Patent Publication Number: US-10760895-B2

Title: Length measurement device

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application is a 371 application of the international PCT application serial no. PCT/JP2017/034720, filed on Sep. 26, 2017, which claims the priority benefit of Japan application no. 2016-194295, filed on Sep. 30, 2016. The entirety of each of the abovementioned patent applications is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a length measurement device which measures a length of an object to be measured. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Conventionally, as a length measurement device which measures a length of an object to be measured, a device in which one end of an object to be measured is photographed with a camera, the camera is moved to the other end of the object to be measured and a length is measured from a movement amount of the camera is known (for example, refer to Patent Literature 1). 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     [Patent Literature 1] 
     Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. H5-10722 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     However, when one side of the object to be measured is long, for example about 30 cm to 1 m, a movement distance of the camera becomes long, and thus it may be difficult to accurately detect the movement distance. Also, due to the time taken to move the camera, it is difficult to shorten a measurement time. 
     On the other hand, there is a need to measure the length of the object to be measured having a large size, such as a size of an electrode plate used for a fuel cell, with high accuracy in units of μm. A length measurement device which measures the length of such a large-sized object to be measured with high accuracy is commercially available from a measurement device manufacturer (for example, Nikon Corporation, the NEXIV (registered trademark) series). 
     However, such a highly accurate length measurement device, which is commercially available from the measurement device maker, is mainly designed for research and development applications, and measurement therewith takes time. For this reason, it is difficult to use such a highly accurate length measurement device for product inspection in a mass production line of a factory, or the like. 
     An objective of the present invention is to provide a length measurement device in which a measurement time may readily be shortened while measurement accuracy is improved when a length of an object to be measured having a large size is measured. 
     A length measurement device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a placement table having a placement surface including a placement region on which an object to be measured is placed, first imaging units provided to respectively correspond to target points which are both ends of a length measurement target portion of the object to be measured that is placed on the placement region and configured to capture an image of an imaging range disposed to include the corresponding target points when the object to be measured is placed on the placement region, first marks respectively provided in a plurality of imaging ranges outside the placement region on the placement surface, a reference position storage unit configured to store positions of the plurality of first marks on the placement surface as first mark reference positions in advance, an image position acquisition unit configured to perform an image position acquiring process of acquiring a target image position which is a position of each of the target points in each of captured images and a first mark image position which is a position of each of the first marks in each of the captured images on the basis of the captured images captured by each of the first imaging units when the object to be measured is placed on the placement region, a target position acquisition unit configured to obtain a position of each of the target points on the placement surface on the basis of the target image position and the first mark image position corresponding to each of the plurality of captured images and each of the first mark reference positions which is a position of each of the first marks on the placement surface, and a length acquisition unit configured to obtain a length of the length measurement target portion on the basis of the position of each of the target points obtained by the target position acquisition unit. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a conceptual diagram schematically showing an example of a configuration of a length measurement device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a plan view showing a state in which an electrode plate is placed in accordance with a placement region of a placement surface to measure a size of the electrode plate when seen from the upper side. 
         FIG. 3  is a block diagram showing an example of an electrical configuration of the length measurement device shown in  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 4  is an explanatory diagram showing a captured image captured by a camera in a state in which the electrode plate is not placed on the placement surface. 
         FIG. 5  is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the captured image captured by the camera in a state in which the electrode plate is placed on the placement region. 
         FIG. 6  is a flowchart showing an example of an operation of the length measurement device shown in  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 7  is a conceptual diagram schematically showing an example of a configuration of a length measurement device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 8  is a plan view of the placement surface of the length measurement device shown in  FIG. 7  when seen from the upper side. 
         FIG. 9  is a plan view showing a state in which an electrode unit is placed on the placement surface of the length measurement device shown in  FIG. 7  when seen from the upper side. 
         FIG. 10  is a cross-sectional view taken along line X-X in  FIG. 9 . 
         FIG. 11  is a bottom view of a rear surface of a placement table shown in  FIG. 7  when seen from the lower side of the placement table. 
         FIG. 12  is a block diagram showing an example of the electrical configuration of the length measurement device shown in  FIG. 7 . 
         FIG. 13  is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the length measurement device shown in  FIG. 7 . 
         FIG. 14  is a flowchart showing the example of the operation of the length measurement device shown in  FIG. 7 . 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Elements designated by the same reference numerals in each of the drawings indicate that they have the same configuration, and description thereof will be omitted. 
     First Embodiment 
       FIG. 1  is a conceptual diagram schematically showing an example of a configuration of a length measurement device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The length measurement device  1  shown in  FIG. 1  exemplifies a configuration in a case in which a size of a substantially rectangular sheet-shaped object to be measured, for example, a length of each side of the object to be measured is measured. In the example shown in  FIG. 1 , an electrode plate A used for a battery or the like is exemplified as an object to be measured. 
     The length measurement device  1  shown in  FIG. 1  roughly includes a placement table 2 having a substantially plate-like shape, and four cameras  31 ,  32 ,  33 , and  34  (a first image capturing unit) disposed above the placement table 2. Hereinafter, the cameras  31 ,  32 ,  33 , and  34  are collectively referred to as cameras  3 . 
     The placement table 2 is formed of, for example, aluminum or the like. An upper surface of the placement table 2 is a flat placement surface  20  which widens in a substantially horizontal direction. A placement region  29  on which the electrode plate A is placed is provided substantially at a center of the placement surface  20 . The placement region  29  has a substantially rectangular shape in accordance with a contour of the electrode plate A. 
     For example, the cameras  3  take an image using an image pickup device such as a charge coupled device (CCD) and a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) and generates image data indicating the image. The cameras  31 ,  32 ,  33 , and  34  capture imaging ranges  41 ,  42 ,  43 , and  44  on the placement surface  20 , respectively. The cameras  31 ,  32 ,  33 , and  34  are disposed in the imaging ranges  41 ,  42 ,  43 , and  44  so that each of four corners of the placement region  29  is included. 
     Hereinafter, an image of the imaging range  41  captured by the camera  31  is referred to as a captured image G 1 , an image of the imaging range  42  captured by the camera  32  is referred to as a captured image G 2 , an image of the imaging range  43  captured by the camera  33  is referred to as a captured image G 3 , and an image of the imaging range  44  captured by the camera  34  is referred to as a captured image G 4 . 
     Further, first marks  51 ,  52 ,  53 , and  54  which allow image recognition are formed at positions within the imaging ranges  41 ,  42 ,  43 , and  44  and outside the placement region  29  on the placement surface  20 . Hereinafter, the first marks  51 ,  52 ,  53 , and  54  are collectively referred to as first marks  5 . In the example shown in  FIG. 1 , the first marks  5  are black circular images. 
     Further, second marks  61 ,  62 ,  63 , and  63  which allow image recognition are formed at positions spaced apart from the first marks  51 ,  52 ,  53 , and  54  within the imaging ranges  41 ,  42 ,  43 , and  44  on the placement surface  20 . Hereinafter, the second marks  61 ,  62 ,  63 , and  64  are collectively referred to as second marks  6 . In the example shown in  FIG. 1 , the second marks  6  black rectangular images. 
