# US 2014/0190027 A1 · Method and program for using gestures to control a coordinate measuring device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190027 A1 - Document ID: US20140190027A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/102,698 - Filed: 2013-12-11 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-08 - Assignees: Mitutoyo Corporation - Applicants: Mitutoyo Corporation - Inventors: Shinsaku ABE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190027A1 ## CPC - G01B 5/008: using coordinate measuring machines - G01B 21/047: {Accessories, e.g. for positioning, for tool-setting, for measuring probes} - G01B: MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The coordinate measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the menu display operation is a gesture moving the measuring arm to an operation boundary. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The coordinate measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the menu display operation is an act of depressing a button on the measuring probe a plurality of times within a predetermined amount of time. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The coordinate measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the menu display operation is an act of continuously depressing a button on the measuring probe for a predetermined amount of time or longer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The coordinate measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the menu display operation is a gesture displacing the measuring probe outside a predefined measuring area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The coordinate measuring device according to claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to calculate the measuring area based on an approximate shape of a work piece. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The coordinate measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the menu is a circular menu configured to link at least one command display area in an annular shape. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The coordinate measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the menu is a circular menu configured to link at least one command display area in a band shape. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The coordinate measuring device according to claim 7, wherein, when a predefined provisional command selection operation performed using the measuring probe is detected, the controller designates each of the command display regions included in the circular menu as a successive provisional selection. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The coordinate measuring device according to claim 7, wherein: the circular menu includes at least one command which includes at least one sub-command in a subordinate tier, and when the command that includes the sub-command in the subordinate tier is selected by a predefined command selection operation performed using the measuring probe, the controller displays on the display a sub-menu that includes a display region for the sub-command related to the selected command, the sub-menu being displayed in a manner similar to that of the circular menu. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The coordinate measuring device according to claim 9, wherein, when a gesture of the measuring probe tracing a circular trajectory is detected, the controller recognizes the gesture as the provisional command selection operation. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The coordinate measuring device according to claim 9, wherein, when a gesture of the measuring probe rotating centered on an axis is detected, the controller recognizes the gesture as the provisional command selection operation. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The coordinate measuring device according to claim 9, wherein, when a gesture of the measuring probe tracing one of a straight-line and an arced trajectory is detected, the controller recognizes the gesture as the provisional command selection operation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The coordinate measuring device according to claim 11, wherein, while in a state of sequentially provisionally selecting each of the command display areas, the controller changes one of a direction and a speed in accordance with one of a direction and a speed, respectively, of the detected gesture. ### Claim 15 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. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) At least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for executing the method according to claim 15 on a computer.