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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2001
Tatsuya Matsunaga, Kyoto, JP;
Masahiro Kawachi, Kyoto, JP;
Tatsuya Matsunaga, Kyoto, JP;
Masahiro Kawachi, Kyoto, JP;
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a displacement sensor which allows at least part of the data used from the time of obtaining an image until the time of computing the displacement can be readily verified. In a displacement sensor for automatically extracting a coordinate of a measuring point from an image obtained by using an imaging device according to a prescribed measuring point extraction algorithm, and computing a desired displacement from the automatically extracted measuring point coordinate, the sensor is further provided with the function to edit data used from the time of obtaining the image until the time of computing the displacement for use as display data for an image monitor.