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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2014
Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
Toshiaki Ejima, Fukuoka, JP;
Shuichi Enokida, Fukuoka, JP;
Masakazu Sadano, Fukuoka, JP;
Hisashi Ideguchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Tomoyuki Horiuchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Toshiyuki Kono, Fukuoka, JP;
KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Kitakyushu-Shi, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, Kitakyushu-Shi, JP;
Abstract
In an object detecting method according to an embodiment, external reference points are set in external space of a model of an object and an internal reference point is set in internal space of the model. A table is stored in which feature quantities on a local surface of the model are associated with positions of the external reference points and the internal reference point. The feature quantity on the local surface of the model is calculated, and the position of the reference point whose feature quantity is identical to the calculated feature quantity is acquired from the table and is converted into a position in a real space. When the converted position is outside the object, the position is excluded from information for estimation and the position and the attitude of the object are estimated.