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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Kuka Roboter Gmbh, Augsburg, DE;
Inventor:
Gerhard Hietmann, Herbertshofen, DE;
Assignee:
KUKA Roboter GmbH, Augsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00201 (2013.01); B25J 9/1656 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/97 (2017.01); H04N 13/0203 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39448 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39453 (2013.01); G06K 2209/19 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for identifying a manipulator by means of a portable terminal device, wherein the portable terminal device comprises a 3D camera. The method operates to detect a three-dimensional image of at least one part of the manipulator to be identified by means of the 3D camera of the portable terminal device. An actual status of the manipulator is determined based on the three-dimensional image detected. The 3D camera is a plenoptic camera, and the detected three-dimensional image comprises a four-dimensional light field of at least one part of the manipulator to be identified.