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Granted Patent B2
US 12,406,351 · App. 18/754,454 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Video confirmation computer

Inventors: Shinya Kitano (Kobe, JP); Atsushi Nakaya (Kobe, JP); Masaya Yoshida (Kobe, JP); Kazuo Fujimori (Kobe, JP); Hiroyuki Okada (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06T7/0004G06F3/04847G06T11/00G06T2207/30148
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Patent No.
US 12,406,351
App. No.
18/754,454
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A video confirmation computer for confirming video related to robot operation includes a storage unit and a processor. The storage unit stores information on the position of the electric motor that drives a link body of the robot received from the controller of the robot and information on the video obtained by a camera attached to the robot. The processor makes at least one of the video confirmation computer itself and a computer connected to the video confirmation computer display a model area and a video area side by side. In the model area, a two-dimensional or three-dimensional model reproducing the posture of the robot is displayed by computer graphics. In the video area, the video is displayed.

Claims (43)

1. A system for confirming a condition of a substrate shown in a video of operation performed by a robot, the system comprising:

a camera attached to the robot;

a storage unit capable of storing information;

a processor that outputs information based on stored contents of the storage unit; and

a display, wherein

the camera is fixed to a link body to which a robot hand capable of holding the substrate is fixed,

the storage unit stores:

information of a position of an electric motor that drives the link body of the robot; and

information of the video obtained by the camera, the information of the video configured to show the condition of the substrate, and

the processor causes the display to display the video.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor further causes the display to

display a video area in which the video is displayed, and

display a model area in which a two-dimensional or three-dimensional model reproducing a posture of the robot by computer graphics is displayed.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the storage unit further stores a communication log comprising information about communication between the controller and another device, and

the processor further causes the display to

display a video area in which the video is displayed, and

display a log area in which a history of the communication log is displayed.

4. A method for confirming a condition of a substrate shown in a video of operation performed by a robot, the method comprising:

storing in a storage unit:

information of a position of an electric motor that drives a link body of the robot received from a controller of the robot; and

information of the video obtained by a camera attached to the robot, the camera being fixed to the link body to which a robot hand capable of holding the substrate is fixed, the information of the video configured to show the condition of the substrate; and

displaying the video on a display based on stored contents of the storage unit.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for confirming a condition of a substrate shown in a video of operation performed by a robot, the program including instructions that causes a processor to:

store in a storage unit:

information of a position of an electric motor that drives a link body of the robot received from a controller of the robot; and

information of the video obtained by a camera attached to the robot, the camera being fixed to the link body to which a robot hand capable of holding the substrate is fixed, the information of the video configured to show the condition of the substrate; and

display the video on a display based on stored contents of the storage unit.

6. A system for confirming a condition of a substrate shown in a video of operation performed by a robot, the system comprising:

a camera attached to the robot;

a storage unit capable of storing information;

a processor that outputs information based on stored contents of the storage unit; and

a display, wherein

the camera is fixed to a link body to which a robot hand capable of holding the substrate is fixed,

the storage unit stores information of the video obtained by the camera, the information of the video configured to show the condition of the substrate, and

the processor causes the display to display the video.

7. A method for confirming a condition of a substrate shown in a video of operation performed by a robot, the method comprising:

storing in a storage unit information of the video obtained by a camera attached to the robot, the camera being fixed to the link body to which a robot hand capable of holding the substrate is fixed, the information of the video configured to show the condition of the substrate; and

displaying the video on a display based on stored contents of the storage unit.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for confirming a condition of a substrate shown in a video of operation performed by a robot, the program including instructions that causes a processor to:

store in a storage unit information of the video obtained by a camera attached to the robot, the camera being fixed to the link body to which a robot hand capable of holding the substrate is fixed, the information of the video configured to show the condition of the substrate; and

display the video on a display based on stored contents of the storage unit.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-222900 · Dec 10, 2019 · national
JP 2020-099458 · Jun 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
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