Workpiece installation method and workpiece installation support system

A workpiece installation support system comprising:

• a table on which a workpiece and a reference workpiece are alternatively replaceable so as to adjust a posture of the workpiece and a posture of the reference workpiece, the workpiece being substantially identical in shape and size to the reference workpiece;
• a camera configured to capture an image of the reference workpiece and the workpiece on the table;
• an input device via which workpiece reference lines are set on a boundary of a first image area occupied by the reference workpiece in a reference image that has been captured by the camera and that shows the reference workpiece whose posture has been adjusted to a workpiece reference posture;
• a memory configured to store workpiece reference line positions, the workpiece reference lines passing through the work reference line positions in the reference image;
• a processor configured to generate a measurement combined image by superimposing the workpiece reference lines on a measurement image that shows the workpiece captured by the camera when the posture of the workpiece was adjusted on the table such that in the measurement combined image, the workpiece reference lines pass through positions respectively identical to the workpiece reference line positions;
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• a display configured to display the measurement combined image when the measurement image is captured.

A workpiece installation support method comprising:

• obtaining a reference image that shows a reference workpiece placed on a table and that has been captured by a camera, the reference workpiece having a posture adjusted to a workpiece reference posture, a configuration of the camera being set to a target configuration in which a viewpoint position of the camera is a reference viewpoint position and a line-of-sight direction of the camera is a reference line-of-sight direction;
• setting workpiece reference lines on a boundary of a first image area occupied by the reference workpiece in the reference image;
• storing workpiece reference line positions in a memory, the workpiece reference lines passing through the workpiece reference line positions in the reference image;
• obtaining a measurement image that shows a workpiece placed on one table and that has been captured by the camera whose configuration has been set to the target configuration, the workpiece being substantially identical in shape and size to the reference workpiece, the one table being out of the table from which the reference workpiece has been removed and an additional table provided in place of the table;
• generating a measurement combined image in which the workpiece reference lines are superimposed on the measurement image and which shows the workpiece reference lines pass through positions respectively identical to the workpiece reference line positions;
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• displaying the measurement combined image on a display.