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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Satoshi Miyamoto, Nabari, JP;
Takayuki Nishioka, Sakurai, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Miyamoto, Nabari, JP;
Takayuki Nishioka, Sakurai, JP;
Assignee:
DMG Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a tool length measuring method measuring a length of a tool based on a movement amount of the tool from a predetermined position when the tool is moved from the predetermined position in a predetermined direction and interrupts a laser beam, the movement of the tool in a direction in which the tool approaches a main body of a laser device is stopped when a static signal indicating that the tool is interrupting the laser beam is detected.