Patent ID: 7599073
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: G01B,G05B

Abstract:
1. A method of executing a non-stop image measuring program 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 method comprising: executing the measuring program twice repeatedly; 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.