JPS59180411A - Automatic size measuring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To measure the length of the circumference of a human body at a specified height without contact accurately, by providing a means, which indicates a region to which a body to be measured is positioned and the part of the body to be measured; a means, which optically measures the distance to the part to be measured; a means, which performs the conversion to the actual sizes; and a means which moves the measuring means up and down and rotates the measuring means. CONSTITUTION:When a part to be measured is specified, a driving signal DD is supplied to first and second driving circuits 26 and 27 from a processing part 22. The first driving circuit 26 drives a driving mechanism, rotates an annular body 12, and positions the annular body 12 at the part to be measured. Meanwhile, the driving circuit 27 drives the above described mechanism, moves the annular body 12, and positions the annular body 12 at the part to be measured. When the annular body 13 is positioned at the part to be measured, each distance measuring device 13 on the annular body 12 is rotated around a body to be measured 10 or moved up and down by the command from a processing part 22, and the measuring is started.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic measuring device that can automatically measure and measure size.

Generally, when creating clothing, etc. for an individual,
After measuring each part of the human body with a tape measure.

A pattern is made according to the measured dimensions9, and the fabric is cut and sewn according to the pattern. Also.

Three-dimensional cutting is also widely used, in which the fabric is placed directly on the human body, the size of each part of the human body is measured, and then the fabric is cut.

In any case, accurately measure the size of the human body.

Measuring is an extremely important task when creating clothing. However, conventional methods of measuring and taking measurements are manual and have the drawbacks of being time-consuming and requiring skill. Furthermore.

When the human body sways, measurement errors inevitably occur due to factors such as how the measuring position is determined, so it is extremely difficult to accurately measure the size of the human body manually.

An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic measuring device that can accurately measure the size of a human body.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic measuring device that can three-dimensionally measure and measure a human body without directly contacting it.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic measuring device that can quickly perform measurements and measurements, and therefore can substantially ignore size fluctuations caused by shaking of the human body during measurement.

According to the present invention, it is possible to include an area in which the object to be measured can be located, a means for indicating the part of the object to be measured that is to be measured, and a part to be measured in accordance with the instructions. a measuring means for optically measuring the distance between the object and transmitting the measurement result; a processing means for converting the measurement result into the actual dimensions of the object to be measured; a means for displaying the processing result; An automatic measuring device is obtained that has means for moving the measuring device up and down along the object to be measured and for rotating it around the object to be measured.

The present invention will be explained below with reference to one drawing.

Referring to FIG. 1, an automatic measuring device according to an embodiment of the present invention has a stand 1 that determines the standing position of a human body, which is an object to be measured 10.
1, and an annular body 12 provided so as to surround the object to be measured 10 standing on the stand 11. This annular body 12 has a predetermined radius, for example, about 120 cm, and distance measuring instruments 13 of 41H are mounted on the annular body 12 at angular intervals of 90 degrees.

Referring to FIG. 2, each distance measuring device 13 has a light emitting section 15 including a semiconductor laser. Under the control of a laser oscillation control section 16, the light emitting section 15 transmits laser light as transmission light to the object to be measured 10 (FIG. 1) via a light transmitting section 17 including an optical system. According to experiments, 1 in terms of reflectance from the skin of the human body.

It was confirmed that laser light with a wavelength of 06 to 09 μm is optimal.

The reflected light reflected from the human body, which is the object to be measured, is transmitted to the light receiving section 1.
The light is received at 8. The light receiving section 18 is provided with a light receiving optical system, an optical spot, and a position detecting element, and the received reflected light is input to the calculating section 19 in the form of an electric signal. The calculation unit 19 calculates the annular body 12 and the object to be measured 1 from the light receiving spot position.
0 (FIG. 1) and sends out a signal DT indicating the distance.

Returning to FIG. 1, the annular body 12 can be rotated in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions within an angular range of 90 degrees and can also be moved in the vertical direction of the measured part io by means of the drive barrel structure described later. can. The distance measuring device 13 can measure the distance every 5 milliseconds and send out a signal DT indicating the distance, and the annular body 12
By rotating , the distance from each distance measuring device 13 around the entire circumference of the object to be measured 10 is calculated. In the case of this embodiment, the measured object 10 and the distance measuring device 1 have a measurement accuracy of ±2 degrees.
I was able to measure the distance between the three. By installing a plurality of distance measuring devices 13 on the annular body 12 as shown in the figure, information over the entire circumference of the object to be measured 10 can be quickly measured. In this example, the distance around the entire circumference of the object to be measured 10 could be measured in 2 seconds.

A distance measuring signal DT from each distance measuring device 13 is supplied to an interface 21 via an electrical wiring 20. The interface 21 includes a buffer memory that stores the signal DT from each distance measuring device 13 and a readout circuit that sequentially extracts the contents of the panzer memory in a predetermined order. It is given to the sequential processing unit 22. The processing section 22 has a program that converts the distance between the annular body 12 and the object to be measured 10 into the actual dimensions of the needle removal j (II body 10) and records it in the storage section 23. The processing unit 22 also displays a program for calculating the circumference or distance of the measurement site specified by the keyboard of the input unit 24 from the contents stored in the storage unit 23 and the calculation results in the form of characters or graphic ink. It holds programs that are not displayed on the 25.

