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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:
Jun. 27, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Kinova Inc., Boisbriand, CA;

Inventors:

Louis-Joseph Caron L'ecuyer, Boisbriand, CA;

Jean-Francois Forget, Boisbriand, CA;

Jonathan Lussier, Boisbriand, CA;

Sébastien Boisvert, Boisbriand, CA;

Assignee:

Kinova Inc., Boisbriand, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); H04N 13/207 (2018.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); H04N 13/207 (2018.05); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); G06V 2201/06 (2022.01);
Abstract

A method for operating a vision guided robot arm system comprising a robot arm provided with an end effector at a distal end thereof, a display, an image sensor and a controller, the method comprising: receiving from the sensor image an initial image of an area comprising at least one object and displaying the initial image on the display; determining an object of interest amongst the at least one object and identifying the object of interest within the initial image; determining a potential action related to the object of interest and providing a user with an identification of the potential action; receiving a confirmation of the object of interest and the potential action from the user; and automatically moving the robot arm so as to position the end effector of the robot arm at a predefined position relative to the object of interest.


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