Test indicator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12196544-B2
Application number	US-202217660219-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2022
Priority date	Apr 27, 2021
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

There is provided a test indicator 100 capable of replacing a stylus 210 with another stylus 210 having a different length to increase a reaching range of the stylus 210 , and of increasing a rotation angle of the stylus 210 to display an accurate measurement value in a wide measurement range.
A calculation unit 400 of the test indicator 100 includes a stylus-length storage unit 420 that sets and stores a length of the stylus 210 , and a stylus-length correction calculation unit 400 that changes, according to the length of the stylus 210 , a conversion ratio for converting a detection value by an encoder 340 into a measurement value to correct the measurement value. The calculation unit 400 further includes a rotation-angle calculation unit 410 that calculates a rotation angle αs[rad] of the stylus 210 based on the detection value by the encoder 340 and an arc-chord error correction calculation unit 400 that multiplies a sine value using the rotation angle αs calculated by the rotation-angle calculation unit 410 as an argument to correct the measurement value.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A test indicator comprising:
a stylus having a contact point at a tip end, the contact point being brought into contact with a surface of an object to be measured;
a body case pivotally supporting the stylus in such a manner as to be rotatable;
an encoder configured to detect a rotation displacement amount of the stylus;
a calculation unit configured to convert a detection value by the encoder into a displacement amount of the contact point to calculate a measurement value; and
a display unit configured to display the measurement value, wherein
the calculation unit is configured to correct the measurement value based on at least one or more of a length of the stylus, a rotation angle of the stylus, and flexure of the stylus.

2. The test indicator according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation unit includes:
a stylus-length storage unit configured to set and store the length of the stylus; and
a stylus-length correction calculation unit configured to change, according to the length of the stylus, a conversion ratio for converting the detection value by the encoder into the measurement value to correct the measurement value.

3. The test indicator according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation unit includes:
a rotation-angle calculation unit configured to calculate a rotation angle αs[rad] of the stylus based on the detection value by the encoder, and
an arc-chord error correction calculation unit configured to multiply a sine value using the rotation angle αs calculated by the rotation-angle calculation unit as an argument to correct the measurement value.

4. The test indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
the calculation unit includes:
a stylus-length storage unit configured to set and store the length of the stylus;
a reference flexure-error storage unit configured to store, as a reference flexure error δsf, a flexure error of a reference stylus actually measured when the reference stylus having a predetermined reference length Gs is used;
a flexure calculation unit configured to correct the reference flexure error δsf according to the length of the stylus to calculate an actual flexure error δcf being an actual flexure error; and
a flexure-error correction calculation unit configured to add the actual flexure error δcf calculated by the flexure calculation unit to correct the measurement value.

5. The test indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
the calculation unit includes:
a stylus-length storage unit configured to set and store the length of the stylus;
a reference outward-path flexure-error storage unit configured to store, as a reference outward-path flexure error δsf, a flexure error of a reference stylus actually measured when the reference stylus having a predetermined reference length Gs rotates in a direction in which a rotation angle of the reference stylus increases;
an outward-path flexure calculation unit configured to correct the reference outward-path flexure error δsf according to the length of the stylus to calculate an actual outward-path flexure error δcf being an actual flexure error;
a reference return-path flexure-error storage unit configured to store, as a reference return-path flexure error δsb, a flexure error of the reference stylus actually measured when the reference stylus having the predetermined reference length Gs rotates in a direction in which the rotation angle of the reference stylus decreases;
a return-path flexure calculation unit configured to correct the reference return-path flexure error δsb according to the length of the stylus to calculate an actual return-path flexure error δcb being an actual flexure error; and
a flexure-error correction calculation unit configured to add the actual outward-path flexure error δcf calculated by the outward-path flexure calculation unit to correct the measurement value when the stylus rotates in a direction in which the detection value by the encoder increases, and to add the actual return-path flexure error δcb calculated by the return-path flexure calculation unit to correct the measurement value when the stylus rotates in a direction in which the detection value by the encoder decreases.

6. A control method for a test indicator,
the test indicator including:
a stylus having a contact point at a tip end, the contact point being brought into contact with a surface of an object to be measured; and
a body case pivotally supporting the stylus in such a manner as to be rotatable, the control method comprising:
a rotation detection step of detecting, by an encoder, a rotation displacement amount of the stylus; and
a calculation step of converting a detection value by the encoder into a displacement amount of the contact point to calculate a measurement value; and
a display step of displaying the measurement value, wherein
the calculation step includes correcting the measurement value based on at least one or more of a length of the stylus, a rotation angle of the stylus, and flexure of the stylus.

7. The control method of the test indicator according to claim 6 , wherein the calculation step includes:
a stylus-length storage step of setting and storing the length of the stylus; and
a stylus-length correction calculation step of changing, according to the length of the stylus, a conversion ratio for converting the detection value by the encoder into the measurement value to correct the measurement value.

8. The control method of the test indicator according to claim 6 , wherein
the calculation step includes:
a rotation-angle calculation step of calculating a rotation angle αs[rad] of the stylus based on the detection value by the encoder, and
an arc-chord error correction calculation step of multiplying a sine value using the rotation angle αs calculated in the rotation-angle calculation step as an argument to correct the measurement value.

9. The control method of the test indicator according to claim 6 , wherein
the calculation step includes:
a stylus-length storage step of setting and storing the length of the stylus;
a reference flexure-error storage step of storing, as a reference flexure error δsf, a flexure error of a reference stylus actually measured when the reference stylus having a predetermined reference length Gs is used;
a flexure calculation step of correcting the reference flexure error δsf according to the length of the stylus to calculate an actual flexure error δcf being an actual flexure error; and
a flexure error correction calculation step of adding the actual flexure error δcf calculated in the flexure calculation step to correct the measurement value.

10. The control method of the test indicator according to claim 6 , wherein
the calculation step includes:
a stylus-length storage step of setting and storing the length of the stylus;
a reference outward-path flexure-error storage step of storing, as a reference outward-path flexure error δsf, a flexure error of a reference stylus actually measured when the reference stylus having a predetermined reference length Gs rotates in a direction in which a rotation angle of the reference stylus increases;
an outward-path flexure calculation step of correcting the reference outward-path flexure error δsf according to the length of the stylus to calculate an actual outward-path flexure error δcf being an actual flexure error;
a reference return-path flexure-error storage step of storing, as a reference return-path flexure error δsb, a flexure error of the reference stylus actually measured when the reference stylus having the predetermined reference length Gs rotates in a direction in which the rotation angle of the reference stylus decreases;
a return-path flexure calculation step o

Assignees

• Mitutoyo Corp

Inventors

• Terautchi Tatsushi

Classifications

• G01B3/002

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• G06F3/03545

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• G01B3/22 Primary

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