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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
Kabushiki Kaisha Yasakawa Denki, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Noriko Abe, Fukuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Kumagai, Fukuoka, JP;
Yukiko Sawada, Fukuoka, JP;
Motohisa Kamei, Fukuoka, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A dispensing system comprising a robot configured to move a dispenser for suctioning a liquid to be dispensed, a camera for capturing an image including at least a tip of the dispenser, a liquid surface of the liquid, and an object not to be dispensed located below the liquid surface, and circuitry configured to acquire, based at least in part on the image captured by the camera, surface location information for the liquid surface, boundary location information for a boundary between the liquid and the object not to be dispensed, and dispenser location information for the tip of the dispenser on the basis of the image, and control the robot to lower the dispenser based at least in part on the dispenser location information, the surface location information, and the boundary location information.