IP Library Granted Patent US 10,798,291
Granted Patent B2
US 10,798,291 · App. 16/422,222 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

Task-assistance control apparatus and task image control apparatus

Inventors: Keiji Okada (Tokyo, JP); Koji Sakai (Tokyo, JP); Reisuke Osada (Tokyo, JP); Mariko Ushio (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
H04N5/23216G06F3/013H04N5/23203H04N5/23296H04N7/183
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Patent No.
US 10,798,291
App. No.
16/422,222
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A task-assistance control apparatus that assists an operator performing a task while viewing a captured task image includes: a task-image acquisition circuit that acquires the task image; and a task determination circuit that determines task details on the basis of the type of a tool detected in the task image and the movement of the tool.

Claims (9)

1. A task-image control apparatus that assists an operator performing a task while viewing a captured task image, the task-image control apparatus comprising:

a task determination circuit that determines task details on the basis of the task image; and

a display-range setting circuit that sets, in accordance with the determined task details, a task-image range to be displayed, wherein

the task determination circuit detects a type of a tool used for the task from the task image and determines task details in accordance with the type of the tool; and

the task determination circuit compares the type of the tool detected from the task image with types of tools scheduled to be used in various steps of the task so as to determine a task step that corresponds to the task image.

2. A task-image control apparatus that assists an operator performing a task while viewing a captured task image, the task-image control apparatus comprising:

a task determination circuit that determines task details on the basis of the task image; and

a display-range setting circuit that sets, in accordance with the determined task details, a task-image range to be displayed, wherein

the task determination circuit calculates a distribution of portions watched by the operator that have been detected within a predetermined time period, and determines a portion focused on by the operator on the basis of a change in a watched-portion distribution.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2021
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058901/0912 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2019
From: OKADA, KEIJI; SAKAI, KOJI; OSADA, REISUKE; USHIO, MARIKO
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049358/0965 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-104890 · May 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190373164A1 · Dec 5, 2019