Method of and apparatus for controlling robotic equipment with the aid of mask algorithm image processing techniques
US4443855A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 6, 1981 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/0014
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A robotic control system and technique is disclosed involving image sensing of an object to be subjected to robotic action, to obtain analog image signals that are converted into binary image signal matrices which, through the use of a mask algorithm image processor (MAIP), are analyzed, and selected signals thereof corresponding to predetermined portions of the object defining points of interest at which robotic action is to be effected are fed to a computer to control movement of a robotic arm, tool or the like to effect some physical action at said predetermined points of interest of the object, in real time.
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