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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Taro Ishige, Matsumoto, JP;
Atsushi Harada, Matsumoto, JP;
Yukihiro Yamaguchi, Matsumoto, JP;
Hiromitsu Abe, Chino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A control device is capable of controlling each of a robot having a robot arm, and an imaging portion which is capable of capturing a first reference marker, a second reference marker, and a third reference marker, any one of the imaging portion, the first reference marker, the second reference marker, and the third reference marker is provided in the robot, and a posture of a reference surface parallel to a plane which passes through the first reference marker, the second reference marker, and the third reference marker, is acquired based on a first image in which the first reference marker is captured by the imaging portion, a second image in which the second reference marker is captured by the imaging portion, and a third image which captures the third reference marker by the imaging portion.