     The first marks  5  and the second marks  6  are marks having different representations which can be distinguished from each other. This is preferable in that an imaging direction can be identified from the captured image. However, the first marks  5  and the second marks  6  may be marks having the same image. 
     An origin mark M 0  serving as an origin of position coordinates set on the placement surface  20  is formed in the vicinity of a corner portion of the placement surface  20 , for example, in the vicinity of an upper left corner in  FIG. 1 . 
       FIG. 2  is a plan view of a state in which the electrode plate A is placed in accordance with the placement region  29  of the placement surface  20  to measure the size of the electrode plate A when seen from the upper side. The electrode plate A is a substantially rectangular sheet-shaped object to be measured having four sides including sides A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , and A 4 . The sides A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , and A 4  are measurement target portions, and lengths L 1 , L 2 , L 3 , and L 4  of the sides A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , and A 4  are lengths to be measured. 
     the two ends of the side A 1  which is a measurement target portion are set as target points P 1  and P 2 , both ends of the side A 2  are set as target points P 2  and P 4 , both ends of the side A 3  are set as target points P 4  and P 3 , and both ends of the side A 4  are set as target points P 1  and P 3 . When the corner portion of the electrode plate A is rounded, it is difficult to specify the positions of the ends of each side. Therefore, as will be described later, an intersection of extension lines of the sides A 1  and A 4  may be set as the target point P 1 , an intersection of extension lines of the sides A 1  and A 2  may be set as the target point P 2 , an intersection of extension lines of the sides A 4  and A 3  may be set as the target point P 3 , and an intersection of extension lines of the sides A 2  and A 3  may be set as the target point P 4 . 
     The electrode plate A has an ideal design size, and the placement region  29  is determined according to the design size of the electrode plate A. The placement surface  20  has a marking indicating the placement region  29 , and thus when a user positions the electrode plate A in accordance with the marking, the first marks  51 ,  52 ,  53 , and  54  and the corner portions of the electrode plate A are disposed in the imaging ranges  41 ,  42 ,  43 , and  44 . 
     Variations occur in the lengths L 1  to L 4  of the electrode plate A due to variations in a manufacturing process. For quality control of the electrode plate A, when the lengths L 1  to L 4  deviate from a predetermined range, the electrode plate A becomes a defective product. Therefore, for example, in shipment inspection of the mass-produced electrode plates A, the lengths L 1  to L 4  are measured using the length measurement device  1 . 
       FIG. 3  is a block diagram showing an example of an electrical configuration of the length measurement device  1  shown in  FIG. 1 . The length measurement device  1  shown in  FIG. 3  includes the cameras  31  to  34 , a display device  100 , and a control unit  10 . The cameras  31  to  34  transmit image data of the captured image to the control unit  10 . For example, the display device  100  is a display device such as a liquid crystal display device or an organic electro-luminescence (EL) display device and displays an image corresponding to a signal from the control unit  10 . 
     For example, the control unit  10  includes a central processing unit (CPU) which performs predetermined operational processing, a random access memory (RAM) which temporarily stores data, a storage unit such as a nonvolatile flash memory or a hard disk drive (HDD) which stores a predetermined control program or the like, peripheral circuits thereof and so on. The storage unit is also used as a reference position storage unit  19 . Additionally, the control unit  10  serves as an image position acquisition unit  11 , a parameter calculation unit  12 , a correction unit  13 , a target position acquisition unit  14 , and a length acquisition unit  15  by executing the above-described control program. 
     In the reference position storage unit  19 , first and second mark reference positions are stored in advance. The first mark reference positions are information indicating the positions of the first marks  51  to  54  on the placement surface  20 . The second mark reference positions are information indicating the positions of the second marks  61  to  64  on the placement surface  20 . Hereinafter, a position of a center of the mark is simply referred to as a position of the mark. 
     The first and second mark reference positions are measured in advance using a highly accurate image measurement device in a state in which the electrode plate A is not placed on the placement surface  20  and then stored in the reference position storage unit  19 . For example, a highly accurate image measurement device such as one from the NEXIV (registered trademark) series manufactured by Nikon Corporation can be used as an image measurement device used for measuring the first and second mark reference positions. 
     The first and second mark reference positions can be represented by, for example, two-dimensional orthogonal coordinates. Specifically, for example, in  FIG. 2 , assuming that a center position of the origin mark M 0  is an origin (0, 0) of coordinates, the first and second mark reference positions can be represented by coordinates with a right and left direction in  FIG. 2  as an X axis and a vertical direction as a Y axis. A distance in the X axis direction from the origin (0, 0) can be used as a value of an X coordinate, and a distance in the Y axis direction from the origin (0, 0) can be used as a value of a Y coordinate. The unit of the distance used as the value of the coordinate is, for example, μm. 
     The parameter calculation unit  12  calculates a magnification parameter for correcting a deviation caused by an imaging magnification of each of the cameras  31  to  34  and an angle parameter for correcting a deviation caused by a variation in rotation angle around an axis parallel to an optical axis of each of the cameras  31  to  34  with respect to the placement surface  20 . 
     For example, the parameter calculation unit  12  calculates the magnification parameter and the angle parameter on the basis of the first marks  51  to  54  and the second marks  61  to  64  in the captured images G 1  to G 4  captured by the cameras  31  to  34  in a state in which the electrode plate A is not placed on the placement surface  20 . 
     Although the example in which the second marks  61  to  64  are formed in the placement region  29  is shown, the second marks  61  to  64  may be formed at positions outside the placement region  29  and away from the first marks  51  to  54 . In this case, the parameter calculation unit  12  may calculate the magnification parameter and the angle parameter on the basis of the first marks  51  to  54  and the second marks  61  to  64  in the captured images G 1  to G 4  captured by the cameras  31  to  34  in a state in which the electrode plate A is placed on the placement surface  20 . 
     First, a calculation method of the magnification parameter will be described. In the cameras  3 , variations occur in the magnification of the captured image due to variations in processing accuracy of a lens or the like. Therefore, the cameras  31 ,  32 ,  33 , and  34  may have different imaging magnifications in the captured images G 1  to G 4  from each other. As will be described later, a length of the measurement target portion, for example, a length L 1  is calculated from the position of the target point P 1  obtained from the captured image G 1  of the camera  31  and the position of the target point P 2  obtained from the captured image G 2  of the camera  32 . Accordingly, when the magnifications of the captured images of the respective cameras are different from each other, a deviation occurs in position information of the target points obtained from the captured images G 1  to G 4 , and accuracy of the calculated length decreases. 
     Therefore, the parameter calculation unit  12  corrects the variations in imaging magnifications of the respective cameras and generates magnification parameters for matching the position information in each of the captured images G 1  to G 4  with the position information in the placement surface  20 . 
       FIG. 4  is an explanatory diagram showing the captured image G 1  captured by the camera  31  in the state in which the electrode plate A is not placed on the placement surface  20 . The image captured by the camera  31  is represented by image data  81  generated by a CCD or the like. The image data  81  is formed by arranging a plurality of pixels in a roughly grid pattern. A position of the image on the image data  81  is represented by the number of pixels in the X direction and the number of pixels in the Y direction from the origin, for example, with the pixel at an upper left corner of the image data  81  as the origin (0, 0). Hereinafter, the coordinates in which the positions in the captured image are represented by such pixel numbers are referred to as pixel coordinates. 
     The parameter calculation unit  12  acquires the pixel coordinates of the center position of the first mark  51  in the image data  81  as (Pcx, Pcy) and acquires the pixel coordinates of the center position of the second mark  61  in the image data  81  as (Psx, Psy) from the image data  81 . The parameter calculation unit  12  calculates a distance L between the first mark  51  and the second mark  61  on the placement surface  20  on the basis of the first and second mark reference positions stored in the reference position storage unit  19 . 
     Since the first and second mark reference positions are represented by coordinates in the unit μm, assuming that the first mark reference position of the first mark  51  is (Ncx, Ncy) and the second mark reference position of the second mark  61  is (Nsx, Nsy), the distance L (μm) is obtained by the following Equation (1).
 
