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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2017
Meidensha Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Yoshiki Nota, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Watabe, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Kato, Inzai, JP;
Ryuji Onoda, Chiba, JP;
Hirotomo Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Takashi Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A wired-rope measuring device, provided with two camerasthat shoot one or no less than two wired ropesfrom different directions and an analyzing devicethat analyzes image data that is an image shot by the two cameras, wherein the analyzing deviceapplies the principle of triangulation by a stereo method to the image data to seek a center coordinate Pof the wired roperelative to the camerasand volumetric anamorphosis is corrected when calculating a diameter D of the wired ropebased on the center coordinate Pof the wired rope