Shape measuring apparatus and control method of shape measuring apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9448052-B2
Application number	US-201313941880-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2013
Priority date	Jul 20, 2012
Publication date	Sep 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016

Abstract

A control method of a shape measuring apparatus divides a curve indicating a movement path of a probe into a plurality of sections. A measurement target section is selected from the plurality of sections sequentially from a starting point side of the curve indicating the movement path of the probe. A first curvature radius is calculated from a curvature of the measurement target section. A second curvature radius is calculated according to an angle between a first straight line connecting a starting point to an ending point of the measurement target section and a second straight line connecting a starting point to an ending point of a section next to the measurement target section. A smaller value from among the first curvature radius and the second curvature radius is set as an effective radius. A maximum speed of probe movement increasing according to an increase in the effective radius is calculated for the measurement target section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An improved control method of controlling a shape measuring apparatus according to a calculated maximum speed, the method comprising:
dividing a curve indicating a movement path of a probe into a plurality of sections;
selecting a measurement target section from the plurality of sections sequentially from a starting point side of the curve indicating the movement path of the probe;
calculating a first curvature radius from a curvature of the measurement target section;
calculating a second curvature radius according to an angle between a first straight line connecting a starting point to an ending point of the measurement target section and a second straight line connecting a starting point to an ending point of a section next to the measurement target section;
selecting a smaller value from among the first curvature radius and the second curvature radius as an effective radius; and
calculating a maximum speed of probe movement increasing according to an increase in the effective radius for the measurement target section.

2. The control method of a shape measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
dividing the measurement target section into a plurality of division curves; and
calculating a minimum radius of a circle which has the minimum radius and passes through three continuous points of a starting point of the measurement target section, an ending point of the measurement target section and a division point at which the measurement target section is divided into the plurality of division curves as the first curvature radius.

3. The control method of a shape measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the curve indicating the movement path of the probe is parametric cubic curves.

4. The control method of a shape measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising, in a scanning operation of the shape measuring apparatus, controlling the movement of the probe based on the calculated maximum speed.

5. The control method of a shape measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
gathering the two or more sections, in which the effective radius is within a predetermined range, of the plurality of sections as one block; and
calculating a maximum speed of probe movement increasing according to an increase in a fourth curvature radius which is a representative value of the effective radius of the measurement target section included in the block for the block.

6. The control method of a shape measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the representative value is an average value of the effective radii of the measurement target section included in the block.

7. The control method of a shape measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a speed pattern for moving the probe is decided based on the maximum speed.

8. The control method of a shape measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , comprising:
gathering the two or more sections, in which the effective radius is within a predetermined range, of the plurality of sections as one block;
calculating a maximum speed of probe movement increasing according to an increase in a representative value of the effective radius of the measurement target section included in the block; and
selecting the speed pattern for moving the probe in the block.

9. The control method of a shape measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , comprising:
comparing a first maximum speed which is the maximum speed of the measurement target section with a second maximum speed which is the maximum speed of the section next to the measurement target section; and
setting the first maximum speed as a terminal speed of the measurement target section when the first maximum speed is lower than or equal to the second maximum speed, and setting the second maximum speed as the terminal speed of the measurement target section when the first maximum speed is higher than the second maximum speed.

10. The control method of a shape measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , comprising:
when an initial speed of the measurement target section is equal to the terminal speed, selecting a speed pattern in which the probe is moved from the starting point to the ending point of the measurement target section while maintaining a constant speed at the initial speed.

11. The control method of a shape measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , comprising:
when the initial speed of the measurement target section is lower than the terminal speed, calculating a first distance of movement of the probe while accelerating from the initial speed to the terminal speed with preset acceleration; and
comparing the first distance with a length of the measurement target section.

12. The control method of a shape measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , comprising:
when an initial speed of the measurement target section is higher than the terminal speed, calculating a second distance of movement of the probe while decelerating from the initial speed to the terminal speed with preset acceleration, and comparing the second distance with a length of the measurement target section.

13. A shape measuring apparatus comprising:
a path information division module configured to divide a curve indicating a movement path of a probe into a plurality of sections; and
a movement speed calculation module configured to select a measurement target section from the plurality of sections sequentially from a starting point side of the curve indicating the movement path of the probe and calculating a maximum speed of probe movement for the measurement target section,
wherein
the path information division module is configured to calculate a first curvature radius from a curvature of the measurement target section, and
the movement speed calculation module comprises:
a second radius calculation module configured to calculate a second curvature radius according to an angle between a first straight line connecting a starting point to an ending point of the measurement target section and a second straight line connecting a starting point to an ending point of a section next to the measurement target section,
an effective radius setting module configured to select a smaller value from among the first curvature radius and the second curvature radius as an effective radius, and
a maximum speed calculation module configured to calculate a maximum speed of probe movement increasing according to an increase in the effective radius for the measurement target section.

14. The shape measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 13 comprising:
a coordinate measuring machine having a first arithmetic module; and
a control device which has a second arithmetic module and is configured to control the coordinate measuring machine,
wherein the movement speed calculation module is included in the first arithmetic module, and the path information division module is included in the second arithmetic module.

15. The shape measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 13 , comprising:
a coordinate measuring machine having a first arithmetic module;
a control device which has a second arithmetic module and is configured to control the coordinate measuring machine; and
a speed pattern section module configured to select a speed pattern for moving the probe based on the maximum speed,
wherein the movement speed calculation module and the speed pattern selection module are included in the first arithmetic module, and the path information division module is included in the second arithmetic module.

Assignees

• Mitutoyo Corp

Inventors

• Noda Takashi
• Deguchi Hiromi

Classifications

• G06F17/40

  Data acquisition and logging (for input to computer G06F3/00) · CPC title

• G01B21/042 Primary

  Calibration or calibration artifacts (G01B3/30, G01B9/02072 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06F19/00

  Physics · mapped topic

• G05B11/01

  electric · CPC title

• G01B21/20

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