[Math. 1]
 
 L √{square root over (( Ncx−Nsx ) 2 +( Ncy−Nsy ) 2 )}  (1)
 
     The distance L corresponds to the distance between the first mark  51  and the second mark  61  in the captured image G 1 , that is, a distance Lp between the pixel coordinates (Pcx, Pcy) and the pixel coordinates (Psx, Psy). The distance Lp is obtained by the following Equation (2).
 
[Math. 2]
 
 Lp =√{square root over (( Pcx−Psx ) 2 +( Pcy−Psy ) 2 )}  (2)
 
     Since the distance Lp in the pixel coordinates corresponds to the actual distance L, The magnification parameter D (μm/pixel) which is a distance per one pixel in the pixel coordinates, that is, a pixel spacing is obtained by the following Equation (3). 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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     The parameter calculation unit  12  calculates the magnification parameter D (μm/pixel) as the magnification parameter for the camera  31  (the captured image G 1 ) using Equation (3). 
     Since the distance L (μm) between the first mark and the second mark can be obtained from the first mark reference position (Ncx, Ncy) and the second mark reference position (Nsx, Nsy), the first mark reference position (Ncx, Ncy) and the second mark reference position (Nsx, Nsy) correspond to an example of information indicating (indirectly) the distance L between the first mark and the second mark on the placement surface  20 . The distance L may be stored in the reference position storage unit  19 , and the parameter calculation unit  12  may calculate the magnification parameter D (μm/pixel) on the basis of the distance between the first mark  51  and the second mark  61  in the captured image G 1  and the distance L. 
     In the same way as that in the magnification parameter D for the camera  31  (the captured image G 1 ), the parameter calculation unit  12  also acquires the pixel coordinates of the first marks  52  to  54  in the image data  82  to  84  as (Pcx, Pcy) sequentially with respect to the magnification parameters D for the cameras  32  to  34  (the captured images G 2  to G 4 ), sequentially acquires the pixel coordinates of the second marks  62  to  64  in the image data  82  to  84  as (Psx, Psy), reads the coordinates of the first mark reference positions of the first marks  52  to  54  from the reference position storage unit  19  sequentially as (Ncx, Ncy) and reads the coordinates of the second mark reference positions of the second marks  62  to  64  from the reference position storage unit  19  sequentially as (Nsx, Nsy). Then, the parameter calculation unit  12  calculates the magnification parameters D for the cameras  32  to  34  (the captured images G 2  to G 4 ) using Equation (3). The parameter calculation unit  12  stores the magnification parameters D corresponding to the thus obtained cameras  31  to  34  (the captured images G 1  to G 4 ) in the storage unit. 
     The magnification parameters D corresponding to the cameras  31  to  34  are parameters for converting the number of pixels in the captured images G 1  to G 4  into an actual distance on the basis of a relationship between a distance based on the number of pixels of the first mark and the second mark in the image actually captured by the cameras  31  to  34  and an actual distance on the placement surface  20 . Therefore, a deviation of the length or the position due to the imaging magnification of the captured images G 1  to G 4  can be corrected by converting the number of pixels or the pixel coordinates obtained by the captured images G 1  to G 4  into the length (μm) or the coordinates based on the length (μm) on the basis of the magnification parameter. 
     Since the same processing is performed for the positions of the first marks  51  to  54  corresponding to the captured images G 1  to G 4  captured by the cameras  31  to  34  and the positions of the second marks  61  to  64  in the image data  81  to  84 , the processing performed correspondingly to the captured images G 1  to G 4  captured by the cameras  31  to  34  will be described below by writing the first marks  5  and the second marks  6  which are generic terms, the reference positions of the first marks  51  to  54  are also simply referred to as first mark reference positions (Ncx, Ncy), and the reference positions of the second marks  61  to  64  are simply referred to as second mark reference positions (Nsx, Nsy) to simplify the explanation. 
     The correction unit  13  calculates coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) for the pixel coordinates (Pcx, Pcy) of the first marks  5  in the captured images G 1  to G 4  using the following Equation (4) on the basis of the magnification parameter D and stores the coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) in the storage unit as the coordinates of the corrected first marks  5 .
 
 Ccx=Pcx×D,Ccy=Pcy×D   (4)
 
     Also, the correction unit  13  calculates coordinates (Csx, Csy) for the pixel coordinates (Psx, Psy) of the second marks  6  based on the magnification parameter D using the following Equation (5) and stores the coordinates (Csx, Csy) in the storage unit as the corrected coordinates of the second marks  6 .
 
 Csx=Psx×D,Csy=Psy×D   (5)
 
     Next, a method of calculating the angle parameter will be described. In the case that the cameras  31  to  34  are rotated and mounted around optical axes thereof or axes parallel to the optical axes thereof, or the cameras  31  to  34  are rotated with time due to vibration or the like when the length measurement device  1  is assembled, the captured images G 1  to G 4  of the cameras  31  to  34  also become images rotated with respect to the placement surface  20 . The parameter calculation unit  12  calculates an angle parameter for correcting a deviation of the captured images G 1  to G 4  caused by rotation angles of the cameras  31  to  34 . Specifically, the parameter calculation unit  12  calculates rotation angles of the cameras  31  to  34  (the captured images G 1  to G 4 ) with respect to a coordinate axis of the placement surface  20  as angle parameters R. 
     Specifically, the parameter calculation unit  12  calculates an angle Rn of an inclination of a straight line connecting the first mark  5  and the second mark  6  on the placement surface  20  based on the first mark reference position (Ncx, Ncy) and the second mark reference position (Nsx, Nsy) using the following Equation (6).
 
 Rn =arctan{( Nsy−Ncy )/( Nsx−Ncx )}  (6)
 
     Next, the parameter calculation unit  12  calculates an angle Rc of an inclination of a straight line connecting the first mark  5  and the second mark  6  on the captured image based on the coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) of the corrected first marks  5  and the coordinates (Csx, Csy) of the corrected second marks  6  on the captured image using the following Equation (7).
 
 Rc =arctan{( Csy−Ccy )/( Csx−Ccx )}  (7)
 
     Next, the parameter calculation unit  12  calculates the rotation angle of the cameras  3  with respect to the placement surface  20  as the angle parameter R using the following Equation (8).
 
Angle parameter  R=Rc−Rn   (8)
 
     The parameter calculating unit  12  is not limited to the example of calculating the magnification parameter D and the angle parameter R. The parameter calculation unit  12  may have a configuration which calculates either the magnification parameter D or the angle parameter R. Further, the configuration may be such that the parameter calculation unit  12  and the correction unit  13  are not provided. 
     The image position acquisition unit  11  performs an image position acquisition process of acquiring coordinates (u, v) of the target image positions which are the positions of the target points P 1  to P 4  in the captured images G 1  to G 4  and the pixel coordinates of the first mark image position which is the position of each of the first marks (Pcx, Pcy) on the basis of the captured images G 1  to G 4  captured by the respective cameras  3  when the electrode plate A is placed on the placement region  29  of the placement surface  20 . Hereinafter, the coordinates (u, v) of the target image position may be simply referred to as a target image position (u, v), and the pixel coordinates (Pcx, Pcy) of the first mark image position may be simply referred to as a first mark image position (Pcx, Pcy). 
       FIG. 5  is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the captured images G 1  to G 4  captured by the cameras  31  to  34  in the state in which the electrode plate A is placed on the placement region  29 . 
     The image position acquisition unit  11  acquires the target image positions which are the positions of the target points P 1  to P 4 , for example, as follows. The target points P 1  to P 4  are apexes (four corners) of the electrode plate A, but the corner of the electrode plate A may be missing due to being rounded or the like as shown in  FIG. 5  when seen in units of μm. In this case, it is difficult to specify positions of both ends of the measurement target portion of the electrode plate A. Therefore, the image position acquisition unit  11  acquires points at which extension lines of the four sides A 1  to A 4  intersect each other as target image positions that are the positions of the target points P 1  to P 4  in the respective captured images G 1  to G 4 . 
     Specifically, when the target image position (u, v) of the target point P 1  is acquired, the image position acquisition unit  11  acquires coordinates (a, b) of one point on the side A 1  in the captured image G 1 , coordinates (c, d) of one point on the side A 1  in the captured image G 2 , coordinates (p, q) of one point on the side A 4  in the captured image G 1 , and coordinates (r, s) of one point on the side A 4  in the captured image G 3  and calculates the target image position (u, v) of the target point P 1  using the following Equation (9).
 
 u =( ak   ab   −pk   pq   −b+q )/( k   ab   −k   pq )
 
 v=k   ab ( u−a )+ b   (9)
 
However,  k   ab =( b−d )/( a−c ), k   pq =( q−s )/( p−r )
 
     The target image positions of the target points P 2  to P 4  can also be obtained in the same way as the target point P 1 . Thus, the target image positions of the target points P 1  to P 4  can be accurately acquired even when the apexes of the electrode plate A are missing. 
     The electrode plate is not limited to a rectangular shape and may have a polygonal shape having three or more sides. Additionally, the image position acquisition unit  11  may acquire points at which the extension lines of the plurality of sides intersect each other as the target image positions which are the positions of the target points in each of the captured images. 
     Further, the image position acquisition unit  11  is not limited to the example in which the points at which the extension lines of the sides A 1  to A 4  intersect each other are acquired as the target image positions. The image position acquisition unit  11  may acquire an apex position of the image of the electrode plate A as the target image position. 
     The correction unit  13  corrects the target image position (u, v) of the target points P 1  to P 4  and the pixel coordinates (Pcx, Pcy) of each of the first mark image positions in the captured images G 1  to G 4  acquired by the image position acquisition unit  11  in the state in which the electrode plate A is placed on the basis of the magnification parameters D and the angle parameters R. 
     Specifically, the correction unit  13  first calculates the coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) for the pixel coordinates (Pcx, Pcy) of the first marks  5  acquired by the image position acquisition unit  11  on the basis of the magnification parameters D using Equation (4) and then stores the coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) in the storage unit as the coordinates of the first mark image position. Further, the correction unit  13  calculates coordinates (x, y) for each of the target image positions (u, v) of the target points P 1  to P 4  acquired by the image position acquisition unit  11  using the following Equation (10) and then stores the coordinates (x, y) in the storage unit as the target image position (x, y) of each of the target points P 1  to P 4 .
 
 x=u×D,y=v×D   (10)
 
     Accordingly, an imaging magnification correction is performed for each of the first mark image positions and the target image position of each of the target points P 1  to P 4 . 
     Next, the correction unit  13  rotates the coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) of each of the first mark image positions and each of the target image positions (x, y) by an angle indicated by the angle parameter R and then stores the obtained coordinates in the storage unit as the coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) of each of the corrected first mark image positions and each of the target image positions (x, y) of the corrected target points P 1  to P 4 . 
     The target position acquisition unit  14  obtains position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of each of the target points P 1  to P 4  on the placement surface  20  on the basis of each of the corrected target image positions (x, y), each of the corrected first mark image positions (Ccx, Ccy) for position measurement and each of the first mark reference positions (Ncx, Ncy), which is the position of each of the first marks on the placement surface  20 , corresponding to each of the captured 
     Specifically, the target position acquisition unit  14  acquires the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of the target points P 1  to P 4  corresponding to each of the cameras  31  to  34  (the captured images G 1  to G 4 )) on the basis of the following Equations (11) and (12).
 
