Method and program for using gestures to control a coordinate measuring device
AssigneeMitutoyo Corporation
InventorShinsaku ABE
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Abstract
A coordinate measuring device includes a measuring probe measuring three-dimensional coordinates; a measuring arm supporting the measuring probe and outputting position information for calculating the three-dimensional coordinates; a controller connected to the measuring arm and detecting the three-dimensional coordinates based on the position information; and a display displaying a menu. The controller further displays the menu on the display when a predefined menu display operation performed using the measuring probe is detected.
Claims16
A coordinate measuring device comprising:
- a measuring probe configured to measure three-dimensional coordinates;
- a measuring arm configured to support the measuring probe, and further configured to output position information for calculating the three-dimensional coordinates;
- a controller connected to the measuring arm and configured to detect the three-dimensional coordinates based on the position information;
- and
- a display configured to display a menu,
- wherein the controller is configured to display the menu on the display when a predefined menu display operation performed using the measuring probe is detected.
A method of controlling a coordinate measuring device, the method comprising:
- detecting the execution of a predefined menu display operation by a measuring probe;
- and
- displaying, on a display, a menu in response to detection of the menu display operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.