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Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Accenture Global Solutions Limited, Dublin, IE;

Inventors:

Cyrille Bataller, Mougins, FR;

Adrien Jacquot, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, FR;

Sergio Raúl Torres, Den Haag, NL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/163 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06T 1/0014 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automating a manual process. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of identifying a process that (i) is manually performed by a user interacting with a computer, and (ii) is to be automated for performance by a robot that is configured to interact with another computer. Additional actions include obtaining one or more images taken of a display of the computer while the user is interacting with the computer in manually performing the process and applying a computer vision technique to identify one or more activities associated with the process. Further actions include, for each of the one or more identified activities, generating activity information associated with the activity and generating a process definition for use in causing the robot to automatically perform the process.


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