Sensor positioning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10539416-B2
Application number	US-201715704104-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2017
Priority date	Mar 17, 2015
Publication date	Jan 21, 2020
Grant date	Jan 21, 2020

Abstract

A sensor positioning device includes an inter-sensor distance measurement jig that measures a distance between two sensors, and is a reference when setting the distance between the two sensors to a target distance, and reference-setting jigs of sensor height position, each including a weight and a weight suspension member, a lengthwise direction of which is in a vertical direction when the weight is suspended, and each performing setting of a distance which is a total of a vertical direction dimension of the weight, a length of the weight suspension member, and a distance from an upper end of the weight suspension member to the sensor such that the distance coincides with a target height of the sensor, when the weight is in contact with a reference surface, in a state where the weight is attached to a sensor holding jig by the weight suspension member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sensor positioning device comprising:
two sensors that detect a position of a position measurement target in cooperation with a sensor provided in or on the position measurement target;
sensor holding jigs that hold the two sensors, respectively, at arbitrary height positions;
an inter-sensor distance measurement jig that measures a distance between the two sensors in a horizontal or substantially horizontal direction, and that functions as a reference at a time of setting the distance between the two sensors in the horizontal or substantially horizontal direction to a predetermined target distance; and
reference-setting jigs of sensor height position, each including a weight and a weight suspension member; wherein
a lengthwise direction of the weight suspension member is oriented in a vertical direction when the weight is suspended;
each of the reference-setting jigs of sensor height position is structured to set a target height of a respective one of the sensors such that the target height of the respective one of the sensors coincides with a total distance of a vertical direction dimension of the weight, a length of the weight suspension member, and a distance from an upper end of the weight suspension member to the respective one of the sensors, in a state where the weight is attached to a respective one of the sensor holding jigs via the weight suspension member, and the weight is in contact with a reference surface in a height direction;
the height positions of the two sensors are adjusted to respective target height positions set by the reference-setting jigs of sensor height position; and
a distance between the two sensors is adjusted to the target distance based on the distance between the two sensors determined by the inter-sensor distance measurement jig.

2. The sensor positioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the two sensors are held by the sensor holding jigs to be positioned on lines extending from vertical axes of the weight suspension members attached to the sensor holding jigs.

3. The sensor positioning device according to claim 2 , wherein a gap between the sensors is determined based on a gap between two weights that are suspended, respectively, from the two sensor holding jigs via the weight suspension members.

4. The sensor positioning device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the sensor holding jigs includes:
a base unit capable of extending and contracting; and
a sensor holding unit attached to an upper portion of the base unit, and configured to hold the respective one of the sensors; wherein
the sensor holding unit is held by the base unit such that an axis direction of the sensor holding unit is inclined at a predetermined inclination to an axis direction of the base unit.

5. The sensor positioning device according to claim 4 , wherein
the sensor holding unit includes a horizontal or substantially horizontal shaft, such that the respective one of the sensors is positioned on an extending line of a shaft center of the horizontal or substantially horizontal shaft; and
an attachment member that attaches the weight suspension member is rotatably attached to the horizontal or substantially horizontal shaft.

6. The sensor positioning device according to claim 5 , wherein the attachment member is detachably attached to each of the sensor holding jigs.

7. The sensor positioning device according to claim 5 , wherein the attachment member is a U-shaped hook.

8. The sensor positioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensors include at least one of an ultrasonic transmission and an ultrasonic reception function.

9. The sensor positioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the weight suspension member is a wire or a chain.

10. The sensor positioning device according to claim 1 , wherein positioning flange portions are provided at predetermined positions of the horizontal or substantially horizontal shafts.

11. The sensor positioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the inter-sensor distance measurement jig is a scaled ruler.

12. The sensor positioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the inter-sensor distance measurement jig is a steel material or a wire having a predetermined length.

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Tanaka Yuta
• Yoshikawa Koichi

Classifications

• G01S5/30

  Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location · CPC title

• G01B21/02 Primary

  for measuring length, width, or thickness (G01B21/10 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01S1/75

  Transmitters · CPC title

• G01C3/18

  with one observation point at each end of the base (G01C3/20 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01B21/047

  Accessories, e.g. for positioning, for tool-setting, for measuring probes · CPC title