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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2016
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Sawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Hanamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Takada, Yokohama, JP;
Takuho Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A hardness tester includes a memory associating and storing a parts program having defined measurement conditions with respect to a sample, including a test position, and an image file acquired by capturing an image of the shape of the sample; an image acquirer acquiring image data of the sample to be measured; a pattern matcher performing a pattern matching process on the image data of the sample using the image file associated with the parts program; a determiner determining whether an image file exists which has a shape related to the image data of the sample; a retriever retrieving the parts program associated with the image file having a related shape; and a measurer measuring hardness of the sample based on the retrieved parts program.