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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2022
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An imaging controller is provided for segmenting instances from depth images including objects to be manipulated by a robot. The imaging controller includes an input interface configured to receive a depth image that includes objects, a memory configured to store instructions and a neural network trained to segment instances from the objects in the depth image, and a processor, coupled with the memory, configured to perform the instructions to segment a pickable instance using the trained neural network. The instructions include steps of selecting a tallest point in the depth image, defining a region using a shape such that the region surrounds the tallest point, sampling points in the region of the depth image, computing depth-geodesics between the tallest point and the sampled points, submitting the depth-geodesics to the neural network to segment the pickable instance among instances of the objects in the depth image, and an output interface configured to output a geometrical feature of the pickable instance to a manipulator controller of the robot.