IP Library Granted Patent US 11,794,234
Granted Patent B2
US 11,794,234 · App. 16/515,007 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Processing apparatus, processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

Inventor: Masahiro Igusa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
B21D43/05G06T7/001G06T7/30G06V10/147G06V10/24G06V20/52G06T2207/30164H04N23/90
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Patent No.
US 11,794,234
App. No.
16/515,007
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A processing apparatus includes a holding section that holds a processing target, an imaging section that is positionally fixed with respect to the holding section, and images a surface of the processing target, and a control section that controls the imaging section to image the surface of the processing target in a state in which the holding section holds the processing target.

Claims (54)

1. A processing apparatus comprising:

a holding section that holds a processing target;

an imaging section that is positionally fixed with respect to the holding section, and images a surface of the processing target;

a movement section that moves the processing target in a state in which the holding section holds the processing target, wherein the movement section has a support on which the holding section and the imaging section are fixed; and

a control section that controls the imaging section to image the surface of the processing target in a state in which the holding section holds the processing target,

wherein the control section controls the imaging section not to image the surface of the processing target in a case where the holding section is moved by the movement section.

2. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control section controls the imaging section to image the surface of the processing target in a case where the imaging section is relatively stopped with respect to the processing target.

3. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control section controls the imaging section not to image the surface of the processing target in a case where the imaging section is relatively moved with respect to the processing target.

4. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control section controls the imaging section to image the surface of the processing target in a case where the holding section is not moved by the movement section.

5. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control section controls the imaging section to image the surface of the processing target in a case where the imaging section is focused on the surface of the processing target.

6. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control section controls the imaging section not to image the surface of the processing target in a case where the imaging section is not focused on the surface of the processing target.

7. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case where an image of the surface of the processing target captured in a first location by the imaging section does not satisfy a preset reference, the control section controls the imaging section to image the surface of the processing target again when movement to a second location occurs.

8. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein,

a first image of the surface of the processing target captured by the imaging section is provided in a state in which the holding section holds the processing target, and

a second image of the surface of the processing target captured by the imaging section is provided in a state in which the holding section does not hold the processing target,

in a case where the first image matches the second image, the control section performs control such that the first image is registered.

9. The processing apparatus according to claim 8 ,

wherein, in a case where the first image and the second image do not match each other, the control section causes the imaging section to image the surface of the processing target again in a state in which the holding section does not hold the processing target.

10. The processing apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the control section performs control such that imaging is continuously performed until the first image and the second image match each other.

11. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a light blocking member that covers a periphery of the imaging section.

12. The processing apparatus according to claim 11 ,

wherein the light blocking member is freely deformed in an imaging direction such that a distance between the imaging section and the processing target is adjustable in a state in which the light blocking member covers the periphery of the imaging section.

13. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a position detection section that detects a position of the imaging section with respect to the holding section.

14. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the holding section, the imaging section, and the control section are used in each of a plurality of processing processes.

15. A processing system comprising:

a processing apparatus that processes a processing target; and

a data storage device that stores data sent from the processing apparatus,

wherein the processing apparatus includes

a holding section that holds a processing target;

an imaging section that is positionally fixed with respect to the holding section, and images a surface of the processing target;

a movement section that moves the processing target in a state in which the holding section holds the processing target, wherein the movement section has a support on which the holding section and the imaging section are fixed; and

a control section that controls the imaging section to image the surface of the processing target in a state in which the holding section holds the processing target, and

wherein the data storage device stores data regarding a position of the imaging section in association with a surface image of the processing target captured by the imaging section,

wherein the control section controls the imaging section not to image the surface of the processing target in a case where the holding section is moved by the movement section.

16. The processing system according to claim 15 ,

wherein the data storage device further stores processing condition data based on which the processing target is processed by the processing apparatus in association.

17. The processing system according to claim 15 ,

wherein the data storage device further stores environment data of when the processing apparatus processes the processing target.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute:

causing a holding section to hold a processing target;

causing an imaging section positionally fixed with respect to the holding section to image a surface of the processing target;

causing a movement section to move the processing target in a state in which the holding section holds the processing target, wherein the movement section has a support on which the holding section and the imaging section are fixed; and

controlling the imaging section to image the surface of the processing target in a state in which the holding section holds the processing target, and wherein the imaging section is controlled not to image the surface of the processing target in a case where the holding section is moved by the movement section.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056237/0131 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2019
From: IGUSA, MASAHIRO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049866/0337 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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