Sorting apparatus for sorting objects and measurement apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSHIGEKI KATO, TAKUYA SHIMADA, SHINZO UCHIYAMA
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Abstract
A measurement apparatus used for a sorting apparatus for sorting objects includes a scanning unit configured to perform scanning with illumination light which illuminates the object, a control unit configured to control the scanning unit, and a sensor configured to measure reflection light from the illuminated object, wherein the control unit controls the scanning unit to track the object with the illumination light by changing a position of the illumination light in a moving direction of the object and a direction perpendicular to the moving direction.
Claims1
A measurement apparatus used for a sorting apparatus for sorting objects, comprising:
- a scanning unit configured to perform scanning with illumination light which illuminates the object;
- a control unit configured to control the scanning unit;
- and
- a sensor configured to measure reflection light from the illuminated object,
- wherein the control unit controls the scanning unit to track the object with the illumination light by changing a position of the illumination light in a moving direction of the object and a direction perpendicular to the moving direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.