Shape measurement device and shape measurement method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10001360-B2
Application number	US-201515507488-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2015
Priority date	Sep 26, 2014
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

A shape measurement device and a shape measurement method according to the present invention measure, for first and second distance measurement units which are disposed so as to be opposed to each other with a measurement object to be measured interposed therebetween and each measure a distance to the measurement object, first and second displacements of the first and second distance measurement units in an opposition direction, and obtain, as a shape of the measurement object, a thickness of the measurement object in the opposition direction, the thickness being corrected with the measured first and second displacements, based on first and second distance measurement results measured by the first and second distance measurement units, respectively.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shape measurement device comprising:
first and second distance measurement units which are disposed so as to be opposed to each other with a measurement object to be measured therebetween, and which each measure a distance to the measurement object;
first and second displacement measurement units which are disposed on the first and second distance measurement units and constituted by first and second acceleration sensors, respectively, for measuring a displacement of the first and second distance measurement units in an opposition direction, respectively; and
a shape arithmetic operation unit which obtains, as a shape of the measurement object, a thickness of the measurement object along the opposition direction, the thickness being corrected with first and second displacement measurement results measured by the first and second displacement measurement units, respectively, based on first and second distance measurement results measured by the first and second distance measurement units, respectively.

2. The shape measurement device according to claim 1 , further comprising a shifting mechanism unit which relatively shifts the measurement object and the first and second distance measurement units within a plane orthogonal to the opposition direction,
wherein
by relatively shifting the measurement object and the first and second distance measurement units within the plane by the shifting mechanism unit, the first and second distance measurement units measure, at each of a plurality of measurement positions of the measurement object, a distance to the measurement object,
the first and second displacement measurement units each measure a displacement in the opposition direction in synchronization with timing at which the first and second distance measurement units measure a distance to the measurement object at each of the plurality of measurement positions, and
the shape arithmetic operation unit obtains a thickness of the measurement object along the opposition direction, the thickness being corrected with the first and second displacement measurement results measured by the first and second displacement measurement units, respectively, based on first and second distance measurement results measured by the first and second distance measurement units, respectively at each of the plurality of measurement positions, so that a thickness distribution of the measurement object is obtained as a shape of the measurement object.

3. The shape measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second distance measurement units each include an optical interference type displacement sensor or an electrostatic capacitance type displacement sensor which measures a distance to the measurement object based on a displacement of the measurement object relative to a reference set in advance and measures a displacement amount of the displacement.

4. The shape measurement device according to claim 2 , wherein the first and second distance measurement units each include an optical interference type displacement sensor or an electrostatic capacitance type displacement sensor which measures a distance to the measurement object based on a displacement of the measurement object relative to a reference set in advance and measures a displacement amount of the displacement.

5. A shape measurement method comprising:
a distance measurement step of measuring a distance to a measurement object to be measured by first and second distance measurement units disposed so as to be opposed to each other with the measurement object therebetween;
a displacement measurement step of disposing first and second displacement measurement units constituted by first and second acceleration sensors on the first and second distance measurement units and measuring a displacement of the first and second distance measurement units in an opposition direction, respectively; and
a shape arithmetic operation step of obtaining, as a shape of the measurement object, a thickness of the measurement object along the opposition direction, the thickness being corrected with first and second displacement measurement results measured by the first and second displacement measurement units, respectively, at the displacement measurement step based on first and second distance measurement results measured by the first and second distance measurement units, respectively, at the distance measurement step.

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd
• Kobelco Res Institute Inc
• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• Kannaka Masato
• Tahara Kazuhiko
• Matsuoka Hideki
• Morioka Noritaka
• Tsunaki Hidetoshi

Classifications

• G01B11/06 Primary

  for measuring thickness {; e.g. of sheet material (thickness measurement by thermal means G01B21/085)} · CPC title

• G01B21/20

  for measuring contours or curvatures, e.g. determining profile · CPC title

• B29C31/00

  Handling, e.g. feeding of the material to be shaped {, storage of plastics material before moulding; Automation, i.e. automated handling lines in plastics processing plants, e.g. using manipulators or robots (discharging moulded articles from the mould B29C37/0003; storage of prepregs or SMC after impregnation or during ageing B29C70/54; baling of rubber B29B15/02)} · CPC title

• G01B11/24

  for measuring contours or curvatures · CPC title

• G01B7/02

  for measuring length, width or thickness (G01B7/004, G01B7/12 take precedence) · CPC title