moves a nozzle head in the XY plane and controls jetting of resins from injection nozzles of the nozzle head. When molding an interior of the 3D molded product, at least the first material is jetted and when molding a surface of the product, at least the second material is jetted. The apparatus has coloring nozzles to jet predetermined coloring agents in molding the 3D molded product to achieve coloring of the 3D molded product in the molding process.

Three-dimensional object molding apparatus

In a distance measuring apparatus having a projector that projects pulse light P outside and a light receiver that receives the pulse light being reflected in the outside and performs photoelectric conversion, and outputting measurement data DL responsive to a time Tf from the transmission point of time to the reception point of time of the pulse light, the following are provided: determining means for determining whether a received light waveform DP is correct or includes at least two incorrect waveforms based on an output signal SP of the light receiver ; and warning data outputting means for outputting warning data DE responsive to the result of the determination when the determining means determines that the received light waveform DP is incorrect.

Distance measuring apparatus

This invention is related to a three-dimensional measuring device for measuring three-dimensional positions of an objects. The three-dimensional measuring device comprises an optical projection system and an optical reception system. In a preliminary measurement prior to an actual measurement, the optical projection system projects slit light beam on the object with varying projection angle with in a narrow range, and the optical reception system receives the slit light beam reflected by the object and generates image signals corresponding to an amount of the received light synchronously with variation of the projection angle. Measurement conditions including intensity of the light beam and the projection angle for the actual measurement are set in accordance with the image signals of the actual measurement. Under the measurement conditions, the actual measurement is executed by projection the light beam on the object with varying the projection angle within a wide range.

Three-dimensional measuring device and three-dimensional measuring method

When a scanning start position set signal is input in an area image sensor, the content is transferred to a vertical scanning circuit, and the scan start position is set. Image of a desired row is read by horizontal scanning. Then, one shift signal for vertical scanning is input, the position of scanning is shifted by one row, and horizontal scanning is performed. Thus image of the next row is read. By repeating this operation, a desired strip-shaped image is read. The shape of the object is determined and when a portion is determined to have complicated shape, the image data is input by means of a lens having long focal length, and image data of other portions are input by means of a lens having short focal length. By putting together a plurality of input image data, image data as a whole is generated.

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

Data defining an outline shape of a section, color-region image data and adhesion-region image data are generated, color toners are transferred onto a color region and an adhesion region on a sheet in accordance with the respective image data, the sheet is aligned on processed sheets and laminated thereon. Next, a laminated body of the sheets is bonded by heating and pressurizing, and the laminated and bonded sheets are cut along the sectional outline shape. Further, sectional shape data of a solid model are generated and a transparent toner is transferred as an adhesive onto the adhesion region of the sheet. Then, after aligning and laminating the sheet on the processed sheets, the transparent toner is melted to bond the sheets. Color toners are transferred onto the color region of the sheet and the sheet is cut along the outline shape. Furthermore, the color region is defined on a transparent sheet in accordance with the sectional shape of the solid model. After entirely covering the color region with a white toner layer, a three-primary-color toner layer in which the three primary color toners are spatially tone-distributed is applied to the color region, to form a colored layer of double-layered structure. Alternatively, a colored layer is formed of one-layered structure in which the white toner fills clearances of dots of the three primary color toners.

Apparatus and method for forming three-dimensional object

An object is to provide a three-dimensional data input apparatus that enables data currently required by the user to be easily extracted from the stored past three-dimensional data, shooting position data or shooting direction data. When the user provides the three-dimensional measuring device with a measurement instruction, the portions operate through control by the central processing portion to obtain the three-dimensional data SS and the two-dimensional image data SN of the object Q. The group of the three-dimensional data SS, the two-dimensional image data SN, the position data SP and the attitude data SA that are in the one-to-one correspondence with one another as described above are stored in the storage portion every time the three-dimensional data of the object Q is measured. In a case where a fixed point observation of the object is repetitively performed by use of the three-dimensional measuring device by extracting from the storage portion three-dimensional data SSK and two-dimensional image data SNK obtained in the past and comparing them with the present three-dimensional data SSG and two-dimensional image data SNG, the change in the configuration of the object during that period can be found.

A three dimensional information measurement apparatus employing a rotator or surface-of-rotation type mirror, an imaging apparatus disposed with its light receiving axis aligned with a center axis of said rotator type mirror for measuring three dimensional information on a target placed in a space surrounding said center axis, and a reference light projection means for projecting reference light. Also, main scanning is performing by deflecting the reference light in a circumferential direction centered about the center axis or, in an alternative embodiment, avoided by providing a conically shaped reference beam. Sub scanning is performed by deflecting said reference light in a direction of projection whereby said reference light changes in a direction parallel to said center axis either by changing the angle of the main scanning mirror; and three dimensional information computing means for obtaining the three dimensional information of said target, based on a physical quantity corresponding to a projection angle representing the direction of projection of said reference light in the sub scan, and on a physical quantity corresponding to the position of a projected image obtained by said imaging apparatus and representing said reference light reflected from said target via said rotator type mirror.

This invention is related to a three-dimensional measuring device for measuring three-dimensional positions of an objects. The three-dimensional measuring device comprises an optical projection system and an optical reception system. In a preliminary measurement prior to an actual measurement, the optical projection system projects slit light beam on the object with varying projection angle with in a narrow range, and the optical reception system receives the slit light beam reflected by the object and generates image signals corresponding to an amount of the received light synchronously with variation of the projection angle. Measurement conditions including intensity of the light beam and the projection angle for the actual measurement are set in accordance with the image signals of the actual measurement. Under the measurement conditions, the actual measurement is executed by projecting the light beam on the object with varying the projection angle within a wide range.

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