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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Hachioji-shi, JP;
Yohei Kuroda, Tokyo, JP;
Takara Kasai, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhisa Kamikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Kokubo, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuharu Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Hirose, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., Hachioji-shi, JP;
Abstract
A robot arm apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: one or a plurality of a joint unit that joins a plurality of links constituting a multi-link structure; an acquisition unit that acquires an on-screen enlargement factor of a subject imaged by an imaging unit attached to the multi-link structure; and a driving control unit that controls driving of the joint unit based on a state of the joint unit and the enlargement factor.