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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
May. 03, 2019
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
A cross-section measurement method measures a cross section of a three-dimensional object formed by an object-forming machine that laminates an object material at an object-forming point. The object-forming machine includes: a table; an object-forming head; a beam supporting the object-forming head; a driver that moves the object-forming head relative to the table along the beam; an object-former on the object-forming head that laminates the object material on the table to form the object; and an imager on the object-forming head and that captures an image of the object. The object-former and the imager are indirectly supported by the beam via the object-forming head. The method includes: controlling the driver and the object-former to form the object on the table; capturing an image of the object with the imager while the object is being formed; and measuring a cross section of the object based on the captured image.