Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Tianfen Xu

Seita Ono

Junichi Matsuoka

Hiroki Kokushi

Toshihiko Miyazaki

Eiji Yoshikuwa

An image processor includes memory configured to store the shape of an object, extracting circuitry configured to extract a second image of a target range from a first image of the object, distance detecting circuitry configured to process the second image to detect distances from at least three parts projected within the target range to the camera, plane estimating circuitry configured to estimate a plane projected within the target range using the distances based on the at least three parts, angle detecting circuitry configured to detect an angle of the plane with respect to an optical axis of the camera, contour estimating circuitry configured to estimate, based on the shape of the object and the angle of the plane, a contour of the object projected on the first image, and identifying circuitry configured to identify the object on the first image based on the contour.

Image processor, imaging device, robot and robot system

The robot includes a first arm having a first hand part provided to a tip end thereof, and at least one joint shaft provided between a pedestal and the first hand part, a first acting part configured to contact a given table-like body on which a plurality of workpieces are able to be placed, while the first acting part is provided to the first hand part, a controller, an imaging unit configured to two-dimensionally image a placement surface of the workpieces in the table-like body in a perpendicular direction to the placement surface, and a recognition part configured to recognize a position of the workpiece by performing a two-dimensional pattern matching based on an image two-dimensionally captured by the imaging unit. The controller vibrates the table-like body by controlling the first arm so that the first acting part acts on the table-like body.

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Kakogawa, Japan

Tianfen Xu