Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Fujifilm Corporation

Canan Kabushiki Kaisha

Tadashi Hayashi

Shinji Yamamoto

Kenichi Kataoka

Jun Ito

Akio Atsuta

Ichiro Okumura

Masakazu Matsugu

Katsuhiko Mori

Yuji Kaneda

Naoyuki Kawanishi

Akio Uesugi

Hideaki Suzuki

Hirokazu Sawada

A robot system is provided and includes a robot body that performs predetermined work together with a user, and a control device that controls the robot body. The control device selects, in accordance with special information of the user, an action to be performed by the robot body during the predetermined work.

Robot system, terminal, control method for robot system, and control method for terminal

An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit to image an object, an illuminating unit to irradiate light to the object, the illuminating unit having a first light source and a second light source, and a controlling unit. The controlling unit executes a first imaging process for obtaining a first image acquired by imaging, by repetitively executing an imaging operation by imaging the object in a state in which the first light source is off and the second light source is on, during conveyance of the object, a second imaging process for obtaining a second image by imaging the object in a state in which the first light source is on during the conveyance of the object, and a changing-over process for setting a timing for switching from the first imaging process to the second imaging process, on the basis of the first image acquired by imaging.

Imaging apparatus, production system, imaging method, program, and recording medium

There are provided a three-dimensional measurement apparatus capable of speeding up image processing, and a robot system including the same.

Three-dimensional measurement apparatus and robot system

An automatic-tracking camera apparatus which is capable of realizing continuous and smooth driving and obtaining an image with little position variation of a tracking target from a target position within the image and with little blur. The position of a camera body is changed by a gimbal device. The speed of a tracking target object at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by the camera body is predicted. The gimbal device is controlled so that the camera body reaches the position indicated by a position instruction value generated for the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by the camera body, at the next-after-next start timing, and the speed of the camera body at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by the camera body corresponds to the speed predicted for the next-after-next timing of image acquisition.

Automatic-tracking camera apparatus

A field of view available for stereo measurement is expanded using a field of view other than a common field of view. To this end, a plane (plane e) including a corresponding point (xa) on a sensor plane of a first camera, which corresponds to a feature point (X), a focal position (F) of the first camera, and a focal position (F) of the second camera is calculated; a first line (straight line E) that is a line of intersection of the plane (plane e) and a plane including a sensor plane of the second camera is calculated; a second line (straight line G) including a corresponding point group on the sensor plane of the second camera, which corresponds to a feature point group, is calculated; an intersection of the first and second lines is calculated as a corresponding point (xb) on the plane including the sensor plane of the second camera, which corresponds to the feature point (X); and three-dimensional coordinates of the feature point (X) are calculated based on the corresponding points (xa, xb).

Three-dimensional measurement method

A robot system includes a robot body, a camera mounted on the robot body and capable of photographing a work piece; and a control device for driving and controlling the robot body based on a trajectory to an instruction point, which is set in advance, and, when the camera arrives at an area in which the camera is capable of photographing the work piece during this driving and controlling, driving and controlling the robot body so that the camera moves linearly toward the work piece, taking an image of the work piece with the camera while the camera is moving linearly, and measuring a position of the work piece from the taken image.

Robot system and robot control method

In an image capturing apparatus, a video input unit () captures the image of an object and sequentially acquires image data associated with the image capturing, a model data memory () stores model data associated with the first feature quantity calculated from a feature point of the object in a model image, a principal object detection unit () calculates the second feature quantity from a feature point of the object in the acquired image data, a state change estimation unit () estimates, on the basis of the second feature quantity and the model data, the timing when the object satisfies a predetermined condition, and an image input processing control unit () stores the image data corresponding to the estimated timing in an image recording unit (). This configuration makes the image capturing apparatus acquire an image in a more proper state without large-capacity memory.

Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method

An image pickup system capable of obtaining images to be observed without giving a sense of discomfort to an observer, while moving as fast as possible. The image pickup system comprises an image pickup device, and a drive section arranged to rotate the image pickup device in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, respectively. A directive is issued on a rotation target angle of the image pickup device associated with the first direction and a rotation target angle of the image pickup device associated with the second direction. A component higher than a specified cut-off frequency in a command signal associated with the first direction entered from the command section is cut. A component higher than a specified cut-off frequency in a command signal associated with the second direction entered from the command section is cut. A rotation drive command associated with the first direction and a rotation drive command associated with the second direction are outputted to the drive section, respectively, based on each output of the first signal processing section and the second signal processing section. The specified cut-off frequency of the first signal processing section is lower than that of the second signal processing section.

Image pickup system, method for controlling shooting direction of image pickup device, and program therefor

An antiglare film producing method of film production by surface embossing to polymer film is provided. The polymer film includes a support of triacetyl cellulose, and an anti-reflection layer overlaid thereon. An embossing roller is used for surface embossing to a front surface of the support or a surface of the anti-reflection layer. In the film producing method, the embossing roller is produced according to electrodischarge machining (EDM). A surface of the embossing roller has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.3-1.0 micron, and has a protruding and retreating pattern with an average cycle length RSm of 5-30 microns.

Method of producing anti-glare film

This invention provides a manipulator having an arrangement which easily makes it possible to execute fine work such as attitude control while properly grasping even a minute target object. The manipulator of this invention has, at, e.g., the contact portion to a manipulation target object, an opening communicating with a pressure chamber whose pressure is controlled by a fluid control unit, and manipulates the target object by causing the fluid control unit to control inflow/outflow of a fluid through the opening.

Manipulator

According to the present invention, since the concavo-convex pattern of the embossing form is formed by electrical discharge machining, the peaks on the surface of the resultant embossing form are all of the same level or height, which enables the enhancement of the service life of the embossing form. Further, since the concavo-convex pattern of the embossing form is formed by electrical discharge machining, even a complicated and minute concavo-convex pattern can be formed. Accordingly, when applying the method of the present invention to, for example, the production of a substrate for a lithographic plate, an aluminum substrate for a lithographic plate which excels in plate wear, sensitivity and resistance to stains can be produced. And when applying the same to the production of an aluminum decorative laminate, an aluminum decorative laminate which excel in glossiness and paint adhesion can be produced.

Method for providing surface texturing of aluminum sheet, substrate for lithographic plate and lithographic plate

According to this invention, there is provided a manipulator which can be suitably used as a compact manipulator apparatus which manipulates a minute target object. A manipulator of this invention includes, for example, a plurality of arm members whose attitudes can be changed and a manipulation target object manipulating hand mounted on the plurality of arm members through a connecting portion. Rotation of the hand or similar motion is caused by changing the attitudes of the plurality of arm members.

Manipulator having arm mechanism for hand

A manipulator includes a spherical shell movable member, a manipulating member integrally mounted on the spherical shell movable member, and a vibration member in contact with the spherical shell movable member and vibrating so that the spherical shell movable member rotates about a plurality of axes. The manipulating member has a manipulation distal end portion placed near a center of the spherical shell movable member, and all of the axes intersect at one point near the center of the spherical shell movable member.

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Yokohama, Japan

Tadashi Hayashi