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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Yuki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Shinji Uchiyama, Utsunomiya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A moving method for moving a plurality of objects by repeating a process of capturing an image of objects, recognizing a position of an object using the image acquired by image capturing, and moving the recognized object includes acquiring an image of a plurality of objects randomly placed in a first state in each of a first space and a second space partitioned from each other, setting a first partial area corresponding to the first space and a second partial area corresponding to the second space in an entire area of the image in the first state, recognizing a position of a first object in the first partial area and a position of a second object in the second partial area using the image in the first state, and moving the recognized first and second objects using a robot.