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Robotic vision system

  • US 4,853,771 A
  • Filed: 04/08/1988
  • Issued: 08/01/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for robotic vision to enable an object to be located and moved by a robot, whether the object is situated correctly or not, comprising:

  • a luminescent fiduciary code which identifies the position and orientation of the object to be moved by the robot, the fiduciary code being marked on the object and on the robot;

    luminescent means for causing the fiduciary code to luminesce, said luminescent means being an ultraviolet or infrared light;

    sensing means for detecting the position of the fiduciary code wherein the sensing means is a first and a second videocon aimed at the object and positioned to each receive a scene containing the object including, at times, the luminescence of the fiduciary code, said first and second videocons having a first and a second signal, respectively, which signals are representative of luminescent and non-luminescent images seen by both the first and the second videocons;

    computing means for determining the position and orientation of any portion of the object in relation to the robot in real time; and

    connection means to pass the first and second signals of the first and second videocons, respectively, to the computing means where image subtraction is performed by subtracting a luminescent image from a non-luminescent image or vice versa.

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