 Ax=x−Ccx+Ncx   (11)
 
 Ay=y−Ccy+Ncy   (12)
 
     The length acquisition unit  15  calculates the lengths L 1  to L 4  of the length measurement target portion on the basis of the positions of the target points P 1  to P 4  obtained by the target position acquisition unit  14 . Specifically, when the position coordinates of the target point P 1  are (Ax1, Ay1), the position coordinates of the target point P 2  are (Ax2, Ay2), the position coordinates of the target point P 3  are (Ax3, Ay3), and the position coordinates of the target point P 4  are (Ax4, Ay4), the lengths L 1  to L 4  are obtained by the following Equations (13).
 
[Math. 4]
 
 L 1=√{square root over (( Ax 1− Ax 2) 2 +( Ay 1− Ay 2) 2 )}
 
 L 2=√{square root over (( Ax 2− Ax 4) 2 +( Ay 2− Ay 4) 2 )}
 
 L 3=√{square root over (( Ax 3− Ax 4) 2 +( Ay 3− Ay 4) 2 )}
 
 L 4=√{square root over (( Ax 1− Ax 3) 2 +( Ay 1− Ay 3) 2 )}  (13)
 
       FIG. 6  is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the length measuring apparatus  1  shown in  FIG. 1 . First, in the state in which the electrode plate A is not placed on the placement surface  20 , the parameter calculation unit  12  calculates the magnification parameter D and the angle parameter R corresponding to the cameras  31  to  34  on the basis of the first marks  51  to  54  and the second marks  61  to  64  of the captured images G 1  to G 4  (Step S 1 ). 
     Next, after the user positions the electrode plate A to be measured on the placement surface  20  to start measurement of the electrode plate A (refer to  FIG. 2 ), the imaging ranges  41  to  44  are captured by the cameras  31  to  34 , and the captured images G 1  to G 4  are acquired (Step S 2 ). In this case, since the cameras  31  to  34  corresponding to the target points P 1  to P 4  are provided, there is no need to move the camera as in the background art. As a result, a measurement time of the lengths L 1  to L 4  can be shortened, and deterioration of the measurement accuracy according to movement of the cameras does not occur. 
     Next, the target positions (u, v) of the target points P 1  to P 4  and the first mark image positions (Pcx, Pcy) of the first marks  51  to  54  are acquired from the captured images G 1  to G 4  by the image position acquisition unit  11  (Step S 3 ). 
     Next, the target image positions (u, v) and the first mark image positions (Pcx, Pcy) are corrected by the correction unit  13  on the basis of the magnification parameters D and the angle parameters R, and each of the corrected target image positions (x, y) and each of the corrected first mark image positions (Ccx, Ccy) are calculated (Step S 4 ). 
     Next, the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of the target points P 1  to P 4  on the placement surface  20  are calculated by the target position acquisition unit  14  on the basis of each of the corrected target image positions (x, y) and each of the corrected first mark image positions (Ccx, Ccy) and each of the first mark reference positions (Ncx, Ncy) (Step S 5 ). 
     Next, the lengths L 1  to L 4  of the object to be measured are calculated from the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of the target points P 1  to P 4  by the length acquisition unit  15  (Step S 6 ). 
     As described above, according to the processing of steps S 1  to S 6 , since a time for moving the camera is unnecessary and deterioration of the accuracy due to the movement of the camera does not occur even when a length of an object to be measured having a large size is measured, it is possible to shorten the measurement time while improving the measurement accuracy. 
     Further, in the target position acquisition unit  14  (Step S 5 ), the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of the target points P 1  to P 4  are calculated on the basis of the positional relationship between each of the target image positions (x, y) and each of the first mark image positions (Ccx, Ccy) obtained by the cameras  31  to  34  with reference to each of the first mark reference positions (Ncx, Ncy) obtained by measurement with a highly accurate image measurement device in advance. Therefore, when the electrode plate A is measured with the length measurement device  1  in a mass production process or the like, it is unnecessary to use a highly accurate image measurement device which is expensive and has a long measurement time, and it is possible to shorten the measurement time while improving the measurement accuracy. 
     Furthermore, since the imaging magnification and the mounting angle of the cameras  31  to  34  are corrected by the parameter calculation unit  12  and the correction unit  13 , the measurement accuracy of the lengths L 1  to L 4  is improved. 
     Second Embodiment 
     Next, a length measuring apparatus  1   a  according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.  FIG. 7  is a conceptual diagram schematically showing an example of a configuration of a length measurement device  1   a  according to a second embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 8  is a plan view of a placement surface  20  of the length measurement  1   a  device shown in  FIG. 7  when seen from the upper side.  FIG. 9  is a plan view showing a state in which an electrode unit U is placed on the placement surface  20  of the length measurement device  1   a  shown in  FIG. 7  when seen from the upper side.  FIG. 10  is a cross-sectional view taken along line X-X in  FIG. 9 .  FIG. 11  is a bottom view of a rear surface  28  of a placement table 2 shown in  FIG. 7  when seen from the lower side of the placement table 2. 
     The length measurement device  1   a  shown in  FIG. 7  is different from the length measurement device  1  shown in  FIG. 1  in the following points. That is, the length measurement device  1   a  is different from the length measurement device  1  in that cameras  71 ,  72 ,  73 , and  74  (a second imaging unit) and cameras E 1  and E 2  (a third imaging unit) are further included, transparent windows  21 ,  22 ,  23 , and  24  (transparent regions) are installed at positions corresponding to the imaging ranges  41 ,  42 ,  43 , and  44  on the placement table 2, and third marks M 1  and M 2  and fourth marks N 1  and N 2  are formed on the placement surface  20 . Further, a control unit  10   a  which will be described later further includes a hole position acquisition unit  16  and an object angle acquisition unit  17 , and operations of an image position acquisition unit  11   a , a parameter calculation unit  12   a , a correction unit  13   a , a target position acquisition unit  14   a , and a length acquisition unit  15   a  are different (refer to  FIG. 12 ). 
     Since the other configuration of the length measurement device  1   a  is substantially the same as that of the length measurement device  1 , characteristic points of the length measurement device  1   a  will be described below. 
     The length measurement device  1   a  is suitable for measurement of the electrode plates A and B formed on the electrode unit U for a fuel cell. Referring to  FIGS. 9 and 10 , the electrode unit U is configured by forming substantially rectangular electrode plates A and B formed on both surfaces of a substantially rectangular sheet C to face each other with a gap from a peripheral edge of the sheet C. One of the electrode plates A and B is a fuel electrode, and the other one is an air electrode. A fuel cell is formed by stacking a plurality of electrode units U. 
     The sheet C is formed of a transparent resin material or the like. Circular positioning holes H 1  and H 2  passing through the sheet C are formed at substantially diagonal positions of the sheet C. When a plurality of electrode units U are stacked to assemble a fuel cell, the plurality of electrode units U are accurately aligned and stacked by inserting a rod-shaped member through the positioning holes H 1  and H 2 . For example, the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  have a diameter of about 4 mm. 
     When the electrode unit U is placed on the placement surface  20  so that the electrode plates A and B are aligned with the placement region  29 , the first marks  51  to  54  are covered with the transparent sheet C. The cameras  31  to  34  capture the first marks  51  to  54  through the transparent sheet C. 
     In design, the electrode plates A and B have the same shape at the same position on both sides of the sheet C, differences in position and shape are generated slightly due to manufacturing variations or the like. 
     Referring to  FIG. 11 , like the electrode plate A, the electrode plate B is a substantially rectangular sheet-shaped object to be measured having four sides including sides B 1 , B 2 , B 3 , and B 4 . The sides B 1 , B 2 , B 3 , and B 4  are the measurement target portions, and lengths L 1   b , L 2   b , L 3   b , and L 4   b  of the sides B 1 , B 2 , B 3 , and B 4  are lengths to be measured. 
     Both ends of the side B 1  which is the measurement target portion are set as target points P 1   b  and P 2   b , both ends of the side B 2  are set as target points P 2   b  and P 4   b , both ends of the side B 3  are set as target points P 4   b  and P 3   b , and both ends of the side B 4  are set as target points P 1   b  and P 3   b . As in the case of the target points P 1  to P 4 , an intersection of extension lines of the sides B 1  and B 4  may be set as the target point P 1   b , an intersection of extension lines of the sides B 1  and B 2  may be set as the target point P 2   b , an intersection of extension lines of the sides B 4  and B 3  may be set as the target point P 3   b , and an intersection of extension lines of the sides B 2  and B 3  may be set as the target point P 4   b.    
     The length measurement device  1   a  measures the lengths L 1  to L 4  of the sides A 1  to A 4  of the electrode plate A and the lengths L 1   b  to L 4   b  of the sides B 1  to B 4  of the electrode plate B formed in the electrode unit U. 
     Referring to  FIG. 9 , the third marks M 1  and M 2  are disposed to be located inside the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  when the electrode unit U is placed on the placement surface  20  to align the electrode plates A and B with the placement region  29 . Like the origin mark M 0 , the third mark M 1  is formed in the vicinity of a corner portion of the placement surface  20 , for example, in the vicinity of an upper left corner and is set as an origin of the position coordinates set on the placement surface  20 . The fourth marks N 1  and N 2  are formed at positions separated from the third marks M 1  and M 2 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 7 , the cameras E 1  and E 2  are disposed above the placement surface  20 . The cameras E 1  and E 2  capture hole imaging regions F 1  and F 2  including the third marks M 1  and M 2 , the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  of the electrode unit U placed on the placement surface  20  and the fourth marks N 1  and N 2 . 
     The transparent windows  21  to  24  are formed of a transparent member such as glass or a resin, for example. The transparent windows  21  to  24  transmit light to a front and a back of the placement table 2 in the imaging ranges  41  to  44 . The first marks  51  to  54  and second marks  61  to  64  are formed on a surface of each of the transparent windows  21  to  24  on the side of the placement surface  20 . For example, the entire placement table 2 may be formed of a transparent member such as glass, and a region corresponding to the imaging ranges  41  to  44  may be a transparent region. 
     The cameras  71  to  74  are disposed below the placement table 2 to face a back surface of the placement table 2 on the side opposite to the placement surface  20 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 11 , the cameras  71 ,  72 ,  73 , and  74  are respectively provided to correspond to the transparent windows  21 ,  22 ,  23 , and  24  and takes images of the imaging ranges  91 ,  92 ,  93 , and  94  including the transparent windows  21 ,  22 ,  23 , and  24 . The cameras  71  to  74  image the first marks  51  to  54 , the second marks  61  to  64 , and the target points P 1   b  to P 4   b  from the back surface of the placement table 2 via the transparent windows  21  to  24 . 
