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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2009
Taro Arimatsu, Yamanashi, JP;
Kazunori Ban, Yamanashi, JP;
Ichiro Kanno, Yamanashi, JP;
Keisuke Watanabe, Yamanashi, JP;
Taro Arimatsu, Yamanashi, JP;
Kazunori Ban, Yamanashi, JP;
Ichiro Kanno, Yamanashi, JP;
Keisuke Watanabe, Yamanashi, JP;
Fanuc Ltd, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
An object picking device, which is inexpensive and capable of speedily and accurately picking one object at a time from a random pile state. A target detecting part of an image processing part processes an image captured by a camera and detects objects. A target selecting part selects an object among the detected objects based on a certain rule. A view line direction calculating part calculates the direction of a view line extending to the selected object. A target position estimating part estimates the position including the height of the selected object based on size information of the object in the image. Then, a grip correction calculating part calculates an amount of correction of the movement of a robot so as to grip the object by using the robot.