There are included a probe that can be arranged in an imaging field of view, a horizontal drive section for causing the probe to contact a side surface of a workpiece on a stage, a display section for displaying a model image, a contact position designation section for receiving designation of contact target position information in the model image, a characteristic amount information setting section for setting characteristic amount information, a measurement setting information storage section for storing a plurality of pieces of contact target position information and the characteristic amount information, and a measurement control section for identifying a position and an attitude of the workpiece from a workpiece image by using the characteristic amount information, for identifying a plurality of contact target positions on the side surface of the workpiece where the probe should contact, based on the identified position and the identified attitude of the workpiece.

A machine control device includes an imaging control unit that controls an imaging device to capture two images at two different imaging positions; an imaging position information acquiring unit that acquires positional information of two imaging positions; a measurement distance restoring unit that restores a measurement distance of an object based on two images, distance information between two imaging positions, and a parameter of the imaging device, by using a stereo camera method; a measurement precision calculating unit that calculates a measurement precision of the measurement distance of the object based on two images, the distance information between two imaging positions, and the parameter of the imaging device; an area specifying unit that specifies a partial area of the object as a specified area; and a measurement precision determining unit that determines whether the measurement precision of the object satisfies a predetermined precision in the specified area.

An information processing device to process a two-dimensional image generated by an imaging unit in a machine tool including an attachment unit to which the imaging unit or a tool is attachable, the attachment unit moving to image an image of a workpiece placed in the machine tool, the imaging unit imaging the image of the workpiece at an imaging position, the information processing device including a computation unit for (i) calculating a position of the workpiece based on an image imaged after the imaging unit has moved to a predetermined position based on machine coordinates of the machine tool, and (ii) detecting an edge of the workpiece from the two-dimensional image imaged by the imaging unit at an imaging position after the imaging unit has been moved from the predetermined position to the imaging position, and calculating a length of the workpiece from detected edges.

An apparatus and method for manufacturing a workpiece using optical dimensioning. The apparatus comprises a tool configured to alter at least one feature of the workpiece. An imaging system is coupled to the tool and defines an optical axis. The imaging system is configured to capture a plurality of images of the at least one feature of the workpiece. A controller comprises one or more processors. The controller is configured to analyze the plurality of images to determine measured dimensions of the at least one feature of the workpiece. The controller is further configured to define a three-dimensional path for operating the tool by applying a predefined modification to the measured dimensions of the at least one feature of the workpiece.

A method for ascertaining and correcting the defective machine state and/or at least one defective component state of a machine tool includes ascertaining the state using imaging and analysis of a cut edge produced and comparing with selected machine parameters and making the correction by way of a maintenance instruction based on the machine state for maintaining the machine tool.

Disclosed herein is a processing apparatus including a processing unit, alignment unit, and controller. The controller includes a reference program storing section previously storing a reference program for use in processing a predetermined workpiece, a reference result recording section for rating the result of processing performed to the predetermined workpiece by the processing unit according to the reference program and then recording a resultant rating point as a processing reference result, and an actual result calculating section for rating the result of processing performed to substantially the same workpiece as the predetermined workpiece by the processing unit according to the reference program.

To generate link information containing association between machining information and/or machine information in a machining program, and an optical feature in a workpiece image. A link information generation device 1 comprises: a machining information acquisition unit 111 that acquires machining information in a machining program for a machine tool that executes machining on a workpiece W; a machine information acquisition unit 112 that acquires machine information about the machining state of the machine tool; a workpiece image acquisition unit 13 that acquires image information about the workpiece W; an optical feature setting unit 14 that sets an image area having an optical feature in the image information about the workpiece W; and a link information generation unit 15 that generates link information containing association between the image area having the optical feature, and the machining information and/or the machine information about a workpiece area associated with the image area.

Disclosed herein is a processing apparatus including a processing unit, alignment unit, and controller. The controller includes a reference program storing section previously storing a reference program for use in processing a predetermined workpiece, a reference result recording section for rating the result of processing performed to the predetermined workpiece by the processing unit according to the reference program and then recording a resultant rating point as a processing reference result, and an actual result calculating section for rating the result of processing performed to substantially the same workpiece as the predetermined workpiece by the processing unit according to the reference program.

A graphical programming interface for programming an inspection process of samples. The inspection process is a recognition process, based on images, of defects of samples. A graphical programming interface includes at least one image input type block including an input into a memory of a multiplicity of images of at least one sample, a multiplicity of operation type blocks. Each operation type block includes at least one operation which processes images, a multiplicity of sorting type blocks. The graphical programming interface allows at least one image input type block to be selected if more than one input type block is provided for, at least one operation type block among the multiplicity of operation type blocks, and at least one sorting type block among the multiplicity of sorting type blocks.

Disclosed herein are embodiments related to inspection planning using robotic systems. For example, an inspection apparatus may include a processing device to communicatively couple to a robotic apparatus. The processing device may generate an inspection path for the robotic apparatus to follow to inspect an item, the inspection path may include a set of positions of an end effector of the robotic apparatus, and the processing device may cause a camera of the end effector to capture an image of the item at each position.