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Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2019
Applicant:

Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Takayuki Ishioka, Hiroshima, JP;

Minoru Katayama, Hiroshima, JP;

Assignee:

MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control method of surface characteristic measuring apparatus relatively displaces by a relative displacement mechanism, detects when the distal end of the stylus contacting the measurable surface, calculates an amount of relative displacement in the Z-axis direction between the measuring device and the measured object required for a measuring arm to be leveled after the distal end of the stylus contacts the measurable surface, calculates a displacement amount generated in the distal end of the stylus in an X-axis direction when the measuring device and the measured object are relatively displaced only by in the Z-axis direction; and levels the measuring arm by relatively displacing only by the measuring device and the measured object in the Z-axis direction by the relative displacement mechanism, and relatively displaces only by the measuring device and the measured object in the X-axis direction by the relative displacement mechanism at the same time.


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