Machine vision system program editing environment including real time context generation features

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8957960
APP PUB NO 20130123945A1
SERIAL NO

13297232

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A machine vision system program editing environment includes near real time context generation. Rather than requiring execution of all preceding instructions of a part program in order to generate a realistic context for subsequent edits, surrogate data operations using previously saved data replace execution of certain sets of instructions. The surrogate data may be saved during the actual execution of operations that are recorded in a part program. An edit mode of execution substitutes that data as a surrogate for executing the operations that would otherwise generate that data. Significant time savings may be achieved for context generation, such that editing occurs within an operating context which may be repeatedly refreshed for accuracy in near real time. This supports convenient program modification by relatively unskilled users, using the native user interface of the machine vision system, rather than difficult to use text-based or graphical object-based editing environments.

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  • MITUTOYO CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cho, Gyokubu Kawasaki, JP 19 64
Northrup, Ryan Renton, US 8 105
Saylor, Barry Kent, US 6 72
Takada, Akira Yokohama, JP 70 516
Yu, Dahai Redmond, US 25 372

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