JP3277744B2 - Operating device for rotating head device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operating device for a rotary head device, and more particularly to an operating device for a rotary head device used in a position detecting device attached to a measuring device such as a three-dimensional coordinate measuring device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an operating device of a rotary head device, two rotating shafts (a vertical rotating shaft and a horizontal rotating shaft) which are orthogonal to each other, and can be rotated in two directions by rotation of both rotating shafts. 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a rotary head device having a detector and an angular position specifying means for specifying an angular position of the rotary head device. As this angular position designating means, (1) dedicated operation buttons are provided for each of the vertical rotation axis and the horizontal rotation axis, and when these buttons are pressed, both the rotation axes are not minute but fixed. Rotate both angles to rotate both rotation axes to the desired angle position, or (2) Directly input the desired angle position using the keyboard or numeric keypad to the angle position to specify both rotation axes There was something to rotate.

[0003]

However, in the above prior art (1), while actually looking at the rotary head device,
The two operation buttons must be kept pressed until the two rotation axes reach the desired angle position, and the operation of specifying the angle position is complicated and takes a long time.

Also, in the above-mentioned prior art (2), it is necessary to perform a time-consuming operation of inputting a numerical value corresponding to an angle position to be designated for each of the two rotation axes while actually looking at the rotary head device. There has been a problem that the operation of designating the angular position is complicated and time-consuming.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an operating device for a rotary head device that enables an operation for designating an angular position of the rotary head device to be performed easily and in a short time. That is.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operating device for a rotary head device, comprising:
A rotary head device having two rotation axes orthogonal to each other, a detector rotatable in two directions by rotation of the two rotation axes, a horizontal axis indicating one rotation angle position of the two rotation axes, and A two-dimensional display unit having a vertical axis indicating a rotational angle position, and displaying the angular position of the rotary head device with one mark in a coordinate space defined by the horizontal axis and the vertical axis; and the two-dimensional display. Angular position specifying means for specifying an angular position of the rotary head device on a unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the operation device for a rotary head device, the two-dimensional display section has a mouse pointer movable in the coordinate space, and the angular position designating means includes a mouse pointer. The mouse is moved in the coordinate space.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the operating device for a rotary head device, the two-dimensional display unit is constituted by a touch monitor type display device.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the angle position of the rotary head device can be specified on the two-dimensional display unit by the angle position specifying means while looking at the two-dimensional display unit.

In the operation device for a rotary head device according to the present invention, the angular position of the rotary head device is specified on the two-dimensional display unit by moving a mouse pointer in the coordinate space of the two-dimensional display unit with a mouse. be able to.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the two-dimensional display is constituted by a touch monitor type display, the two-dimensional display corresponds to an angle position to be designated in the coordinate space of the two-dimensional display. Just press with your finger etc.
The angular position of the rotary head device can be specified.

[0012]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an angular position display unit forming a part of an operating device of a rotary head device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a part of FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an operating device of the rotary head device according to one embodiment.

The operating device of the rotary head device shown in FIG. The position detection device 1 is rotated by two rotation axes (a vertical rotation axis 2 and a horizontal rotation axis 3) orthogonal to each other and a vertical rotation axis (hereinafter, referred to as a B axis) 2. A first rotating unit 4, a second rotating unit 5 that rotates by rotation of a horizontal rotating shaft (hereinafter, referred to as an A-axis) 3, a detector 6 fixed to a side of the second rotating unit 5, A rotary head device 10 having a detachable portion 7 provided at an upper end of the rotating portion 4 is provided.

The second rotating unit 5 rotates about the B axis 2 together with the first rotating unit 4 by the rotation of the B axis 2 and rotates about the A axis 3 by the rotation of the A axis 3. First
It is connected to the lower end of the rotating part 4. Thereby, the detector 6 rotates around the B axis 2 (rotation locus 8 in FIG. 2).
2) and a rotation about the A-axis 3 (a rotation indicated by a rotation locus 9 in FIG. 2).

The position detecting device 1 can measure the shape and size of the test object by attaching the detachable portion 7 to a spindle (Z axis) of a three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine.

A rotary head operating device 20 is connected to the position detecting device 1 via a controller 11. The rotary head operating device 20 includes an operation processing computer 21, an angular position display unit 30 that displays the angular position of the rotary head device 10, that is, the angular position of the detector 6,
Mouse 22 and keyboard 2 as angle position designation means
3 is provided.

The controller 11 detects the rotation angle position of the A-axis 3 and the rotation angle position of the B-axis 2 and outputs these position signals to the computer 21, and outputs a rotation command signal output from the computer 21. And has the function of controlling the rotation of the A-axis 3 and the B-axis 2.

