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Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2022
Applicant:

Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, Niwa-gun, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuya Horibe, Niwa-gun, JP;

Kazumasa Maruta, Niwa-gun, JP;

Hiromasa Yamamoto, Niwa-gun, JP;

Hyunkoo Park, Niwa-gun, JP;

Masatoshi Itoh, Niwa-gun, JP;

Ryuichi Mizukami, Niwa-gun, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 15/22 (2006.01); B23Q 17/24 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 15/22 (2013.01); B23Q 17/2442 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01);
Abstract

A workpiece installation method includes obtaining a reference image that shows a reference workpiece whose posture has been adjusted, setting workpiece reference lines on a boundary of a first image area occupied by the reference workpiece in the reference image, obtaining a measurement image that shows a workpiece, generating, using a processor, a measurement combined image in which workpiece reference lines are superimposed on the measurement image and which shows the workpiece reference lines pass through positions respectively identical to workpiece reference line positions, and adjusting a posture of the workpiece such that a boundary of a second image area occupied by the workpiece in the measurement combined image is shown to be substantially parallel to or substantially coincident with the workpiece reference lines.


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