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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2019
Applicant:

Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);

Inventors:

Evan Atherton, San Carlos, CA (US);

David Thomasson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Heather Kerrick, San Rafael, CA (US);

Maurice Conti, Muir Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); B25J 11/00 (2013.01); B25J 13/088 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for determining a location of an object that is being manipulated or processed by a robot. The technique includes capturing a digital image of the object while the object is disposed by the robot within an imaging space, wherein the digital image includes a direct view of the object and a reflected view of the object, detecting a visible feature of the object in the direct view and the visible feature of the object in the reflected view, and computing a first location of the visible feature in a first direction based on a position of the visible feature in the direct view. The technique further includes computing a second location of the visible feature in a second direction based on a position of the visible feature in the reflected view and causing the robot to move the object to a processing station based at least in part on the first location and the second location.


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