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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Kimiaki Ohto, Tokyo, JP;
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMTED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a technology capable of measuring three-dimensional shapes by applying a stereo method even in the case that an object has a specular surface. A shape measuring apparatusis equipped with a pattern position specification section(before-movement pattern position specification section, after-movement pattern position specification section), an image capturing position calculation section(before-movement image capturing position calculation section, after-movement image capturing calculation section), a pixel area specification section(second pixel area specification section), an inclination angle calculation section(before-movement inclination angle calculation section, after-movement inclination angle calculation section), a height-direction coordinate determination section, and an output section