System for coupling a visual sensor processor and a robot controller
US4837487A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 26, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/0014
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for coupling a visual sensor processor (B) and a robot controller (A), so that the processing of the whole system is sped up and the configuration of the system is low-cost. To this end, the visual sensor processor (B) and the robot controller (A) are coupled together via a bidirectional high-speed data transfer channel (10, 28, l.sub.1, l.sub.2) for an exchange therebetween of required information. A nonvolatile memory (6) and a serial interface (12) for connection to an external input/output device, are installed in the robot controller (A), and are shared by the visual sensor processor (B) and the robot controller (A) through utilization of the channel.
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