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4.3 Measurement Points S<strong>amp</strong>ling and Path Planning<br />

For the selected inspection features, the following inspection planning procedures are performed, i.e.,<br />

measurement points s<strong>amp</strong>ling for sculptured surfaces and basic features.<br />

Measurement Points S<strong>amp</strong>ling and Path Plan for Sculptured Surfaces<br />

The measurement points distribution, i.e., measurement points s<strong>amp</strong>ling, is the key process for inspection<br />

planning. In this section, three methods are presented for sculptured surfaces: uniform distribution,<br />

curvature dependent distribution, and a hybrid distribution of the two.<br />

Uniform Distribution Method<br />

The basic idea of the uniform distribution method is that the grids formed by the measurement points<br />

have a nearly square distribution, and this aims uniform coverage for the sculptured surfaces. Suppose N<br />

points are to be distributed over a sculptured surface consisting of M surface patches. Let � be the dimensional<br />

ratio of the u direction to the v direction of the sculptured surface. Then the number of the measurement<br />

points, , , along the u,<br />

v directions in a patch can be determined as follows:<br />

N<br />

u<br />

N<br />

v<br />

Nu � round ( N�M� )<br />

N v<br />

�<br />

round ( �Nu) (4.4)<br />

(4.5)<br />

where the round( ) is the function for rounding off the values in the bracket.<br />

The parameters, ui,<br />

vj<br />

along a specified surface patch are determined based on the uniform allocation.<br />

That is<br />

ui � ( i � 0.5)�Nu(<br />

i � 1, 2… , , Nu )<br />

Vj � ( j � 0.5)�Nv(<br />

j � 1, 2… , , Nv) (4.6)<br />

(4.7)<br />

where 0.5 is used so that the s<strong>amp</strong>led points are located on the middle of the surface grids.<br />

Curvature Dependent Distribution Method<br />

For the high-curvature surface measurement, it is desirable to have more s<strong>amp</strong>ling points than for smallcurvature<br />

surface measurement. The measurement points can be distributed based on the normal curvature<br />

calculation along the sculptured surface. The normal curvature can be defined as:<br />

Normal Curvature � Curvu � N � Curvv � N<br />

(4.8)<br />

where the Curv u, Curv v are the curvature vectors along the u, v direction, respectively, and N is the unit<br />

normal vector of the surface at the measurement points. The Curv u, Curv v are<br />

Curv u<br />

Curv v<br />

�<br />

�<br />

P u<br />

P v<br />

3<br />

� Pu � Puu 3<br />

/Pv� Pvv (4.9)<br />

(4.10)<br />

where P u, P v, P uu, P vv indicate the first and second derivative of the sculptured surface along the u, v<br />

directions, respectively. The measurement points are distributed so that relatively more points are s<strong>amp</strong>led<br />

on the region of higher curvature.

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