When measuring the object 1o to be measured using this automatic measuring device, it is necessary to specify the measurement site of the object 10 to be measured.

As a way to indicate the measurement site.

Method 2: Using the keyboard of the input unit 24 There is a method of instructing the image on the display unit 25 with a light pen, a method of instructing by applying a minute spot to the object to be measured 10, etc.

When the measurement site is specified in the format described above, a drive signal DD is supplied from the processing section 22 to the first and second drive paths 26 and 27. The first drive circuit 26 positions the annular body 12 at the measurement site by rotating the drive machine (+6 driven to rotate the annular body) 2, which is not shown in FIG. The annular body 12 is positioned at the measurement site by driving the drive mechanism and moving the annular body 12 in the vertical direction.

When the annular body 13 is positioned at the measurement site, the processing section 22
Each distance measuring device 1 on the annular body 12 according to instructions from
3 rotates or moves up and down around the object to be measured 1o and starts measurement. In this case, when the command instructs to measure the entire circumference of the object 1o at the measurement site, the annular object 1o
2 performs rotational movement within an angular range of 90 degrees. On the other hand, when a range in the vertical direction is specified as the measurement site, the annular body 12 only moves in the vertical direction.

Further, when the measurement site is the entire circumference of the object to be measured 10 in a certain range in the vertical direction, the annular weight 2 performs the measurement while repeating rotational movement and vertical movement.

Referring to FIGS. 3(A) and 3(B), the specific structure and drive mechanism of the annular body 12 are shown respectively. As shown in FIG. 3, a distance measuring device 13 is attached to the inside of the annular body 12.

Four through holes 30 are provided between the top and bottom surfaces of the annular body 12.

In FIG. 3(B), two toric bodies 31 are provided so as to surround the periphery of the stand 11, and on these toric bodies 31, four pillars 32 supporting the annular body 12 are installed. It is attached 9 so as to be inserted into the through hole. Of the pillars 32,
At least one rotating pillar 3 with a and no formed around it
3, this rotating support 33 is connected to a motor 35 via a gear 34 inside the toroidal body 31. Further, a motor 37 is installed inside each unit 11, and this motor 37 is connected to a gear 38. The gear 38 meshes with a gear 39 formed on the inner surface of the toric body 31.

On the other hand, in the part of the annular body 12 that connects with the rotating support 33,
1.40 is installed.

In the above structure, the motor 3 provided inside the two units 11
2 by driving 7 with the first drive circuit 26.
The toroidal body 31 can be rotated around the base 11, and the motor 35 in the two toric bodies 31 can be connected to the second drive circuit 27.
By driving the annular body 12, the annular body 12 can be moved in the vertical direction.

Referring to FIG. 4, another drive mechanism for the annular body 12 is shown. In this example, four supports 32 for guiding the annular body 12 are erected on two units 11, and the annular body 12 is rotatably attached to a rotating support 42 via four support frames. The rotating support 42 is provided with a screw, and the annular body 12 can be rotated and moved up and down by one rotation of the rotation support 42. One end of the rotating support 42 is the first
It is supported by a gearbox 43 connected to first and second drive circuits 26 and 27 shown in the figure. The gear box 43 is provided with a worm gear that drives the two-rotation support 42 in its axial direction and moves the annular body 12 in the vertical direction, and a gear that rotates the rotation support 42.
Both gears are selectively driven by first and second drive circuits 26 and 27. Even with this configuration, the annular body 12 can be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise, and the annular body 12 can also be moved up and down.

The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above.

It is possible to transform the dragonfly. For example, the two-distance measuring device 13 may use a light emitting element such as an LED in place of the semiconductor laser 9. Moreover, the distance measuring device 13 may be one piece as long as the rotation speed of the annular body is fast, and the distance measuring device 13 and the interface 21 may be coupled optically or wirelessly. Furthermore, a toroidal body! A plurality of 2 may be stacked in the vertical direction. It goes without saying that two different mechanisms can be used in place of the drive mechanism shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to accurately measure the circumference of a human body at a specified height without contacting the human body, and to measure the straight line distance between two specified points on the two human bodies. The height of the point can also be calculated as d.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an automatic measuring device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a distance measuring device used in the automatic measuring device shown in FIG. , 3, and 3 (A) and 3 (B) are diagrams for explaining an example of an annular body and its drive mechanism used in an automatic measuring device, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating another example of the drive mechanism. It is a perspective view shown. Explanation of symbols 10-6111 fixed body, 11... Stand, 12... Annular body. 13... Distance measuring device, 15... Light emitting part, 16... Laser Oscillation control section, 17... Light transmitting section, 18... Light receiving section, 19... Arithmetic section, 21... Interface, 2
2...Processing unit, 23...Storage device, 24...Input unit, 25...Display Fig. 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An area where the object to be measured can be located, a distance that can include the object to be measured on the area, optically measure the distance between the part of the object to be measured, and send out the measurement results. a measuring means, a processing means for converting all of the measurement results into actual dimensions of the object to be measured, and a means for displaying the processing results;
An automatic measuring device comprising means for rotating the distance measuring means around the object to be measured and moving the distance measuring means in a predetermined direction along the object to be measured.