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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:
Oct. 18, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Fanuc America Corporation, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Inventors:

Ganesh Kalbavi, Rochester, MI (US);

Derek Jung, Clinton Township, MI (US);

Leo Keselman, Ferndale, MI (US);

Min-Ren Jean, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Kenneth W. Krause, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Jason Tsai, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

FANUC AMERICA CORPORATION, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 19/021 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06T 1/0014 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01);
Abstract

An augmented reality (AR) system for production-tuning of parameters for a visual tracking robotic picking system. The robotic picking system includes one or more robots configured to pick randomly-placed and randomly-oriented parts off a conveyor belt and place the parts in an available position, either on a second moving conveyor belt or on a stationary device such as a pallet. A visual tracking system identifies position and orientation of the parts on the feed conveyor. The AR system allows picking system tuning parameters including upstream, discard and downstream boundary locations to be visualized and controlled, real-time robot pick/place operations to be viewed with virtual boundaries, and system performance parameters such as part throughput rate and part allocation by robot to be viewed. The AR system also allows virtual parts to be used in simulations, either instead of or in addition to real parts.


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