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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179599 | Microscope having an inclined optical axis and three-dimensional information acquisition method An optical system includes an optical unit with an optical axis extending through a light transmissive sample embedded in a transparent substrate, to focus on the sample embedded in the substrate and to scan the sample according to the main plane of the transparent ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8134325 | Controller The controller includes a position commander and an error corrector. The position commander outputs a position command value for moving a moving mechanism. The error corrector includes a feedforward controller and a compensator calculator. The feedforward controller... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8117892 | Hardness testing instrument and calibration method thereof Disclosed is a hardness testing instrument which measures a hardness of a specimen, the hardness testing instrument including: a load applying section with the indenter or a flat indenter mounted thereon; a driving section to move the load applying section; a specim... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8087282 | Test management method for indentation tester and indentation tester Disclosed a test management method for an indentation tester which includes a control section and forms an indentation on a surface of a heated or cooled sample by pressing an indenter to which a load is applied onto the surface of the sample, the test management me... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8074497 | Indentation testing instrument and indentation testing method An indentation testing instrument including: a loading lever supported pivotally; an indenter provided on the loading lever; a displacement sensor movable section; a loading lever driving section; a reference lever supported pivotally having a same shaft center as t... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8045002 | Systems and methods for controlling strobe illumination Various exemplary embodiments may provide systems and methods for strobe illumination of a workpiece. The systems may include an illumination source, an image acquisition device and a control system. The illumination source may emit visible, UV, or near-IR light as ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8020309 | Circularity measuring apparatus A circularity measuring apparatus includes: a rotary table on which a measured object is loaded; a contact-type stylus configured to contact a substantially circular measured surface of the measured object with an inclination; a holder configured to hold the stylus ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7980769 | Vacuum optical fiber connector and optical fiber terminal structure A vacuum optical fiber connector includes a port flange attached to a vacuum flange for housing a first waveguide connector to which an optical fiber bundle is attached, an optical transparent body placed on the outside of the port flange, and an attachment member f... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7948642 | Optical measuring apparatus, optical measuring method, and optical measurement processing program An optical measuring apparatus includes a light transmission unit, a light reception unit, a measurement value calculation unit, and a correction unit. The light transmission unit forms a beam of light that focuses in a measurement area where a measurement target ob... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7934324 | Linear scale A linear scale that is used for displacement measurement is provided. The linear scale includes a scale board, a graduation unit, and an attachment unit. The scale board is made of low expansion ceramics. The graduation unit is fixed to an upper surface of the scale... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7916045 | Scale for photoelectric encoder A scale for a photoelectric encoder effectively protects the base of the scale from corrosion, rust, and flaws. The scale includes a base, a light-absorbing layer including a DLC layer formed on at least one surface of the base, and light-reflecting layers with a hi... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7869060 | Jig for measuring an object shape and method for measuring a three-dimensional shape A jig for measuring an object shape includes a plate having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first plate and two reference balls fixed to the plate, each ball surface being exposed on both the first and second surfaces. A reference plane is fixed ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7728990 | Image measuring system and methods of generating and executing non-stop image measuring program The position of an imaging means relative to a measurement stage is moved based on a stage movement instruction input. The amount of light illuminating a work is adjusted by flashing strobe illumination at a certain cycle repeatedly and adjusting the pulse width of ... | 06/01/2010 |
| D614983 | Micrometer head | 05/04/2010 |
| 7653094 | External cavity laser with flexure tuning element An external cavity diode laser may have an output wavelength that is tuned by an end mirror mounted on an element having a flexure hinge. The flexure hinge may be designed to exhibit a stationary pivot point over a desired tuning range, and may allow the external ca... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7646492 | Optical measuring machine An optical measuring device includes: a screen having a reference line; a movable stage; an optical system for forming on the screen an optical image of a to-be-measured object placed on the stage; and an edge detecting sensor (112) for detecting a passage of... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7619208 | Photoelectric encoder, scale and method of manufacturing scale A photoelectric encoder includes: a scale having a grating formed thereon along a measuring axis; a light source operative to emit light to the scale so as to form a light spot on the grating; and a photoreceiver operative to receive reflected light from the scale. ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7613359 | Single-chip color camera for high accuracy image measurements An image measuring apparatus comprises an imaging portion with pixels, each pixel being allocated with one color, four pixels constituting one set, one set being allocated with a plurality of colors to express a color, and the sets being arranged in matrix, configur... