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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2012
Hiroki Inoue, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Nobuhiro Tani, Osaka, JP;
Toshihide Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Inoue, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Nobuhiro Tani, Osaka, JP;
Toshihide Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Laser light is emitted to a sheet member wound on a forming drum in a range which includes the entire width of the sheet member and distance data on a distance to a reflecting surface is obtained, using a two-dimensional laser sensor which has a detection range along a drum circumferential direction, while moving either the two-dimensional laser sensor or the forming drum in a drum width direction. Further, the positions of width-directional opposite end sections of the sheet member are calculated on the basis of the obtained distance data.