Image measuring system and methods of generating and executing non-stop image measuring program

An image measuring system having a non-stop measurement mode for image measurement including moving an imaging means relative to a measurement stage supporting a measuring object while irradiating the measuring object with strobe illumination and capturing instantaneous image information about the measuring object at designated measurement positions without making a stop of the imaging means, the system comprising a measuring program executing means operative for

• executing the measuring program twice repeatedly in the non-stop measurement mode,
• executing, in the first execution, processing for moving the imaging means relative to the measurement stage along a path passing through the position indicated by plural pieces of positional information described in the measuring program while irradiating the measuring object with the strobe illumination and acquiring instantaneous image information about the measuring object at the position designated by the positional information, and
• executing, in the second execution, processing for reading the captured image information and certain image processing to the read image information.