Image measuring apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10027885-B2
Application number	US-201514797485-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2015
Priority date	Jul 18, 2014
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

An image measuring apparatus is configured such that an image of a measured object placed on a stage is captured by a camera, the captured image is displayed on, a captured image display screen, and determination results based on results of a measurement are displayed in an overview list separately from the captured image of the measured object. The image measuring apparatus includes an individual determination results display region displaying individual determination results for each measurement position; and an overall determination results display region displaying overall determination results for the measured object as a unit. The image measuring apparatus is configured to display the individual determination results and the overall determination results together.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image measuring apparatus configured such that an image of a measured object placed on a stage is captured by a camera, the image measuring apparatus comprising:
a captured image display region of a screen and configured to display the captured image, wherein determination results based on results of a measurement are displayed on the screen in an overview list separately from the captured image of the measured object;
an individual determination results display region of the screen and configured to display individual determination results for each measurement position; and
an overall determination results display region of the screen and configured to display overall determination results for the measured object as a unit indicating the success or failure of the measurement, wherein:
the captured image, the individual determination results and the overall determination results are displayed on the screen together; and
when a said individual determination result has been selected by an operator, a corresponding measurement position is emphasized on the captured image in the captured image display region.

2. The image measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a position of a measured value relative to a determination range is displayed in analog in the overall determination results display region.

3. The image measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an increase/decrease direction of a present measured value relative to a previous measured value is displayed proximate to the overall determination results display region.

4. The image measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a trend graph illustrating shifts in a measured value is displayed in a background of the overall determination results display region.

5. The image measuring apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the trend graph is displayed together with a determination range in the background of the overall determination results display region.

6. The image measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least a number of overall determination results is displayed numerically in the overall determination results display region.

7. The image measuring apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein an increase/decrease direction of a present measured value relative to a previous measured value is displayed proximate to the overall determination results display region.

8. A method of displaying measurement results on a display of an image measuring apparatus, the method comprising:
displaying, in a captured image display region of a screen, an image of a measured object placed on a stage and captured by a camera;
displaying on the screen, determination results based on results of a measurement in an overview list, separately from the captured image of the measured object;
displaying, in an individual determination results display region of the display, individual determination results for each measurement position;
displaying, in an overall determination results display region of the display, overall determination results for the measured object as a unit indicating the success or failure of the measurement, wherein the displaying the captured image, the displaying individual determination results and the displaying overall determination results occur together
emphasizing, when a said individual determination result has been selected by an operator, a corresponding measurement position on the captured image in the captured image display region.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising displaying in analog, a position of a measured value relative to a determination range, in the overall determination results display region.

10. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising displaying an increase/decrease direction of a present measured value relative to a previous measured value proximate to the overall determination results display region.

11. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising displaying a trend graph illustrating shifts in a measured value in a background of the overall determination results display region.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the trend graph displaying comprises displaying the trend graph together with a determination range in the background of the overall determination results display region.

13. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising numerically displaying at least a number of overall determination results in the overall determination results display region.

14. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising displaying an increase/decrease direction of a present measured value relative to a previous measured value proximate to the overall determination results display region.

Assignees

• Mitutoyo Corp

Inventors

• Cho Gyokubu
• Takada Akira
• Hanamura Takashi
• Maeda Takuho

Classifications

• G06T11/60 Primary

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G01B21/04 Primary

  by measuring coordinates of points · CPC title

• H04N23/635

  Region indicators; Field of view indicators · CPC title

• G01B9/04

  Measuring microscopes · CPC title

• G01C11/00 Primary

  Photogrammetry or videogrammetry, e.g. stereogrammetry; Photographic surveying · CPC title