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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), Hyogo, JP;
Kobelco Research Institute, Inc., Hyogo, JP;
Masato Kannaka, Kobe, JP;
Kazuhiko Tahara, Kobe, JP;
Hideki Matsuoka, Kobe, JP;
Noritaka Morioka, Kobe, JP;
Hidetoshi Tsunaki, Kobe, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
KOBELCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A shape measurement device and a shape measurement method according to the present invention measure, for first and second distance measurement units which are disposed so as to be opposed to each other with a measurement object to be measured interposed therebetween and each measure a distance to the measurement object, first and second displacements of the first and second distance measurement units in an opposition direction, and obtain, as a shape of the measurement object, a thickness of the measurement object in the opposition direction, the thickness being corrected with the measured first and second displacements, based on first and second distance measurement results measured by the first and second distance measurement units, respectively.