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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Masaharu Tsujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoko Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/14 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A coordinate measuring system includes a probe provided with first to ninth infrared LEDs, and an image capture apparatus and calculation controller detecting the position of the probe. The probe includes a distance obtainer acquiring distance data for a distance from the probe to the image capture apparatus; and an illumination controller controlling an illumination time of the first to ninth infrared LEDs based on the distance represented by the distance data.