The computer 21 includes the controller 1
Angular position display unit 3 based on the position signal output from
A function of displaying the rotation angle position (rotation angle positions of the A-axis and the B-axis) of the rotation head device 10 and the attitude of the rotation head device 10 at 0, and the rotation angle position of the rotation head device 10 designated by operating the mouse 22 And a function of outputting a rotation command signal indicating a rotation angle position of the rotary head device 10 designated by operating the keyboard 23.

As shown in FIG. 1, the angular position display unit 30 is configured to display a three-dimensional display unit 31, a two-dimensional display unit 32, and a numerical value display unit 33 on the same screen.

The three-dimensional display unit 31 has an A-axis 3 and a B-axis 2
And the positional relationship of the detector 6 with respect to the two rotation axes 2 and 3 is displayed three-dimensionally. 3D display unit 3
1 is a linear pattern 2A with an arrow indicating the position of the B axis 2 extending in the vertical direction (Z axis direction), as shown in FIGS. A linear pattern 3A with an arrow indicating the position of the A-axis 3 that rotates together (ie, the rotation angle position of the B-axis 2), and the rotation angle position of the detector 6 around the A-axis 3 (ie, the rotation angle position of the A-axis 3). (Rotation angle position), linear pattern 6 with a circle at the tip
A and pattern 3 indicating the machine coordinate axes of the three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine
1A.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the two-dimensional display unit 32 has a vertical axis 32A indicating the rotation angle position of the A axis 3 and a horizontal axis 32B indicating the rotation angle position of the B axis 2. Vertical axis 32
The rotation angle position of the rotary head device 10 is displayed by a single mark 32C in a coordinate space defined by A and the horizontal axis 32B. The vertical axis 32A is a scale number line in the range of -180 to 180 degrees indicating the rotation angle position of the A axis, and the horizontal axis 32B is the rotation angle position of the B axis 2 in the range of -180 to 180 degrees. Is a straight line. In the two-dimensional display unit 32, the intersection of a line drawn perpendicularly to the vertical axis 32A from the position of the mark 32C and the vertical axis 32A is the rotation angle position of the A-axis 3, and is perpendicular to the horizontal axis 32B from the position of the mark 32C. The intersection between the line drawn on the horizontal axis and the horizontal axis 32B is the rotation angle position of the B axis 2. For example, from the position of the mark 32C shown in FIG.
At 10 degrees, it can be seen that the rotational angle position of the B axis 2 is approximately 70 degrees.

In the coordinate space of the two-dimensional display unit 32, a mouse pointer 32
D is displayed. In the two-dimensional display unit 32, a mouse click method generally used in a computer is used. That is, by moving the mouse 22, the mouse pointer 32D is moved in the coordinate space of the two-dimensional display unit 32, and when the mouse pointer 32D is positioned at the desired rotation angle position, the button 22a of the mouse 22 is pressed and clicked to rotate. When the angle position of the head device 10 is specified, the mark 32C moves from the original position to the specified angle position.

As shown in FIG. 1, the numerical value display section 33
A-axis display unit 33A that displays the rotation angle position of shaft 3 by numerical values
And a B-axis display unit 33B for displaying the rotation angle position of the B-axis 2 by numerical values.

The three-dimensional display unit 31, the two-dimensional display unit 3
2 and the display of the numerical value display unit 33 are configured to change together with the rotation angle positions of the A-axis 3 and the B-axis 2 changing.

In the angular position display device of the rotary head device according to the above embodiment, the B-axis 2
Is displayed as the linear pattern 2A, the position of the A-axis 3 is displayed as the linear pattern 3A, and the position of the detector 6 is displayed as the linear pattern 6A. In addition, the two-dimensional display unit 32
The rotation angle position of the rotary head device 10 (the rotation angle position of the detector 6) in a coordinate space formed by a vertical axis 32A indicating the rotation angle position of the axis 3 and a horizontal axis 32B indicating the rotation angle position of the B axis 2. Is displayed as one mark 32C. Further, the A-axis display unit 33A and the B-axis display unit 33B of the numerical value display unit 33 display the rotation angle positions of the A-axis 3 and the B-axis 2 in numerical values.

Next, an operation of designating the angular position of the rotary head device 10, that is, the angular position of the detector 6, by the operating device of the rotary head device according to the embodiment will be described.

