WO2001068326A3 - Smart camera for controlling an actuator - Google Patents

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WO2001068326A3
WO2001068326A3 PCT/US2001/007586 US0107586W WO0168326A3 WO 2001068326 A3 WO2001068326 A3 WO 2001068326A3 US 0107586 W US0107586 W US 0107586W WO 0168326 A3 WO0168326 A3 WO 0168326A3
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images
smart camera
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digital images
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Edison T Hudson
James Mccormick
Ronald G Genise
Jerome Dahl
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Meta Controls Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H05K13/08—Monitoring manufacture of assemblages
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J9/00—Programme-controlled manipulators
    • B25J9/16—Programme controls
    • B25J9/1694—Programme controls characterised by use of sensors other than normal servo-feedback from position, speed or acceleration sensors, perception control, multi-sensor controlled systems, sensor fusion
    • B25J9/1697—Vision controlled systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/20—Pc systems
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    • G05B2219/21053—Each unit, module has unique identification code, set during manufacturing, fMAC address
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    • G05B2219/23298—Remote load of program, through internet
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    • G05B2219/25—Pc structure of the system
    • G05B2219/25072—Initialise each module during start up
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    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/20—Pc systems
    • G05B2219/25—Pc structure of the system
    • G05B2219/25166—USB, firewire, ieee-1394
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/20—Pc systems
    • G05B2219/26—Pc applications
    • G05B2219/2651—Camera, photo
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
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    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/30—Nc systems
    • G05B2219/34—Director, elements to supervisory
    • G05B2219/34012—Smart, intelligent I-O coprocessor, programmable sensor interface
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
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    • G05B2219/37494—Intelligent sensor, data handling incorporated in sensor
    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G05B2219/37555—Camera detects orientation, position workpiece, points of workpiece
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    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/30—Nc systems
    • G05B2219/39—Robotics, robotics to robotics hand
    • G05B2219/39391—Visual servoing, track end effector with camera image feedback

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Operations Research (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
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Abstract

A smart camera system provides focused images to an operator at a host computer by processing digital images at the imaging location prior to sending them to the host computer. The smart camera has a resident digital signal processor for preprocessing digital images prior to transmitting the images to the host. The preprocessing includes image feature extraction and filtering, convolution and deconvolution methods, correction of parallax and perspective image error and image compression. Compression of the digital images in the smart camera at the imaging location permits the transmission of very high resolution color or high resolution grayscale images at real-time frame rates such as 30 frames per second over a high speed serial bus to a host computer or to any other node on the network, including any remote address on the Internet.
PCT/US2001/007586 2000-03-10 2001-03-09 Smart camera for controlling an actuator WO2001068326A2 (en)

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