Patents by Inventor Wengui Pan

Wengui Pan 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).

  • Patent number: 11926065
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a vision-based operation method and system for a robot. The electronic device includes at least one processing unit; and a memory coupled to the at least one processing unit and storing computer program instructions therein, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processing unit, causing the electronic device to perform acts including: obtaining an image containing a tool of a robot and an object to be operated by the tool, the image being captured by a camera with a parameter, obtaining a command for operating the tool, the command generated based on the image; and controlling the robot based on the command and the parameter. Embodiments of the present disclosure can greatly improve the accuracy, efficiency and safety of an operation of a robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Wengui Pan, Bojun Ma, Yanjun Wang
  • Patent number: 11897137
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method for robot control. The method includes: obtaining at least one parameter associated with a robot to be controlled by a controller; determining a first identity of the robot based on the at least one parameter; comparing the first identity with a pre-stored second identity; and in response to the first identity matching the second identity, controlling operations of the robot with the controller. The present application further discloses detection of a mismatch between the controller and the robot in an easy, safe and convenient way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Bojun Ma, Wengui Pan, Yanjun Wang
  • Publication number: 20200391381
    Abstract: Embodiments of present disclosure relates to a method for robot control. The method comprises: obtaining at least one parameter associated with a robot to be controlled by a controller; determining a first identity of the robot based on the at least one parameter; comparing the first identity with a pre-stored second identity; and in response to the first identify matching the second identity, controlling operations of the robot with the controller. Embodiments of present disclosure can detect the mismatch between the controller and the robot in an easy, safe and convenient way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Bojun Ma, Wengui Pan, Yanjun Wang
  • Publication number: 20200353624
    Abstract: Embodiments of present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a vision-based operation method and system for a robot. The electronic device comprises at least one processing unit; and a memory coupled to the at least one processing unit and storing computer program instructions therein, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processing unit, causing the electronic device to perform acts including: obtaining an image containing a tool of a robot and an object to be operated by the tool, the image being captured by a camera with a parameter: obtaining a command for operating the tool, the command generated based on the image; and controlling the robot based on the command and the parameter. Embodiments of the present disclosure can greatly improve the accuracy, efficiency and safety of an operation of a robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Wengui Pan, Bojun Ma, Yanjun Wang