While looking at the two-dimensional display section 32, the mouse 22
By moving the mouse pointer 32D, the mouse pointer 32D is moved in the coordinate space of the two-dimensional display unit 32.
When the button 22a of the mouse 22 is pressed and clicked at the position where the rotation angle is to be specified, the angle position of the rotary head device 10 is specified, and the mark 32C moves from the original position to the specified angle position. A
Axis 3 and B axis 2 rotate to the specified angular position. After pressing and clicking the button 22a of the mouse 22, after confirming that the detector 6 does not collide with the test object, when another button is pressed, the A-axis 3 and the B-axis 2 are set at the designated angular positions. It may be configured to rotate up to. Thereby, collision between the detector 6 and the test object can be avoided.

As described above, according to the operating device of the rotary head device according to the embodiment, the angle position of the rotary head device 10 is specified on the two-dimensional display unit 32 by the mouse 22 while looking at the two-dimensional display unit 32. can do. Therefore, the operation of designating the angular position of the rotary head device 10 can be performed easily and in a short time.

According to the above-described embodiment, the two rotating axes (A-axis 3 and B-axis 2) and the positional relationship of the detector 6 with respect to the two rotating axes 2 and 3 are the same as those of the two-dimensional display unit 32. Since the display is three-dimensionally performed by the three-dimensional display unit 31 in the screen, the rotation angle position and the attitude of the rotary head device 10 are determined, that is, the detector 6 is driven by the two rotation axes 2 and 3. It can be easily recognized what kind of positional relationship there is. Thereby, the rotating head device 1 is viewed while viewing the two-dimensional display unit 32 and the three-dimensional display unit 31.
The designation operation of the rotation angle position of 0 can be performed more easily.

In the above embodiment, the two-dimensional display unit 32 may be constituted by a touch monitor type display device (touch monitor type display device). In this case,
The angular position of the rotary head device 10 can be easily specified simply by pressing the position corresponding to the specified angular position in the coordinate space of the two-dimensional display unit 32 with a finger or the like.

In the above embodiment, the two-dimensional display section 32 may be constituted by a pen input type display device. In this case, the angular position of the rotary head device 10 can be easily specified simply by pressing the position corresponding to the angular position to be specified in the coordinate space of the two-dimensional display unit 32 with a pen.

[0033]

As described above, according to the operating device of the rotary head device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the angular position of the rotary head device can be determined by the angular position specifying means while viewing the two-dimensional display. It can be specified on the dimensional display. Therefore, the operation of designating the angular position of the rotary head device can be performed easily and in a short time.

According to the operating device for a rotary head device according to the second aspect of the present invention, the angular position of the rotary head device is two-dimensionally displayed by moving a mouse pointer in a coordinate space of a two-dimensional display unit with a mouse. Can be specified on the department. Therefore, it is not necessary to keep pressing the two operation buttons until the two rotation axes reach the desired angle position, or to perform the troublesome operation of key-inputting the numerical value corresponding to the desired angle position for each of the two rotation axes. Thus, the operation of designating the angular position of the rotary head device can be performed easily and in a short time.

According to the operating device for the rotary head device according to the third aspect of the present invention, the two-dimensional display unit is constituted by a touch monitor type display device. The angular position of the rotary head device can be designated simply by pressing a position corresponding to the position with a finger or the like. Therefore, it is not necessary to keep pressing the two operation buttons until the two rotation axes reach the desired angle position, or to perform the troublesome operation of key-inputting the numerical value corresponding to the desired angle position for each of the two rotation axes. Thus, the operation of designating the angular position of the rotary head device can be performed easily and in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a part of an operating device of a rotary head device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a part of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a part of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an operating device of the rotary head device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Rotation axis in vertical direction 3 Rotation axis in horizontal direction 6 Detector 10 Rotating head device 22 Mouse (angle position specifying means) 22a Mouse pointer 32 2D display unit 32A Vertical axis 32B Horizontal axis 32C Mark

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotary head device having two rotation axes orthogonal to each other, a detector rotatable in two directions by rotation of the two rotation axes, and a horizontal indicating one rotation angle position of the two rotation axes. A two-dimensional display unit having an axis and a vertical axis indicating the other rotational angle position, and displaying the angular position of the rotary head device with one mark in a coordinate space defined by the horizontal axis and the vertical axis; And an angular position specifying means for specifying an angular position of the rotary head device on the two-dimensional display unit. 2. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the two-dimensional display unit has a mouse pointer movable in the coordinate space, and the angular position designating means is a mouse for moving the mouse pointer in the coordinate space. The operating device for a rotary head device according to claim 1, wherein 3. The operating device for a rotary head device according to claim 1, wherein the two-dimensional display unit is constituted by a touch monitor type display device.