Mitutoyo Corporation

Kuniyuki Nuka

Takeshi Kawabata

Motonori Ogihara

Shinsaku Abe

Kozaburo Suzuki

It is an object of the present invention to provide a measuring apparatus capable of easily restoring the tracking state when the tracking state of the target is interrupted. One aspect of the present invention is a measuring apparatus that emits a light beam toward a target, captures and tracks the target, and measures the three-dimensional coordinates of the target. The measuring apparatus includes: a light source for emitting light beam; an angle control unit for controlling the emission angle of the light beam emitted from the light source so as to track the moving target; an imaging unit for capturing the target or the vicinity of the target, and a recognition unit for recognizing the target or the specific portion including the target from an image captured by the imaging unit. The angle control unit controls the emission angle of the light beam so as to emit light beam toward the target or the specific portion including the target recognized by the recognition unit when the tracking of the target is released.

Measuring apparatus

The present invention provides a measurement program selection assisting apparatus capable of visually confirming whether a selected measurement program is suitable for an object to be measured. One aspect of the present invention is a measurement program selection assisting apparatus comprising: a measurement program database storing a measurement program related to measurement of an object and superimposed display information corresponding to a three-dimensional shape of the object in association with each other; a display unit capable of displaying information defined in a virtual space superimposed on the real space; and a display control unit for acquiring the superimposed display information corresponding to a selected measurement program from the measurement program database and displaying the acquired superimposed display information in a mixed reality on the display unit.

Measurement program selection assisting apparatus and measurement control apparatus

It is an object of the present invention to provide a measuring apparatus capable of easily grasping a tracking state of a target and performing an efficient measurement. One aspect of the present invention is a measuring apparatus that emits a light beam toward a target, captures and tracks the target, and measures the three-dimensional coordinates of the target. The measuring apparatus comprises: a light source for emitting light beam; an angle control unit for controlling the emission angle of the light beam emitted from the light source so as to track the moving target; a display unit that provided on a device that is wearable by a measurer; a calculation unit for calculating the three-dimensional coordinates of the target based on the emission angle of the light beam and the light returning from the target; and a display control unit that controls information displayed on the display unit based on the three-dimensional coordinates calculated by the calculation unit. The display control unit performs control to superimposed and display the optical axis graphic image on a position of the optical axis of the light beam.

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Kuniyuki Nuka