Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Setsuda
Nobuyuki Setsuda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10618181Abstract: On the basis of received first region information indicating a first region, which is a region designated for an acquired picked-up image of a plurality of target objects, and second region information indicating a second region different from the first region, a robot control device causes a robot to grip the target object for which the second region not overlapping the first region of another of the target objects is designated and does not cause the robot to grip the target object, the second region for which overlaps the first region of the other target object.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Aiso, Nobuyuki Setsuda, Kentaro Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 10569419Abstract: A control device comprising a processor configured to receive information on a captured image from an imaging device capturing an image from an operator, control a robot including a robot arm on which a stamp that forms a marker on an object and an end effector that performs work on a work target are allowed to be provided by being replaced, perform correlation between a robot coordinate system that is a coordinate system relating to the robot and an image coordinate system that is a coordinate system relating to the captured image, and perform the correlation based on a plurality of coordinates of a predetermined portion of the robot arm in the robot coordinate system and a plurality of coordinates of the plurality of markers in the image coordinate system when the plurality of markers are formed on the object by the stamp.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yukihiro Yamaguchi, Taro Ishige, Nobuyuki Setsuda
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Patent number: 10562187Abstract: The robot that is configured to display a third image related to a second image when a first operation is accepted and a first image is picked up and the second image included in the first image is selected, to set a condition for a process on an object whose image is picked up when an information of the third image is accepted, and to carry out the process based on the set condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kentaro Tsukamoto, Nobuyuki Setsuda
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Publication number: 20190061163Abstract: A control device comprising a processor configured to receive information on a captured image from an imaging device capturing an image from an operator, control a robot including a robot arm on which a stamp that forms a marker on an object and an end effector that performs work on a work target are allowed to be provided by being replaced, perform correlation between a robot coordinate system that is a coordinate system relating to the robot and an image coordinate system that is a coordinate system relating to the captured image, and perform the correlation based on a plurality of coordinates of a predetermined portion of the robot arm in the robot coordinate system and a plurality of coordinates of the plurality of markers in the image coordinate system when the plurality of markers are formed on the object by the stamp.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Yukihiro YAMAGUCHI, Taro ISHIGE, Nobuyuki SETSUDA
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Publication number: 20190043150Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first connecting unit connected to an image pickup apparatus, a plurality of second connecting units connected to one control apparatus or one other image processing apparatus, the control apparatus being configured to control a robot; and a processing unit configured to process picked-up images picked up by the image pickup apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Masanobu NISHITANI, Nobuyuki SETSUDA
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Publication number: 20190030722Abstract: A control device comprising a processor wherein the processor is configured to receive information relating to a first captured image from a first camera capable of capturing an image, perform a command relating to drive of the robot having a hand holding a workpiece based on the information, perform correlation between a robot coordinate system which is a coordinate system relating to a robot and a first image coordinate system which is a coordinate system relating to the first captured image, and perform the correlation, based on a coordinate in the robot coordinate system of a predetermined site of the hand holding the workpiece when the workpiece is located at each of a plurality of positions inside an imaging region of the first camera and a coordinate in the first image coordinate system of the workpiece when the workpiece is located at each of the plurality of positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Yukihiro YAMAGUCHI, Nobuyuki SETSUDA, Taro ISHIGE
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Patent number: 10127622Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first connecting unit connected to an image pickup apparatus, a plurality of second connecting units connected to one control apparatus or one other image processing apparatus, the control apparatus being configured to control a robot; and a processing unit configured to process picked-up images picked up by the image pickup apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masanobu Nishitani, Nobuyuki Setsuda
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Publication number: 20180236661Abstract: A teaching apparatus for a robot which moves a work object so that the work object is aligned at a predetermined position and attitude, includes a display section that displays a screen for setting the predetermined position and attitude, an operation section that allows the screen to be operated, and a computation section that computes the predetermined position and attitude, in which the screen includes a first screen for operating the robot so as to move the work object into an imaging range of an imaging device, and a second screen for moving the work object so that the work object is aligned at a target position and attitude, and in which the computation section computes the predetermined position and attitude by using a captured image obtained by the imaging device imaging the work object, and the target position and attitude.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Nobuyuki SETSUDA, Alan RUPERT
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Publication number: 20180178389Abstract: A control apparatus that is connectable to a memory that stores computer-readable instructions, comprising a processor that is configured to execute the computer-readable instructions so as to control driving of a robot and a camera, create setting details on an image processing sequence containing image processing of a captured image captured by the camera, and setting details on a calibration of correlating a coordinate system of the robot and a coordinate system of the camera, and call up the image processing sequence in creation of the setting details on the calibration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Seiji AISO, Taro ISHIGE, Nobuyuki SETSUDA, Alan RUPERT
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Publication number: 20180178388Abstract: A control apparatus, a robot and a robot system to which settings for calibration can be easily and appropriately made are to be provided. A control apparatus that can control driving of a robot, an imaging unit and a display unit based on input of an input unit, includes a display control unit that allows the display unit to display an input window for inputting a robot as an object to be controlled, and allows the display unit to display an imaging unit input part that guides input of an attachment position of the imaging unit corresponding to the input robot, and a calibration control unit that performs a calibration of correlating a coordinate system of the robot and a coordinate system of the imaging unit based on the input attachment position of the imaging unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Taro ISHIGE, Seiji AISO, Nobuyuki SETSUDA, Alan RUPERT, Kenji MATSUURA
