IP Library Granted Patent US 12,420,402
Granted Patent B2
US 12,420,402 · App. 18/259,779 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Teaching device

Inventors: Takashi Satou (Yamanashi, JP); Hiromitsu Takahashi (Yamanashi, JP)
Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
B25J9/0081B25J9/1671B25J13/085
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Patent No.
US 12,420,402
App. No.
18/259,779
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A teaching device is provided with: a setting information storage unit for storing setting information defining a position and an attitude of a force sensor relative to a coordinate system set in a robot; and a virtual image superimposing and displaying unit for superimposing and displaying a virtual image in a real space including the robot or a prescribed object supporting the force sensor, or in a virtual space including a model of the robot or a model of the prescribed object, in such a way that a virtual image representing the force sensor adopts a position and an attitude corresponding to the setting information in the real space or the virtual space.

Claims (7)

1. A teaching device, comprising:

a setting information storage unit configured to store setting information that defines a position and a posture of a force sensor in a real space with respect to a coordinate system set in a real robot; and

a virtual image superimposition display unit configured to superimpose and display a virtual image illustrating the force sensor on the real space or on an image of the real space, the real space including the real robot or a predetermined object that supports the force sensor, in such a way that the virtual image has a position and a posture according to the setting information in the real space.

2. The teaching device according to claim 1 , wherein the virtual image is an image of a 3D model of the force sensor.

3. The teaching device according to claim 1 , wherein the virtual image has asymmetry.

4. The teaching device according to claim 3 , wherein the virtual image has rotational asymmetry about a predetermined coordinate axis in a coordinate system set in the force sensor.

5. The teaching device according to claim 1 , wherein the virtual image includes an image illustrating a coordinate system set in the force sensor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2023
From: SATOU, TAKASHI; TAKAHASHI, HIROMITSU
To: FANUC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064106/0561 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-024527 · Feb 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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