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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
May. 18, 2022
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Kiire, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A position detection system includes: a plurality of distance detection apparatuses that generate distance data indicating distances to a plurality of positions on the object by detecting light reflected by the object in a predetermined three-dimensional space; an object identification part that identifies the object included in one or more pieces of distance data among a plurality of pieces of the distance data generated by the plurality of distance detection apparatuses; and a position identification part that identifies a position of the object in the three-dimensional space on the basis of (i) a position in the three-dimensional space of the distance detection apparatus that generated the distance data with which the object identification part identified the object and (ii) a position of the object in the distance data.