       FIG. 12  is a block diagram showing an example of an electrical configuration of the length measurement device  1   a  shown in  FIG. 7 . In the length measurement device  1   a  shown in  FIG. 12 , the cameras E 1  and E 2  and the cameras  71  to  74  are connected to the control unit  10   a  in addition to the configuration of the length measurement device  1 . The control unit  10   a  serves as an image position acquisition unit  11   a , a parameter calculation unit  12   a , a correction unit  13   a , a target position acquisition unit  14   a , a length acquisition unit  15   a , a hole position acquisition unit  16 , an object angle acquisition unit  17 , and a reference position storage unit  19   a.    
     Like the first and second mark reference positions, a third mark reference position indicating positions of the third marks M 1  and M 2  on the placement surface  20  and a fourth mark reference position indicating positions of the fourth marks N 1  and N 2  on the placement surface  20  are measured by the highly accurate image measurement device and then stored in the reference position storage unit  19   a  in advance in addition to the first and second mark reference positions. 
     In addition to the processing of the parameter calculation unit  12 , the parameter calculation unit  12   a  calculates a magnification parameter for correcting a deviation caused by the imaging magnification of the cameras  71  to  74  and the cameras E 1  and E 2 , and an angle parameter for correcting a deviation caused by a variation in rotation angle around an axis parallel to each of optical axes of the cameras  71  to  74  and the cameras E 1  and E 2 . 
     Specifically, the parameter calculation unit  12   a  calculates the magnification parameter D corresponding to the cameras  71  to  74  using Equation (3) on the basis of the first mark reference position (Ncx, Ncy) of the first marks  51  to  54 , the second mark reference position (Nsx, Nsy) of the second marks  61  to  64  stored in the reference position storage unit  19   a  and the pixel coordinates of the first marks  51  to  54  and the second marks  61  to  64  obtained from a captured image captured by the cameras  71  to  74 . 
     Further, the parameter calculation unit  12   a  sets the coordinates of the third mark reference position of the third marks M 1  and M 2  stored in the reference position storage unit  19   a  as (Ncx, Ncy), sets the coordinates of the fourth mark reference position of the fourth marks N 1  and N 2  stored in the reference position storage unit  19   a  as (Nsx, Nsy), sets the pixel coordinates of the third mark M 1  and M 2  captured by the cameras E 1  and E 2  as (Pcx, Pcy), sets the pixel coordinates of the fourth marks N 1  and N 2  captured by the cameras E 1  and E 2  as (Psx, Psy) and then calculates the magnification parameter D corresponding to the cameras E 1  and E 2  using Equation (3). 
     In addition to the processing of the correction unit  13 , the correction unit  13   a  corrects the coordinates of the first marks  5  and the second marks  6  captured by the cameras  71  to  74  and the coordinates of the third marks M 1  and M 2  and the fourth marks N 1  and N 2  captured by the cameras E 1  and E 2  using Equations (4) and (5) and stores the corrected coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) and (Csx, Csy) in the storage unit as coordinates for parameter calculation. 
     In addition to the processing of the parameter calculation unit  12 , the parameter calculation unit  12   a  calculates the angle parameter R corresponding to the cameras  71  to  74  using Equations (6), (7) and (8) on the basis of the first mark reference position (Ncx, Ncy) of the first marks  51  to  54  and the second mark reference position (Nsx, Nsy) of the second marks  61  to  64  stored in the reference position storage unit  19   a , and the corrected coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) and (Csx, Csy) for parameter calculation of the first marks  5  and the second marks  6  captured by the cameras  71  to  74 . 
     The parameter calculation unit  12   a  also calculates the angle parameter R corresponding to the cameras E 1  and E 2  using Equations (6), (7) and (8) on the basis of the third mark reference position (Ncx, Ncy) and the fourth mark reference position (Nsx, Nsy) stored in the reference position storage unit  19   a , and the corrected coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) and (Csx, Csy) for parameter calculation of the third marks M 1  and M 2  and the fourth marks N 1  and N 2  captured by the cameras E 1  and E 2 . 
     The parameter calculation unit  12   a  is not limited to the example in which the magnification parameter D and the angle parameter R are calculated. The parameter calculation unit  12   a  may have a configuration which calculates either the magnification parameter D or the angle parameter R. Further, the configuration may be such that the parameter calculation unit  12   a  and the correction unit  13   a  are not provided. 
     In addition to the processing of the image position acquisition unit  11 , the image position acquisition unit  11   a  acquires each of the target image positions (u, v) of the target points P 1   b  to P 4   b  of the electrode plate B and each of the first mark image positions (Pcx, Pcy) on the basis of the captured images of the cameras  71  to  74  when the electrode unit U is placed on the placement surface  20 . The image position acquisition unit  11   a  acquires each of the target image positions (u, v) of the target points P 1   b  to P 4   b  of the electrode plate B on the basis of the captured images of the cameras  71  to  74  by processing similar to the acquisition of the positions of the target points P 1  to P 4 . 
     Further, the image position acquisition unit  11   a  acquires the pixel coordinates (u, v) of the center positions of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  (hereinafter, simply referred to as the positions of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2 ) and each of the pixel coordinate (Pcx, Pcy) of center positions of the third mark M 1 , M 2  (hereinafter, simply referred to as the positions of the third marks M 1  and M 2 ) in each of the captured images on the basis of the images captured by the cameras E 1  and E 2  when the electrode unit U is placed on the placement surface  20 . 
     The correction unit  13   a  corrects the pixel coordinates (Pcx, Pcy) of each of the first mark image positions acquired by the image position acquisition unit  11   a  from the captured images in the state in which the electrode unit U is placed on the basis of the magnification parameter D corresponding to each of the cameras (the captured images) using Equation (4) and stores the corrected coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) in the storage unit as coordinates of each of the corrected first mark image positions for position measurement. 
     Further, the correction unit  13   a  calculates each of the coordinates (x, y) of the target image positions (u, v) of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b  acquired by the image position acquisition unit  11   a  from the captured images in the state in which the electrode unit U is placed using Equation (10) and stores the coordinates (x, y) in the storage unit as the target image position (x, y) of each of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b.    
     Accordingly, the imaging magnification correction for each of the first mark image positions and each of the target image positions of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b  in the captured images of the cameras  31  to  34  and the cameras  71  to  74  is performed. 
     Further, the correction unit  13   a  corrects the pixel coordinates (Pcx, Pcy) of the third mark M 1  and the pixel coordinates (u, v) of the positioning hole H 1  corresponding to the camera E 1  on the basis of the magnification parameter D of the camera E 1  using Equation (4) and Equation (10) and stores the corrected coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) and coordinates (x, y) in the storage unit as the position coordinates of the third mark M 1  and the positioning hole H 1  of the magnification-corrected camera E 1 . 
     Similarly, the correction unit  13   a  corrects the pixel coordinates (Pcx, Pcy) of the third mark M 2  and the pixel coordinates (u, v) of the positioning hole H 2  corresponding to the camera E 2  on the basis of the magnification parameter D of the camera E 2  using Equation (4) and Equation (10) and stores the corrected coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) and coordinates (x, y) in the storage unit as the position coordinates of the third mark M 2  and the positioning hole H 2  after the magnification correction. 
     Accordingly, the imaging magnification correction for the positions of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  and the positions of the third marks M 1  and M 2  in the captured images of the cameras E 1  and E 2  is performed. 
     Further, the correction unit  13   a  rotates the coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) of each of the corrected first mark image positions for position measurement and each of the target image positions (x, y) in the captured images of the cameras  31  to  34  and the cameras  71  to  74  by an angle indicated by the angle parameter R and then stores the obtained coordinates in the storage unit as the coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) of each of the corrected first mark image positions for position measurement and each of the target image positions (x, y) of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b.    
     The correction unit  13   a  rotates each of the position coordinates (Csx, Csy) of the third marks M 1  and M 2  after the magnification correction and each of the position coordinates (x, y) of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  in the captured image of the cameras E 1  and E 2  by an angle indicated by the angle parameter R corresponding to each of the cameras E 1  and E 2  and then stores the obtained coordinates in the storage unit as each of the positional coordinates (Csx, Csy) of the corrected third marks M 1  and M 2  for position measurement and each of the position coordinates (x, y) of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2 . 
     The target position acquisition unit  14   a  obtains the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of each of the target points P 1  to P 4  on the placement surface  20  using Equations (11) and (12) on the basis of each of the corrected target image positions (x, y) and each of the corrected first mark image positions (Ccx, Ccy) for position measurement corresponding to each of the cameras  31  to  34  (the captured images G 1  to G 4 ) and each of the first mark reference positions (Ncx, Ncy) which are positions of the first marks on the placement surface  20 . 
     On the other hand, the captured images of the cameras  71  to  74  are captured so that the Y axis direction becomes a reversed direction. Therefore, the target position acquisition unit  14   a  obtains the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of each of the target points P 1   b  to P 4   b  on the placement surface  20  using Equation (11) and the following Equation (14) on the basis of the corrected image position (x, y) of each of the target points P 1   b  to P 4   b  and each of the corrected first mark image positions (Ccx, Ccy) corresponding to each of the captured images of the cameras  71  to  74  and each of the first mark reference positions (Ncx, Ncy) which are positions of the first marks on the placement surface  20 .
 
