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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeru Kanehara, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2006.01); F16G 5/16 (2006.01); G01B 11/16 (2006.01); G01M 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); F16G 5/16 (2013.01); G01B 11/16 (2013.01); G01M 13/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A metal element deformation state detection device is provided in which since a plurality of the metal elements are in line contact with each other via a rocking edge and are aligned in an arc shape to form a metal element row, a light source is disposed on the radially inner side or the radially outer side of the arc of the metal element row, and a deformation state of the metal element is detected by observing passed-through light that has been emitted from the light source and has passed through a gap between adjacent metal elements, slight deformation in the metal element can reliably be detected.