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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2018
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotada Anzai, Schaumburg, IL (US);
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A measurement apparatus includes: the first end supporter; the second end supporter; a probe that measures a columnar workpiece supported by the first end supporter and the second end supporter; and a control part that obtains a center and a rotation track of the first end supporter, and a center of the second end supporter when a rotary table rotates and changes the orientation of workpiece coordinate axes based on a rotation position of the rotary table when a measurement of the columnar workpiece by the probe is performed, the workpiece coordinate axes including an axis passing through the center of the first end supporter and the center of the second end supporter.