IP Library Granted Patent US 12,406,393
Granted Patent B2
US 12,406,393 · App. 18/124,075 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Target detection method and detection device

Inventors: Yu Okumura (Fujisawa, JP); Naofumi Matsushita (Fujisawa, JP); Junya Nakamura (Fujisawa, JP); Tomokazu Uchiyama (Fujisawa, JP); Shinji Fujino (Tokyo, JP); Motohiro Kakureya (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Yagi (Tokyo, JP); Shinya Hirano (Nisshin, JP); Hitoshi Fujiyama (Komaki, JP)
Assignees: AISIN SHIROKI CORPORATION; TAMADIC Co., Ltd.; Shinya Hirano; TACT SYSTEM Co., Ltd.
G06T7/74G06T7/75G06T2207/30164
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Patent No.
US 12,406,393
App. No.
18/124,075
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a target detection method and detection device that can detect a target by a simple method and configuration. A target detection method includes: a step of, at a first position information generation device, measuring a position and a posture of a first target; a step of, at a second position information generation device, measuring the position and the posture of the first target; a step of calculating a position and a posture of one of the first position information generation device and the second position information generation device with respect to other one of the first position information generation device and the second position information generation device based on a difference between the position and the posture of the first target measured by the first position information generation device, and the position and the posture of the first target measured by the second position information generation device; and a step of, at the second position information generation device, measuring a position and a posture of a second target using the position and the posture of the one of the first position information generation device and the second position information generation device with respect to the other one of the first position information generation device and the second position information generation device.

Claims (17)

1. A target detection method comprising:

a step of, at a first position information generation device, measuring a position and a posture of a first target;

a step of, at a second position information generation device, measuring the position and the posture of the first target;

a step of calculating a position and a posture of one of the first position information generation device and the second position information generation device with respect to other one of the first position information generation device and the second position information generation device based on a positional relationship between the position and the posture of the first target measured by the first position information generation device, and the position and the posture of the first target measured by the second position information generation device; and

a step of, at the second position information generation device, measuring a position and a posture of a second target using the position and the posture of the one of the first position information generation device and the second position information generation device with respect to the other one of the first position information generation device and the second position information generation device.

2. The target detection method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first target and the second target includes a triangular pyramidal shape.

3. The target detection method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first target and the second target includes shapes of three balls.

4. The target detection method according to claim 1 , wherein the second target is provided at a distal end side of a robot art that grips a workpiece.

5. The target detection method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of, at the second position information generation device, measuring the position and the posture of the second target by detaching the first position information generation device, and using the second position information generation device that uses an origin of the first position information generation device as a virtual origin.

6. The target detection method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first position information generation device is a laser tracker, and

the second position information generation device is a 3D scanner.

7. A target detection device comprising:

a first position information generation device that measures a position and a posture of a first target; and

a second position information generation device that measures the position and the posture of the first target, wherein

a position and a posture of one of the first position information generation device and the second position information generation device with respect to other one of the first position information generation device and the second position information generation device is calculated based on a positional relationship between the position and the posture of the first target measured by the first position information generation device, and the position and the posture of the first target measured by the second position information generation device, and

the second position information generation device measures a position and a posture of a second target using the position and the posture of the one of the first position information generation device and the second position information generation device with respect to the other one of the first position information generation device and the second position information generation device.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 30, 2025
From: SHIROKI CORPORATION
To: AISIN SHIROKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071559/0049 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2023
From: OKUMURA, YU; MATSUSHITA, NAOFUMI; NAKAMURA, JUNYA; UCHIYAMA, TOMOKAZU; FUJINO, SHINJI; KAKUREYA, MOTOHIRO; YAGI, KOHEI; FUJIYAMA, HITOSHI
To: SHIROKI CORPORATION; TAMADIC CO., LTD.; SHINYA HIRANO; TACT SYSTEM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063481/0140 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-048767 · Mar 24, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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