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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1635 (2013.01); B25J 13/089 (2013.01); B25J 19/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus that controls a robot including a dispenser and range sensors includes a control unit, and the control unit controls a robot arm, when the dispenser is moved in a first moving direction, to place the first range sensor anterior and calculates an amount of ejection using a difference between values detected by the first range sensor and the second range sensor forming a set and controls the robot arm, when the dispenser is moved in a second moving direction, to place the third range sensor anterior and calculates the amount of ejection using a difference between values detected by the third range sensor and the fourth range sensor.