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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Xiaodong Tian, Davis, CA (US);
Makoto Fujishima, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Xiaodong Tian, Davis, CA (US);
Makoto Fujishima, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Yamato-Koriyama, JP;
Intelligent Manufacturing Systems International, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for confirming three-dimensional model data or the like, capable of confirming easily, efficiently, and precisely whether three-dimensional model data including an attached object attached to a machine tool and at least a part of the machine tool good are accurate. An apparatusfor confirming three-dimensional model data is provided with: CCD camerasandfor imaging an actual attached object attached to a machine toolto generate actual image data of the attached object; a model-data storing sectionfor storing in advance model data which include the attached object attached to the machine tooland at least a part of the machine tooland which are previously created; a virtual image data generating sectionfor generating, by a computer process, two-dimensional image data, which are virtual image data of the attached object, based on the model data stored in the model-data storing section; and an image-data comparing sectionfor comparing, by a computer process, the actual image data of the attached object and the virtual image data thereof to determine whether these image data match.