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Image processing apparatus and robot system

  • US 10,127,622 B2
  • Filed: 09/15/2015
  • Issued: 11/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

  • a plurality of camera connectors that are communicably connected to a plurality of cameras, each of the plurality of camera connectors having a different network segment;

    a plurality of other connectors that are communicably connected to at least a first robot controller of a plurality of robot controllers and at least a first other image processing apparatus of a plurality of other image processing apparatuses, the first robot controller being configured to control a robot, the plurality of other connectors respectively having different identifiers;

    a processor that is configured to process images picked up by the plurality of cameras, the processor being configured to detect and compare network segments of the plurality of camera connectors and the plurality of other connectors, the processor being configured to set a same IP address for two or more other connectors among the plurality of other connectors; and

    a memory that is configured to store a plurality of identifiers of the plurality of other connectors,wherein a first camera of the plurality of cameras is connected to a first camera connector of the plurality of camera connectors, and the first camera connector has a first network segment,each of the plurality of other connectors has a second network segment, andwhen the processor determines that the first network segment is the same as the second network segment, the processor is configured to change the first network segment of the first camera connector to a third network segment that is different from the first and second network segments.

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