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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2011
Osamu Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system comprises: a measurement unit adapted to measure a position/orientation of at least one target object based on an image obtained by capturing the at least one target object; a selection unit adapted to select at least one grippable target object based on the position/orientation; a determination unit adapted to determine, as an object to be gripped, a grippable target object in a state with a highest priority from the at least one grippable target object based on priorities set in advance for states including gripping positions/directions; a gripping unit adapted to grip the object to be gripped in the state with the highest priority; and a changing unit adapted to change the state of the gripped object, to a state in which the gripped object is assembled to the other object.