 Ay=y+Ccy−Ncy   (14)
 
     The target position acquisition unit  14   a  stores the position coordinates of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b  on the placement surface  20 , which are obtained in this way, in the storage unit. 
     In addition to the processing of the length acquisition unit  15 , the length acquisition unit  15   a  calculates lengths L 1   b  to L 4   b  of length measurement target portions on the basis of the positions of the target points P 1   b  to P 4   b  obtained by the target position acquisition unit  14   a . Specifically, when the position coordinates of the target point P 1   b  are (Ax1, Ay1), the position coordinates of the target point P 2   b  are (Ax2, Ay2), the position coordinates of the target point P 3   b  are (Ax3, Ay3) and the position coordinates of the target point P 4   b  are (Ax4, Ay4), the lengths L 1   b  to L 4   b  are calculated by the length acquisition unit  15   a  in the same manner as the lengths L 1  to L 4  using Equation (13). 
     The length acquisition unit  15   a  may cause the display device  100  to display the lengths L 1  to L 4  and L 1   b  to L 4   b  obtained in this way. The length acquisition unit  15   a  may output the lengths L 1  to L 4  and L 1   b  to L 4   b  to an inspection device for inspecting the electrode unit U as data for determining quality of the electrode unit U. Further, the length acquisition unit  15   a  may store the lengths L 1  to L 4  and L 1   b  to L 4   b  in a database for quality control of the electrode unit U. The lengths L 1  to L 4  and L 1   b  to L 4   b  obtained in this way can be used for various purposes. 
     The hole position acquisition unit  16  obtains the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  on the placement surface  20  using Equations (11) and (12) on the basis of the position coordinates (Csx, Csy) of each of the third marks M 1  and M 2  and the position coordinates (x, y) of each of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  after the correction (magnification and angle), and the third mark reference positions (Ncx, Ncy) of each of the third marks M 1  and M 2  on the placement surface  20  stored in the reference position storage unit  19   a.    
     Since the hole position acquisition unit  16  calculates the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  on the basis of the positional relationship between the position coordinates (x, y) of each of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  and the position coordinates (Csx, Csy) of each of the third marks M 1  and M 2  obtained by the cameras E 1  and 
     E 2  with reference to each of the third mark reference positions (Ncx, Ncy) obtained by measurement with the highly accurate image measurement device in advance, when the electrode unit U is measured with the length measurement device  1  in a mass production process or the like, it is unnecessary to use the highly accurate image measurement device which is expensive and has a long measurement time, and it is possible to shorten the measurement time while improving the measurement accuracy. 
     The object angle acquisition unit  17  obtains a rotation angle Ru of the electrode unit U with respect to the placement surface  20  on the basis of the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of each of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  on the placement surface  20  obtained by the hole position acquisition unit  16  and the third mark reference position (Ncx, Ncy) of each of the third marks M 1  and M 2  on the placement surface  20  stored in the reference position storage unit  19   a  and then stores the rotation angle Ru in the storage unit. The rotation angle Ru is a rotation angle of the electrode unit U around a normal line of the placement surface  20 . 
     Specifically, when the coordinates of the third mark reference position of the third mark M 1  are (Ncx 1 , Ncy 1 ) and the coordinates of the third mark reference position of the third mark M 2  are (Ncx 2 , Ncy 2 ), the object angle acquisition unit  17  calculates an angle Rm of an inclination of a straight line connecting the third mark M 1  and the third mark M 2  on the placement surface  20  using the following Equation (15).
 
 Rm =arctan{( Ncy 2− Ncy 1)/( Ncx 2− Ncx 1)}  (15)
 
     Further, when the position coordinates of the positioning hole H 1  are (Ax1, Ay1) and the position coordinates of the positioning hole H 2  are (Ax2, Ay2), the object angle acquisition unit  17  calculates an angle Rh of an inclination of a straight line connecting the positioning hole H 1  and the positioning hole H 2  on the placement surface  20  using the following Equation (16).
 
 Rh =arctan{( Ay 2− Ay 1)/( Ax 2− Ax 1)}  (16)
 
     Next, the object angle acquisition unit  17  calculates the rotation angle Ru of the electrode unit U with respect to the placement surface  20  using the following Equation (17).
 
