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Granted Patent B2
US 11,999,069 · App. 17/716,544 · Granted Jun 4, 2024

End effector, and control device for controlling end effector

Inventors: Hideyuki Kouno (Osaka, JP); Yuzuka Isobe (Osaka, JP); Tetsuo Sakata (Osaka, JP); Ryoga Sakaguchi (Osaka, JP); Masashi Eguchi (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B25J9/1697B05C1/02B05C1/06B25J9/1653B25J9/1664B25J11/0075B25J15/0066
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Patent No.
US 11,999,069
App. No.
17/716,544
Granted
Jun 4, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An end effector connectable to a robot arm includes a camera, a support member that includes a marker and supports a workpiece, and a brush that performs coating on the workpiece. The camera is arranged at a position allowing the camera to capture a brush tip of the brush and the marker simultaneously.

Claims (9)

1. An end effector that is connectable to a robot arm, the end effector comprising:

a camera;

a support member that includes a marker and supports a workpiece; and

a brush that performs coating on the workpiece,

wherein the camera is arranged at a position allowing the camera to capture a brush tip of the brush and the marker simultaneously.

2. The end effector according to claim 1 , wherein in a coating state in which the brush performs the coating, the brush tip of the brush further protrudes toward the workpiece than the support member does.

3. The end effector according to claim 1 , wherein the camera and the support member are not positioned on a same side of the brush.

4. A system comprising the end effector according to claim 1 and a control device for controlling the end effector, the control device comprising a controller that determines that the coating has succeeded in a case where a shape of the brush tip of the brush in a captured image captured by the camera when the coating is performed by the brush is changed from an initial shape of the brush tip.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the controller determines that the coating has succeeded when a position of a distal end portion of the brush changes in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the brush in the coating.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: KOUNO, HIDEYUKI; ISOBE, YUZUKA; SAKATA, TETSUO; SAKAGUCHI, RYOGA; EGUCHI, MASASHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-188193 · Oct 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020034843 · Sep 15, 2020
Related Publication 20220227002A1 · Jul 21, 2022
Cited By (1)
US 12,466,087