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Granted Patent B2
US 12,400,351 · App. 17/789,673 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Workpiece image analyzing device, workpiece image analyzing method, and program

Inventor: Yuuki Sugita (Yamanashi, JP)
Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
G06T7/62G06T7/0004G06T2207/30164
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Patent No.
US 12,400,351
App. No.
17/789,673
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A workpiece image analyzing device is provided with: a display unit for displaying an image of a workpiece to be processed by an industrial machine; an analysis object designating unit for accepting designation of an analysis object with respect to the image of the workpiece; a feature extracting unit for extracting, in a real-world coordinate system, structural features of the analysis object designated by the analysis object designating unit; an analysis item setting unit for accepting designation of an analysis item with respect to the image of the workpiece; and a physical quantity calculating unit which extracts, from the structural features of the analysis object, a feature required for calculating a physical quantity pertaining to the analysis item designated by the analysis item setting unit, and calculates the physical quantity using the extracted feature.

Claims (24)

1. A workpiece image analyzing device comprising:

a display unit that displays an image of a workpiece as a machining object of an industrial machine;

an analysis object designating unit that accepts designation of an analysis object, the designation being provided with respect to the image of the workpiece, the analysis object including any one of a line that at least indicates part of an outer shape of the workpiece, an inner region that includes at least part of a region of the workpiece, and at least one dot in the region of the workpiece;

a feature extracting unit that determines, in the image of the workpiece, the analysis object designated by the analysis object designating unit to thereby detect a structural feature of the analysis object, and extracts the detected structural feature of the analysis object designated by the analysis object designating unit, in a real-world coordinate system, based on a distance image of the workpiece and a transformation formula for an image coordinate system and a table coordinate system;

an analysis item setting unit that accepts designation of an analysis item, the designation being provided with respect to the detected structural feature of the analysis object; and

a physical quantity calculating unit that extracts, from the detected structural feature of the analysis object, a feature necessary for calculation of a physical quantity of the analysis item designated by the analysis item setting unit, and calculates the physical quantity based on the extracted feature.

2. The workpiece image analyzing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the analysis item setting unit ranks candidate analysis items for the detected structural feature of the analysis object, and displays the candidate analysis items in rank order.

3. The workpiece image analyzing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the image of the workpiece is at least one of a two-dimensional captured image of the workpiece, a three-dimensional captured image of the workpiece, or an image of CAD data of the workpiece.

4. The workpiece image analyzing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image of the workpiece is at least one of a two-dimensional captured image of the workpiece, a three-dimensional captured image of the workpiece, or an image of CAD data of the workpiece.

5. A workpiece image analyzing method comprising:

a displaying step including displaying an image of a workpiece as a machining object of an industrial machine;

an analysis object designating step including accepting designation of an analysis object, the designation being provided with respect to the image of the workpiece, the analysis object including any one of a line that at least indicates part of an outer shape of the workpiece, an inner region that includes at least part of a region of the workpiece, and at least one dot in the region of the workpiece;

a feature extracting step including determining, in the image of the workpiece, the analysis object designated in the analysis object designating step to thereby detect a structural feature of the analysis object, and extracting the detected structural feature of the analysis object designated in the analysis object designating step, in a real-world coordinate system, based on a distance image of the workpiece and a transformation formula for an image coordinate system and a table coordinate system;

an analysis item setting step including accepting designation of an analysis item, the designation being provided with respect to the detected structural feature of the analysis object; and

a physical quantity calculating step including extracting, from the detected structural feature of the analysis object, a feature necessary for calculation of a physical quantity of the analysis item designated in the analysis item setting step, and including calculating the physical quantity based on the extracted feature.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a program for causing a computer to perform functions that comprise:

a display control function including displaying an image of a workpiece as a machining object of an industrial machine;

an analysis object designating function including accepting designation of an analysis object, the designation being provided with respect to the image of the workpiece, the analysis object including any one of a line that at least indicates part of an outer shape of the workpiece, an inner region that includes at least part of a region of the workpiece, and at least one dot in the region of the workpiece;

a feature extracting function including determining, in the image of the workpiece, the analysis object designated by the analysis object designating function to thereby detect a structural feature of the analysis object, and extracting the detected structural feature of the analysis object designated by the analysis object designating function, in a real-world coordinate system, based on a distance image of the workpiece and a transformation formula for an image coordinate system and a table coordinate system;

an analysis item setting function including accepting designation of an analysis item, the designation being provided with respect to the detected structural feature of the analysis object; and

a physical quantity calculating function including extracting, from the detected structural feature of the analysis object, a feature necessary for calculation of a physical quantity of the analysis item designated by the analysis item setting function, and including calculating the physical quantity based on the extracted feature.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2022
From: SUGITA, YUUKI
To: FANUC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060339/0783 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2020-001837 · Jan 9, 2020 · national
JP 2020-207340 · Dec 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230066200A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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