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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yukihiro Yamaguchi, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37208 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37555 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39107 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39109 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40072 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40087 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40609 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40615 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45203 (2013.01); Y10S 901/09 (2013.01); Y10S 901/41 (2013.01); Y10S 901/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot includes, a holding unit configured to hold an object, an image pickup unit, and a predetermined first portion of the robot. The image pickup unit picks up images of the holding unit and the object using the first portion as a background.