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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2017
Applicants:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Umemura Educational Institutions, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto, JP;
UMEMURA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/75 (2017.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A carrier for carrying an object includes a fork that is vertically movable to carry the object and that is able to be inserted into an opening of a flat portion of the object, a sensor that obtains actual measured values at a plurality of points on the flat portion of the object, and an object state identification device that identifies, based on the actual measured values, an object state including at least one of a position and a posture of the object with respect to the sensor.