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Patent number: 9981380Abstract: A teaching apparatus for a robot which moves a work object so that the work object is aligned at a predetermined position and attitude, includes a display section that displays a screen for setting the predetermined position and attitude, an operation section that allows the screen to be operated, and a computation section that computes the predetermined position and attitude, in which the screen includes a first screen for operating the robot so as to move the work object into an imaging range of an imaging device, and a second screen for moving the work object so that the work object is aligned at a target position and attitude, and in which the computation section computes the predetermined position and attitude by using a captured image obtained by the imaging device imaging the work object, and the target position and attitude.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Setsuda, Alan Rupert
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Patent number: 9950425Abstract: A robot control apparatus, which controls motions of an industrial robot based on processing results of an image processing apparatus which images the robot or objects around the robot, includes: a first communication unit which communicates with a computer for development as an external computer; a second communication unit which is connected to the image processing apparatus via a network; and a command processing unit which opens a communication port of the second communication unit and causes the second communication unit to start communication with the image processing apparatus via a server on the network in response to an open command received by the first communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Nobuyuki Setsuda
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Publication number: 20180056523Abstract: On the basis of received first region information indicating a first region, which is a region designated for an acquired picked-up image of a plurality of target objects, and second region information indicating a second region different from the first region, a robot control device causes a robot to grip the target object for which the second region not overlapping the first region of another of the target objects is designated and does not cause the robot to grip the target object, the second region for which overlaps the first region of the other target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Seiji AISO, Nobuyuki SETSUDA, Kentaro TSUKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180056516Abstract: the robot that is configured to display a third image related to a second image when a first operation is accepted and a first image is picked up and the second image included in the first image is selected, to set a condition for a process on an object whose image is picked up when an information of the third image is accepted, and to carry out the process based on the set condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Kentaro TSUKAMOTO, Nobuyuki SETSUDA
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Publication number: 20180056517Abstract: A robot includes an arm. A predetermined region in an image pickup region where an image pickup section provided in the arm is capable of picking up an image coincides with, among image regions of a picked-up image picked up by the image pickup section when the arm is moved to a position for picking up an image of each of a plurality of target objects, the image region including the target object or a region smaller than the image region. The robot detects information concerning the target object on the basis of the picked-up image of the target object picked up by the image pickup section in the position and grips the target object on the basis of the detected information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Kentaro TSUKAMOTO, Nobuyuki SETSUDA
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Publication number: 20160303736Abstract: A robot control apparatus, which controls motions of an industrial robot based on processing results of an image processing apparatus which images the robot or objects around the robot, includes: a first communication unit which communicates with a computer for development as an external computer; a second communication unit which is connected to the image processing apparatus via a network; and a command processing unit which opens a communication port of the second communication unit and causes the second communication unit to start communication with the image processing apparatus via a server on the network in response to an open command received by the first communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Nobuyuki SETSUDA
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Patent number: 9457472Abstract: A position detection device for a horizontal articulated robot includes a camera for imaging the robot or a work as an imaging object, a control section for calculating a location of the imaging object from an image, an acquisition section (I/O) for obtaining the drive amounts of first and second electric motors of the robot, and a storage section for storing the calculated location of the imaging object and the drive amounts so as to correspond to each other. A common trigger signal for detecting the location of the imaging object is input to the camera and the I/O. The camera starts to image the imaging object in response to the input of the trigger signal. The I/O starts to obtain the drive amounts in response to the input of the trigger signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Katsuji Igarashi, Atsushi Asada, Nobuyuki Setsuda, Chieko Iuchi
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Patent number: 9399289Abstract: A robot control apparatus, which controls motions of an industrial robot based on processing results of an image processing apparatus which images the robot or objects around the robot, includes: a first communication unit which communicates with a computer for development as an external computer; a second communication unit which is connected to the image processing apparatus via a network; and a command processing unit which opens a communication port of the second communication unit and causes the second communication unit to start communication with the image processing apparatus via a server on the network in response to an open command received by the first communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Nobuyuki Setsuda
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Publication number: 20160078583Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first connecting unit connected to an image pickup apparatus, a plurality of second connecting units connected to one control apparatus or one other image processing apparatus, the control apparatus being configured to control a robot; and a processing unit configured to process picked-up images picked up by the image pickup apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Masanobu NISHITANI, Nobuyuki SETSUDA
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Publication number: 20160001445Abstract: A teaching apparatus for a robot which moves a work object so that the work object is aligned at a predetermined position and attitude, includes a display section that displays a screen for setting the predetermined position and attitude, an operation section that allows the screen to be operated, and a computation section that computes the predetermined position and attitude, in which the screen includes a first screen for operating the robot so as to move the work object into an imaging range of an imaging device, and a second screen for moving the work object so that the work object is aligned at a target position and attitude, and in which the computation section computes the predetermined position and attitude by using a captured image obtained by the imaging device imaging the work object, and the target position and attitude.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Nobuyuki SETSUDA, Alan RUPERT