Rotation angle  Ru=Rh−Rm   (17)
 
     For example, when the length measurement device  1   a  is used for inspection of mass-produced electrode units U in a manufacturing factory of the electrode unit U or the like, for example, for the purpose of quality control, it may be desired to compare the position coordinates of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b  measured for each of the electrode units U on the placement surface  20 . In such a case, when the rotation angles Ru of the electrode units U placed on the placement surface  20  are different from each other at the time of measurement, it is difficult to compare the position coordinates of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b  in each of the electrode units U. 
     Therefore, since the rotation angle Ru of each of the electrode units U is calculated by the object angle acquisition unit  17  and the correction in which the position coordinates of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b  are rotated by the rotation angle Ru is performed so that an orientation of the electrode unit U coincides with an orientation of the placement surface  20 , it is easy to compare the position coordinates of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b  in the plurality of electrode units U. 
       FIGS. 13 and 14  are flowcharts showing an example of the operation of the length measurement device  1   a  shown in  FIG. 7 . First, in a state in which the electrode unit U is not placed on the placement surface  20 , the parameter calculation unit  12   a  calculates the magnification parameters D and the angle parameters R corresponding to the cameras  31  to  34  on the basis of the first marks  51  to  54  and the second marks  61  to  64  of the captured images G 1  to G 4  (Step S 11 ). 
     Next, the parameter calculation unit  12   a  calculates the magnification parameters D and the angle parameters R corresponding to the cameras  71  to  74  on the basis of the first marks  51  to  54  and the second marks  61  to  64  of each of the captured images of the cameras  71  to  74  (Step S 12 ). 
     Next, the magnification parameters D and the angle parameters R corresponding to the cameras E 1  and E 2  are calculated on the basis of the third marks M 1  and M 2  and the fourth marks N 1  and N 2  of the captured images of the cameras E 1  and E 2  (Step S 13 ). 
     Next, after the user positions the electrode unit U to be measured on the placement surface  20  to start the measurement of the electrode plates A and B, the imaging ranges  41  to  44  and  91  to  94  of each camera and the hole imaging ranges F 1  and F 2  are captured by the cameras  31  to  34 ,  71  to  74 , and E 1  and E 2 , and the captured images of each of the cameras are acquired (Step S 14 ). 
     In this case, since the cameras  31  to  34  and  71  to  74  corresponding to the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b  are provided, there is no need to move the camera as in the background art or to turn over the electrode unit U to capture the electrode plate B. As a result, it is possible to shorten the measurement time of the lengths L 1  to L 4  and L 1   b  to L 4   b  and also to prevent the measurement accuracy from decreasing due to movement of the camera. 
     Next, each of the target image positions (u, v) of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b  captured by the cameras  31  to  34  and  71  to  74 , each of the first mark image positions (Pcx, Pcy) of the first marks  51  to  54  captured by the cameras  31  to  34 , and each of the first mark image positions (Pcx, Pcy) of the first marks  51  to  54  captured from the back side by the cameras  71  to  74  are acquired by the image position acquisition unit  11   a  (Step S 15 ). 
     Next, the image positions (u, v) of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  and the image positions (Pcx, Pcy) of the third marks M 1 , M 2  captured by the cameras E 1  and E 2  are acquired by the image position acquisition unit  11   a  (Step S 16 ). 
     Next, the target image position (u, v) of each of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b  and the first mark image position (Pcx, Pcy) corresponding to each of the cameras are corrected by the correction unit  13   a  on the basis of the magnification parameter D and angle parameter R of each of the cameras  31  to  34  and  71  to  74 , and each of the corrected target image positions (x, y) and each of the corrected first mark image positions (Ccx, Ccy) are calculated (Step S 17 ). 
     Next, the pixel coordinates (Pcx, Pcy) of each of the third marks M 1  and M 2  and the pixel coordinates (u, v) of each of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  corresponding to the cameras E 1  and E 2  are corrected by the correction unit  13   a  on the basis of the magnification parameters D and angle parameters R of the cameras E 1  and E 2 , and the corrected coordinates (Ccx, Ccy) of the third marks M 1  and M 2  and the corrected coordinates (x, y) of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  are acquired (Step S 18 ). 
     Next, the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b  on the placement surface  20  are calculated by the target position acquisition unit  14   a  on the basis of the corrected target image position (x, y) of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b , each of the corrected first mark image positions (Ccx, Ccy) on the front and back surfaces, and each of the first mark reference positions (Ncx, Ncy) (Step S 19 ). 
     Next, the lengths L 1  to L 4  and L 1   b  to L 4   b  of the object to be measured are calculated from the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of each of the target points P 1  to P 4 , P 1   b  to P 4   b  by the length acquisition unit  15   a  (Step S 20 ). 
     As described above, according to the processing of Steps S 11  to S 20 , it is unnecessary to move the camera or to turn over the electrode unit U even when a length of an object to be measured having a large size is measured, and also since there is no reduction in accuracy due to the movement of the camera, it is possible to shorten the measurement time while improving the measurement accuracy. 
     Further, in the target position acquisition unit  14   a  (Step S 19 ), since the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of the target points P 1  to P 4  and P 1   b  to P 4   b  are calculated on the basis of the positional relationship between each of the target image positions (x, y) and each of the first mark image positions (Ccx, Ccy) obtained by the cameras  31  to  34  and  71  to  74  with reference to each of the first mark reference positions (Ncx, Ncy) on the front and back surfaces obtained by measurement with a highly accurate image measurement device in advance, when the electrode plates A and B are measured with the length measurement device  1  in a mass production process or the like, it is unnecessary to use the highly accurate image measurement device which is expensive and has a long measurement time, and it is possible to shorten the measurement time while improving the measurement accuracy. 
     Furthermore, since the imaging magnification and the mounting angle of the cameras  31  to  34  and  71  to  74  are corrected by the parameter calculation unit  12   a  and the correction unit  13   a , the measurement accuracy of the lengths L 1  to L 4  and L 1   b  to L 4   b  is improved. 
     Next, the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  on the placement surface  20  are obtained by the hole position acquisition unit  16  on the basis of the position coordinates (Csx, Csy) of each of the third marks M 1  and M 2  and the position coordinates (x, y) of each of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  after the correction (magnification and angle), and the third mark reference positions (Ncx, Ncy) of each of the third marks M 1  and M 2  on the placement surface  20  stored in the reference position storage unit  19   a  (Step S 21 ). 
     Next, the rotation angle Ru of the electrode unit U with respect to the placement surface  20  is calculated by the object angle acquisition unit  17  on the basis of the position coordinates (Ax, Ay) of each of the positioning holes H 1  and H 2  on the placement surface  20  and the third mark reference position (Ncx, Ncy) of each of the third marks M 1  and M 2  on the placement surface  20  (Step S 22 ). 
     The length measurement device  1   a  may not have the cameras  71  to  74 , and the placement table 2 may not have a transparent region. In this case, the electrode unit U may have only one of the electrode plates A and B. Further, the length measurement device  1   a  may not include the cameras E 1  and E 2 , the hole position acquisition unit  16 , and the object angle acquisition unit  17 , and the third marks M 1  and M 2  and the fourth marks N 1  and N 2  may not be formed on the placement surface  20 . 
     Further, the object to be measured is not limited to the electrode plate, and the shape of the object to be measured is not limited to a rectangular shape, and it is sufficient that a plurality of target points are provided on the object to be measured, and it is not limited to four. The cameras  31  to  34  (first imaging units) and the cameras  71  to  74  (second imaging units) are provided in accordance with the number of target points and are not limited to four, respectively. 
     That is, the length measurement device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a placement table having a placement surface including a placement region on which an object to be measured is placed, first imaging units provided to respectively correspond to target points which are both ends of a length measurement target portion of the object to be measured that is placed on the placement region and configured to capture an image of an imaging range disposed to include the target points corresponding to each of the ends when the object to be measured is placed on the placement region, first marks respectively provided in a plurality of imaging ranges outside the placement region on the placement surface, a reference position storage unit configured to store positions of the plurality of first marks on the placement surface as first mark reference positions in advance, an image position acquisition unit configured to perform an image position acquiring process of acquiring a target image position which is a position of each of the target points in each of captured images and a first mark image position which is a position of each of the first marks in each of the captured images on the basis of the captured images captured by each of the first imaging units when the object to be measured is placed on the placement region, a target position acquisition unit configured to obtain a position of each of the target points on the placement surface on the basis of the target image position and the first mark image position corresponding to each of the plurality of captured images and each of the first mark reference positions which is a position of each of the first marks on the placement surface, and a length acquisition unit configured to obtain a length of the length measurement target portion on the basis of the position of each of the target points obtained by the target position acquisition unit. 
     According to such a configuration, the captured image including an image of the target points of the object to be measured and an image of the first marks formed on the placement surface in one screen is captured by each of the first imaging units. Additionally, the target image position which is the position of each of the target points in each of the captured images and the first mark image position which is the position of each of the first marks in each of the captured images are acquired by the image position acquisition unit. In this case, since the positions of the target points and the positions of the first marks in one captured image are acquired, a positional relationship between the target points and the first marks can be identified corresponding to each of the target points from position information acquired by the image position acquisition unit. The position of each of the first marks on the placement surface is stored in the reference position storage unit as a first mark reference position in advance. Since the first mark reference position is a fixed value for the device, the first mark reference position can be measured by a highly accurate measurement device in advance and stored in the reference position storage unit. Additionally, since a relative position of the target image position with respect to each of the first mark reference positions measured with high accuracy can be known on the basis of the target image position and the first mark image position corresponding to each of the captured images obtained by the target position acquisition unit and each of the first mark reference positions stored in advance, the target position acquisition unit can obtain the position of each of the target points on the placement surface with high accuracy. The length acquisition unit can obtain a distance between the positions of the respective target points obtained with high accuracy as the length of the length measurement target portion. Therefore, it is easy to improve the measurement accuracy of the length of the length measurement target portion. Also, even when the length of the object to be measured having a large size is measured, since there is no need to move the first imaging units as in the background art, the measurement time can readily be shortened while the measurement accuracy is improved. 
