ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,913, issued on March 3, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Measuring device and program" was invented by Kenji Kaihara (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a measuring device which, with respect to a measuring instrument for measuring the length of a cutting tool, measures the distance from a reference position of a machine tool to a tool detection position of the measuring instrument. The measuring device comprises: a movement control unit for controlling movement of a standard tool attached to the machine tool; a detection unit for detecting a detection signal indicating a tool detection positi...