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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Sanyo Machine Works, Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Shoji Abe, Aichi, JP;
Katsuo Tokida, Aichi, JP;
SANYO MACHINE WORKS, LTD., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
Even when a pasting target body to which prepregs are pasted has a shape changed portion such as a curved portion, prepreg pasting states are accurately inspected. A prepreg pasting state inspection apparatus for inspecting a gap between adjacent prepregs on a pasting target body has a laser for emitting slit light along an inclined plane so that a projected pattern of the slit light is formed across the adjacent prepregs, a camera for imaging an irradiation region of the laser, and a control unit for determining whether the gap between the adjacent prepregs is within an allowance based on a signal from the camera. The apparatus also has a range sensor for measuring a distance between a reference position and the irradiation region, and focus adjusting units for adjusting focus positions of the camera and the laser based on the signal from the range sensor.