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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2004
Nobuyuki Hama, Kure, JP;
Ichirou Okamoto, Kure, JP;
Hideo Tanada, Kure, JP;
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
Centroid moments of components of an arm () are calculated based on three-dimensional model data and mass of the components, the centroid moments being combined to calculate a centroid position (G) of the entirety of the arm (). The arm () is adjusted and swingably supported so that a stylus (D) provided on an end of the arm () being swingably supported by a support () that moves relative to a workpiece () touches the workpiece () with a predetermined measuring force and the centroid position (G) is located on a horizontal plane including the fulcrum when the support () is inclined by an angle in the middle of an angle range within which the support () is rotated by a moving section (). The measuring force is hardly fluctuated when the support () is inclined.