IP Library Granted Patent US 12694500
Granted Patent B2
US 12694500 · App. 18/027,776 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Mask-setting device

Inventor: Wataru Tooyama (Yamanashi, JP)
Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
G06T7/0004G06T7/12G06T7/194G06V10/25G06T2207/10024G06T2207/10028G06T2207/30164
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12694500
App. No.
18/027,776
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention definitively and efficiently calculates a three-dimensional plane of a workpiece to be measured by automating the mask processing. A mask-setting device which, when obtaining three-dimensional information about a workpiece by using a three-dimensional sensor, sets a mask which makes three-dimensional points outside a measurement target region not usable in the calculation of a three-dimensional plane, said device being equipped with an outline extraction unit for subjecting a two-dimensional image of the workpiece which is captured by a camera to pattern recognition, and extracting an outline of the workpiece therefrom, a height information acquisition unit for acquiring height information about the outline from a distance image among the three-dimensional information acquired by the three-dimensional sensor; and a mask-setting unit for setting a mask in a region outside the workpiece on the basis of the height information.

Claims (12)

1 . A mask-setting device that, when obtaining three-dimensional information about a workpiece by using a three-dimensional sensor, sets a mask that makes three-dimensional points that are outside a measurement target region not usable in a calculation of a three-dimensional plane, the mask-setting device comprising:

a processor configured to:

perform pattern recognition of a two-dimensional image of the workpiece that is captured by a camera, and extract an outline of the workpiece therefrom;

acquire height information about the outline from a distance image among the three-dimensional information acquired by the three-dimensional sensor, and recognize a height of the workpiece based on a difference in height between regions away inwardly and outwardly from the outline by a predetermined range; and

set a mask in a region other than the workpiece on the basis of the height information.

2 . The mask-setting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is further configured to set the mask in a region having a height that does not match the height of the workpiece as the region other than the workpiece.

3 . A three-dimensional information measuring device that measures three-dimensional information of a workpiece by a three-dimensional sensor, the three-dimensional information measuring device comprising:

a processor configured to:

perform pattern recognition of a two-dimensional image of the workpiece that is captured by a camera, and extract an outline of the workpiece therefrom;

acquire height information about the outline from a distance image among the three-dimensional information acquired by the three-dimensional sensor, and recognize a height of the workpiece based on a difference in height between regions away inwardly and outwardly from the outline by a predetermined range; and

extract only a region of the workpiece and acquire three-dimensional information of the workpiece, on the basis of the height information.