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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2014
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaoki Yamagata, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Coordinate measuring apparatus includes a probe having an optical system emitting light along a plane at a workpiece, an image capture apparatus having image capture elements arranged on an image capture plane and capturing an image of the workpiece from a position different from that of the predetermined plane, and a controller controlling the emitting optical system. The controller determines whether the image capture elements arranged in an image capture region on the image capture plane detect light incident on the workpiece due to the light from the emitting optical system, turns on the light emitted from the emitting optical system when the image capture elements arranged within the image capture region detect the incident light, and blinks the light emitted from the emitting optical system at a predetermined periodicity when the image capture elements arranged within the image capture region do not detect the incident light.