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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G01B 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G01B 21/047 (2013.01); G01B 2210/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A positioning unit includes two or more the laser light sources disposed around a point sensor. Laser light beams from the two or more the laser light sources intersect at an adjustment point separated from a detection point, which is away from the point sensor, by a predetermined distance. The adjustment point is positioned on a desired measurement start point on a work, the point sensor is moved close to the work by the predetermined distance, and a measurement scan of the work is started.