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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Mark Delaney, Shoreline, WA (US);
Barry Saylor, Kent, WA (US);
Mark Delaney, Shoreline, WA (US);
Barry Saylor, Kent, WA (US);
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
A machine vision system editing environment is provided for a part program in which a continuous stream of image acquisition operations are performed during a run mode. In one embodiment, a new common syntax and representations are utilized wherein continuous image acquisition operations are recorded in the same way as regular operations, with the running of the part program being performed in two stages. In the first stage, the portion of the part program that is to have the continuous stream of image acquisition is scanned for image acquisition operations, and the most efficient order for acquiring the images is determined, after which the image acquisition process is begun. Then, in the second stage, while the image acquisition process is being performed, the portion of the part program is scanned again, with the image analysis operations then being performed.