ROBOT APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20170072569A1
• Filed: 11/23/2016
• Published: 03/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kondo, Genta, Miyamoto, Atsushi, Shimizu, Satoru
• Granted Patent: US 9,962,839 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 9/1697 Vision controlled systems
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/37555 Camera detects orientation, position workpiece, points of workpiece
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/39449 Pendant, pda displaying camera images overlayed with graphics, augmented reality
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/40099 Graphical user interface for robotics, visual robot user interface
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/40298 Manipulator on vehicle, wheels, mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45108 Aid, robot for aid to, assist human disabled

Abstract

A robot apparatus includes an output unit that displays an image including an object on a screen, an input unit that receives an operation performed by a user for specifying information relating to an approximate range including the object in the image, an object extraction unit that extracts information regarding a two-dimensional contour of the object on the basis of the specification received by the input unit, and a position and attitude estimation unit that estimates information regarding a three-dimensional position and attitude of the object on the basis of the information regarding the two-dimensional contour.

Claims

1. A robot apparatus comprising:

an output unit that displays an image including an object on a screen;

an input unit that receives an operation performed by a user for specifying information relating to an approximate range including the object in the image;

an object extraction unit that extracts information regarding a two-dimensional contour of the object on the basis of the specification received by the input unit; and

a position and attitude estimation unit that estimates information regarding a three-dimensional position and attitude of the object on the basis of the information regarding the two-dimensional contour.