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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:
Apr. 17, 1984
Filed:
May. 06, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Bishop, Brookline, MA (US);
Richard Damon, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364513 ; 358107 ; 358166 ; 382 54 ;
Abstract
A robotic control system and technique is disclosed involving image sensing of an object to be subjected to robotic action, to obtain analog image signals that are converted into binary image signal matrices which, through the use of a mask algorithm image processor (MAIP), are analyzed, and selected signals thereof corresponding to predetermined portions of the object defining points of interest at which robotic action is to be effected are fed to a computer to control movement of a robotic arm, tool or the like to effect some physical action at said predetermined points of interest of the object, in real time.