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US 11,897,705 B2Granted
Workpiece processing method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTakao Miyazawa, Mitsuhiro Yamamura, Noboru Asauchi
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Abstract
A workpiece processing method includes a carry-in step of carrying a workpiece into the field of view of a magnifier, a work step of performing predetermined work on the workpiece based on an image provided via the magnifier, and a carry-out step of carrying the workpiece out of the field of view of the magnifier. A robot performs at least one of the carry-in step and the carry-out step as well as the work step.
Claims11
A workpiece processing method, the method comprising:
- a carry-in step of carrying a workpiece placed in a tray on a placement seat outside a field of view of a magnifier into the field of view of the magnifier according to a shape, a position, and an attitude of the workpiece in the tray detected based on an image data obtained by capturing an image of a region around and outside the field of view of the magnifier using a peripheral camera disposed in a position above the magnifier,
- a work step of performing predetermined work on the workpiece based on an image data provided via the magnifier;
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- a carry-out step of carrying the workpiece having undergone the work step out of the field of view of the magnifier into another tray on the placement seat according to a position of another tray detected based on the image data obtained by capturing the region around and outside the field of view of the magnifier using the peripheral camera,
- wherein a robot performs the work step, the carry-in step and the carry-out step.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.