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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2006
Alfred A. Pease, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
AL Boehnlein, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Tye Newman, Howell, MI (US);
Paul J. Eckhoff, Fenton, MO (US);
Alfred A. Pease, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Al Boehnlein, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Tye Newman, Howell, MI (US);
Paul J. Eckhoff, Fenton, MO (US);
Perceptron, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
An integrated solid state device for viewing and manipulating objects located in remote sites and locations which includes a flexible cable having a camera on one end and a viewer on an opposite end. The camera captures images near the end of the flexible cable and converts the images into a video signal that is transferred through wires that extend through the length of the flexible cable. The video signals are received by the viewer and converted into a displayed image. A variety of removable article manipulators can be attached to the distal end of the flexible cable and used to manipulate, capture and retrieve articles and objects near the distal end of the flexible cable.