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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2015
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuya Niwano, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Ishizu, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Hayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiro Tsujimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Kozawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Takefumi Kiwada, Minamikiso-machi, JP;
Makoto Furuta, Nakatsugawa, JP;
Aki Hiroshima, Tokyo, JP;
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A measuring instrument includes a main body casing, a detector on the main body casing and detecting an amount of stylus head displacement, a display on an outer surface of the casing; a plurality of key switches on the outer surface, a menu proximate the display on the outer surface, and a display controller controlling the display. The display includes a main display and a cursor display, which is arranged in a location alongside the menu and displays a cursor pointing to the menu, and performs control such that a measured value based on an amount of displacement is displayed, but the cursor is not displayed when in a measurement mode where the detector detects the amount of displacement, and such that a cursor is displayed so as to point to the menu corresponding to a selected menu when in a settings mode where measurement conditions are set.