Machining system
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsHideaki Adachi, Yasuhiko Kurosumi, Yoshihiko Tarui
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Abstract
A machining system includes a machine tool having a camera, and a three-dimensional shape generating apparatus. The three-dimensional shape generating apparatus includes an image capture unit that captures a first image from the camera at a first relative position and captures a second image from the camera at a second relative position, and a shape generator that generates a three-dimensional shape of at least one subject, based on the first image, the second image and a distance between the first relative position and the second relative position.
Claims8
A machining system including a machine tool and a three-dimensional shape generating apparatus configured to generate a three-dimensional shape of part of the machine tool, wherein,
- the machine tool comprises:
- a spindle to which a tool is attached;
- a table configured to support a workpiece;
- a motor configured to drive a moving mechanism configured to move the spindle and the table;
- and
- a camera configured to move together with the table relative to the spindle so as to take an image of the spindle side, or to move together with the spindle relative to the table so as to take an image of the table side,
- the three-dimensional shape generating apparatus comprises:
- an image capture unit configured to capture a first image from the camera when a relative position of the table relative to the spindle is at a first relative position, and capture a second image from the camera when the relative position is at a second relative position different from the first relative position;
- and
- a shape generator configured to generate a three-dimensional shape of at least one subject, based on the first image, the second image and a first relative distance between the first relative position and the second relative position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.