     Further, second marks may be provided within each of the imaging ranges on the placement surface to be spaced apart from the first marks, the reference position storage unit may further store information on positions of the plurality of second marks on the placement surface, and a parameter calculation unit configured to perform a parameter calculation process of calculating a parameter which corrects the target image position and the first mark image position on the basis of an image of the first marks and the second marks in the images captured by each of the first imaging units and the information stored in the reference position storage unit, and a correction unit configured to correct the target image position and the first mark image position using the parameters may be further included. 
     When variations occur in an imaging magnification of each of the first imaging units and a mounting state with respect to the placement surface, an error may occur in the positional relationship obtained from the image of the target points and the first marks in the captured image captured by each of the first imaging units, as a result, the measurement accuracy of the position of each of the target points obtained by the target position acquisition unit may be deteriorated, and thus the measurement accuracy of the length of the length measurement target portion may decrease. Therefore, the second marks are provided within each of the imaging ranges on the placement surface to be spaced apart from the first marks, and the information on the position of each of the second marks on the placement surface is additionally stored in the reference position storage unit. That is, the reference position storage unit stores the information on the positions of the first marks and the second marks within each of the imaging ranges. Therefore, in the parameter calculation process, the parameter which corrects the target image position and the first mark image position can be calculated from a difference between the information on the positions of the first and second marks stored in the reference position storage unit and the position information on the first and second marks in the image actually captured by each of the first imaging units. Additionally, since the target image position and the first mark image position are corrected by the correction unit using the parameter which can be obtained in this way, the accuracy of the target image position and the first mark image position obtained by the target position acquisition unit is improved. As a result, the measurement accuracy of the length of the length measurement target portion can be improved. 
     Further, the information on the positions of the second marks may include information indicating distances between the first marks and the second marks on the placement surface, the parameter may include a magnification parameter which corrects a deviation caused by an imaging magnification of each of the first imaging units, and the parameter calculation unit may calculate the magnification parameter corresponding to each of the first imaging units on the basis of the distances between the first marks and the second marks in the image captured by each of the first imaging units and distances between the first marks and the second marks based on the information on the positions of the second marks. 
     According to such a configuration, information indicating the distances between the first marks and the second marks on the placement surface is stored in the reference position storage unit in advance. When the imaging magnification of each of the first imaging units is deviated from a reference, the distances between the first marks and the second marks in the captured image of the first imaging unit are also deviated. Therefore, when the imaging magnification of each of the first imaging units is deviated from the reference, the distances between the first marks and the second marks in the image captured by each of the first imaging units and the distance between the first marks and the second marks based on the information on the positions of the second marks stored in advance are deviated from each other. Therefore, the parameter calculation unit can calculate the magnification parameter which corrects a deviation caused by the imaging magnification of each of the first imaging units on the basis of the distances between the first marks and the second marks in the image captured by each of the first imaging units and the distances between the first marks and the second marks based on the information on the positions of the second marks stored in advance. 
     Further, the information on the positions of the second marks may include second mark reference positions indicating the positions of the second marks on the placement surface, the parameter may include an angle parameter which corrects a deviation caused by a rotation angle around an axis parallel to an optical axis of each of the first imaging units with respect to the placement surface, and the parameter calculation unit may calculate the angle parameter corresponding to each of the first imaging units on the basis of the positions of the first and second marks in the image captured by each of the first imaging units and the first and second mark reference positions stored in the reference position storage unit. 
     When the first imaging unit is disposed so that an orientation thereof is deviated to rotate around the axis parallel to the optical axis with respect to the placement surface, the positional relationship between the first and second marks shown in the captured image of the first imaging unit is deviated in accordance with the deviation due to the rotation. Therefore, according to such a configuration, the parameter calculation unit can calculate the angle parameter which corrects the deviation caused by the rotation angle around the axis parallel to the optical axis of each of the first imaging units with respect to the placement surface on the basis of the positions of the first and second marks in the image captured by each of the first imaging units and the first and second mark reference positions stored in advance in the reference position storage unit. 
     Further, the placement table may have a plate shape, a transparent region may be provided at a position corresponding to each of the imaging ranges on the placement table, each of the first marks may be provided in each of the transparent regions, the length measurement device may further include second imaging units respectively provided to correspond to the plurality of transparent regions, each of the second imaging units may capture the first marks and the target points from a surface opposite to the placement surface of the placement table via the transparent region, and the image position acquisition unit may further perform an image position acquisition process on the basis of the captured image captured by each of the second imaging units when the object to be measured is placed on the placement region. 
     According to such a configuration, the placement table has the plate shape, and the transparent region is provided at a position corresponding to each of the imaging ranges on the placement table, and each of the first marks are provided in each of the transparent regions. Additionally, each of the second imaging unit captures the first marks and the target points from the surface opposite to the placement surface via the transparent region. Therefore, even though the measurement target portion is hidden and cannot be captured when imaging is performed from the side of the placement surface, the first marks and the target points can be captured by the second imaging units performing the imaging from side of the placement surface, and as a result, the image position acquisition unit can acquire the target image position and the first mark image position. 
     Further, the object to be measured may be a substantially rectangular electrode plate formed on at least one surface of a substantially rectangular transparent sheet to be spaced apart from a peripheral edge of the sheet at a distance, a pair of positioning holes for positioning may be formed at positions on both sides sandwiching the electrode plate on a surface of the sheet, each of the first imaging units may capture the first marks through the sheet, the length measurement device may further include a pair of third imaging units configured to capture an image of a pair of hole imaging ranges disposed to respectively include the pair of positioning holes when the sheet is placed on the placement surface so that the object to be measured is located in the placement region, and third marks respectively provided in the pair of hole imaging ranges on the placement surface, the reference position storage unit may further store in advance third mark reference positions of the pair of third marks on the placement surface, the image position acquisition unit may further acquire positions of the positioning holes and positions of the third marks in each image on the basis of the images captured by the pair of third imaging units when the object to be measured is placed on the placement region, and the length measurement device may further include a hole position acquisition unit which obtains the positions of the pair of positioning holes on the placement surface on the basis of the positions of the pair of positioning holes and the positions of the pair of third marks in the image acquired by the image position acquisition unit and the third mark reference positions of the pair of third marks on the placement surface stored in the reference position storage unit, and an object angle acquisition unit configured to obtain a rotation angle of the object to be measured around a normal line of the placement surface on the basis of the positions of the pair of positioning holes on the placement surface obtained by the hole position acquisition unit and the pair of third mark reference positions on the placement surface stored in the reference position storage unit. 
     According to such a configuration, when a unit in which a substantially rectangular electrode plate is formed on at least one surface of a substantially rectangular transparent sheet is provided and the electrode plate of the unit in which a pair of positioning holes for positioning are formed in the sheet is the object to be measured, the pair of positioning holes and the third marks are captured by the pair of third imaging units, and the positions of the positioning holes and the positions of the third marks in each of the images are acquired, and the positions of the pair of positioning holes on the placement surface are obtained on the basis of the obtained positions of the pair of positioning holes and the positions of the pair of third marks and the pair of third mark reference positions stored in the reference position storage unit, and the rotation angle of the object to be measured around the normal line of the placement surface is obtained on the basis of the positions of the pair of positioning holes and the pair of third mark reference positions stored in the reference position storage unit. 
     Further, the third marks may be disposed at positions corresponding to inner sides of the pair of positioning holes when the object to be measured is placed on the placement region. 
     According to such a configuration, it is easy to clearly capture the third marks. As a result, it is easy to improve the accuracy with which the hole position acquisition unit acquires the position of each of the third marks, and thus it is easy to improve calculation accuracy of the rotation angle of the object to be measured around the normal line of the placement surface. 
     Further, the measurement target may have a polygonal shape having a plurality of sides, and the image position acquisition unit may acquire a point at which extension lines of the plurality of sides intersect as a target image position which is a position of each of the target points in each of the captured images. 
     According to such a configuration, it is possible to accurately measure a length of each side of a polygon even when a corner of the object to be measured is rounded or the like. 
     In the length measurement device having such a configuration, the measurement time can readily be shortened while the measurement accuracy is improved when a length of an object to be measured having a large size is measured. 
     This application is based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-194295 filed on Sep. 30, 2016, the contents of which are included in the present application. The specific embodiments or examples described in the claim of the mode for carrying out the invention are intended to clarify the technical contents of the present invention, and the present invention should not be narrowly interpreted as being limited only to such specific examples.