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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2011
Hidenobu Ishida, Hamamatsu, JP;
Naoki Ozawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tsukasa Hagihara, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shuichi Usui, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hidenobu Ishida, Hamamatsu, JP;
Naoki Ozawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tsukasa Hagihara, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shuichi Usui, Hamamatsu, JP;
Suzuki Motor Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An apparatusof the present invention includes a laser emitting unit, a monitor unit, a storage unit, an image extraction unit, a bead recognition unit, and a bead shape determination unit. The bead shape determination unitis configured to calculate the position of the end of a bead region based on the bead region recognized by the bead recognition unit, and to determine whether the shape of the end of the bead region is convex or concave in the extending direction of the bead region.