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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuhisa Kamikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takara Kasai, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Kuroda, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Kokubo, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuharu Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2018.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1692 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00725 (2013.01); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); G05B 2219/39016 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39029 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39045 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39057 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40613 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot arm apparatus including: an arm unit made up of a plurality of links joined by one or a plurality of joint units, the arm unit is connectable to an imaging unit. An internal model including at least geometric information of the arm unit and focus position information of the imaging unit is updated based on internal model information acquired in a state in which the imaging unit is pointed at a reference point in a real space.