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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2005
Atsushi Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kimio Saitou, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing system is provided that includes a first-motor control apparatus (), having a communication interface () connected in series with a transmission line, for obtaining a detection position of a control subject and outputting a position-detection signal, an image processing apparatus (), having a communication interface () connected in series with the transmission line and a memory () that stores the position-detection signal, for capturing an image of a workpiece () and generating an image-processing signal based on image processing, and a master apparatus () for implementing communication control of the image processing apparatus () and the first-motor control apparatus (), and in which the image processing apparatus () starts the image processing, in accordance with an in-bound start command, stores in the memory () the position-detection signal, and outputs to the master apparatus () the position-detection signal along with the image-processing signal.