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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2003
Takayuki Nakamura, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Takayuki Nakamura, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Nara, JP;
Intelligent Manufacturing Systems International, Sacramento, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a three-dimensional model data generating apparatus which can generate efficiently and accurately three-dimensional model data of a structural member constituting a machine tool. A three-dimensional model data generating apparatushas: X-, Y-, and Z-axis imaging mechanismseach of which has two CCD cameras that are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and which image a structural member constituting a machine toolin the respective directions of the X-, Y-, and Z-axes (three orthogonal axis directions), thereby generating two-dimensional image data; and a model data generating sectionwhich generates three-dimensional model data including at least shape data which define a three-dimensional shape of the structural member on the basis of the generated two-dimensional image data.