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7613216 | Laser frequency stabilizing apparatus, method and computer program product for stabilizing laser frequency A laser frequency stabilizing apparatus stabilizes an oscillation frequency of laser light by varying a resonator length on the basis of a saturated absorption line included in an optical output signal. The optical output signal is obtained by irradiating an absorpt... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7599073 | Image measuring system and methods of generating and executing non-stop image measuring program The position of an imaging means relative to a measurement stage is moved based on a stage movement instruction input. The amount of light illuminating a work is adjusted by flashing strobe illumination at a certain cycle repeatedly and adjusting the pulse width of ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7595893 | Shape measurement method and shape measurement apparatus A shape measurement method for measuring a shape of an object to be measured, which has a substantially rotating symmetric shape, includes: placing an aperture having an opening larger than an outer shape of the object to be measured and the object to be measured on... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7592584 | Crosstalk preventing optical encoder An optical encoder (100) is provided with: a light-emitting element (30) including a main-signal light-emitting element (31) having a red LED (31A) that emits red light and an origin light-emitting element (32) having an infrared L... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7589899 | Lens optical system and photoelectric encoder The present invention provides: a lens optical system having a lens and a plastic block having two parallel planes, the plastic block being provided between the lens and a focal position of the lens to suppress a variation of a focal length due to a temperature chan... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7578072 | Digital indicator and method for using the digital indicator A digital indicator (1) includes: a main body (10); a spindle (11) being axially slidable and having a contact portion (12) on one end, the contact portion abutting a to-be-measured portion; a detector (13) that detects an absolute... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7554078 | Photoelectric encoder A photoelectric encoder using a lens array for dividing an image of a scale pattern into a plurality of regions to be detected and focusing them onto an array of light receiving elements, comprises, between the scale pattern and the lens array, a light-shielding arr... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7552544 | Digital displacement measuring instrument A rotor bushing restrictor (50) that prevents a rotor bushing (44) from moving away from a stator (42) is provided. The rotor bushing restrictor (50) includes a fixing member (51) fixed on a body and a rotor bushing attitude retain... | 06/30/2009 |
| 6708138 | Maintenance-and-control apparatus and method for coordinate and surface texture measuring device Operating information of a measuring device is extracted through analysis of at least a part program to execute measurement or output of measurements. Information facilitating maintenance and control of the measuring device is automatically generated from the operat... | 03/16/2004 |
| 7539586 | Correction method and measuring instrument A measuring instrument comprising a stylus displaced following a work, the instrument further comprises a corrector for correcting a displacement in the translation axis direction value according to a height detection axis direction value of the stylus position in a... | 05/26/2009 |
| D592087 | Digital dial gauge | 05/12/2009 |
| D592086 | Digital dial gauge | 05/12/2009 |
| D592085 | Digital dial gauge | 05/12/2009 |
| 7528968 | Optical measuring machine An optical measuring machine includes a screen having a reference line, a movable stage, a detector for detecting a displacement of the stage, the first and second image-forming units for forming optical image(s) of a target object mounted on the stage on the screen... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7515280 | Displacement transducer with selectable detector area A displacement measurement device has a detector area which is larger than the area of the beam spot reflected from the measurement surface. The detector area is made larger than the size of the beam spot on the detector area, in order to accommodate shifts in the l... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7511827 | Interferometer and method of calibrating the interferometer An interferometer comprises a wavelength-variable light source. A reference light and a measurement light are synthesized, and the synthesized light is split into a plurality of split lights. A certain phase difference is provided between the split lights through ph... | 03/31/2009 |
| D588030 | Digital dial gauge | 03/10/2009 |
| 7486404 | Size difference measuring method and size difference measuring apparatus A size difference measuring method comprising: an optical interference measuring step without wringing, of obtaining, through simultaneous measurement of interference fringes, size information relating to the end standards which are set between interferometers, by a... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7483807 | Form measuring device, form measuring method, form analysis device, form analysis program, and recording medium storing the program The present invention provides a form measuring device comprising a measuring section (302) for obtaining measurement data obtained by measuring a space between a straightedge rule (321) and an edge of an object to be measured (305) paired with ... | 01/27/2009 |
| D584177 | Micrometer | 01/06/2009 |
| 7467480 | Digital displacement measuring instrument A rotation transmitter (44) includes a rotor support member (440) provided on an outer circumference of a spindle (2), a rotary piece (45) provided with an engaging portion (46) that is adapted to be engaged with an engaging groove... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7464481 | Measuring apparatus, method of measuring surface texture and computer readable medium having program for measuring surface texture An arithmetic unit 212 is a correction filter 212a based on the relative displacement characteristics between a scale unit 19b and the end of a slider 16, and calculates a measured value by adding up together the displacemen... | 12/16/2008 |
