Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Handling system, work system, and program
- Patent Title (中): 处理系统,工作系统和程序
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Application No.: US12637436Application Date: 2009-12-14
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Publication No.: US08442668B2Publication Date: 2013-05-14
- Inventor: Yasunori Nishihara , Toshihiko Nakane
- Applicant: Yasunori Nishihara , Toshihiko Nakane
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Priority: JP2005-199060 20050707
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00

Abstract:
A handling system able to efficiently process information relating to a plurality of conveyed articles, the handling system provided with a conveyer for conveying workpieces, a visual sensor for detecting positions of workpieces by acquiring images of a plurality of tracking ranges obtained by dividing a belt into sections, an encoder for detecting an amount of movement of the belt, a tracking manager for monitoring amounts of movement of the plurality of tracking ranges based on the amount of movement detected by the encoder and specifying the tracking range passing through a workpiece detection area, a workpiece manager for selecting the article in the tracking range specified by the tracking manager, and a controller for controlling operations of robots so as to hold the workpiece selected by the workpiece manager.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100094453A1 HANDLING SYSTEM, WORK SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2010-04-15
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