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US 12,459,122 B2Granted
Area setting device, rack, control system, area setting method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsKazuma Mishima, Tetsuya Akagi
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Abstract
A technique shortens the time taken to adjust a protection area. An area setting device includes a setting unit that sets a protection area in at least a part of a surrounding environment of a robot to detect an entry of an object, an obtainer that obtains surrounding information about the robot, and a storage prestoring a set value for the protection area and the surrounding information associated with each other. The setting unit sets the protection area based on the set value read from the storage.
Claims14
An area setting device, comprising:
- a processor configured to set a protection area to detect an entry of an object, the protection area being in at least a part of a surrounding environment of a robot that is disposed on a relocatable rack;
- a sensor configured to obtain surrounding information about the robot disposed on the relocatable rack;
- and
- a storage storing a set value for the protection area and the surrounding information obtained by the sensor in association with each other,
- wherein, in a case where the relocatable rack is moved to a location, the processor:
- reads, from the storage, the set value for the protection area associated with the surrounding information obtained by the sensor after the relocatable rack is moved to the location and sets the protection area based on the set value for the protection area read from the storage, in a case where the set value for the protection area associated with the surrounding information obtained by the sensor after the relocatable rack is moved to the location is stored in the storage;
- and
- generates a warning or an alert in a case where the set value for the protection area associated with the surrounding information obtained by the sensor after the relocatable rack is moved to the location is not stored in the storage.
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An area setting method, comprising:
- setting, with a computer, a protection area to detect an entry of an object, the protection area being in at least a part of a surrounding environment of a robot that is disposed on a relocatable rack;
- and
- obtaining, with the computer, surrounding information about the robot disposed on the relocatable rack,
- wherein, in a case where the relocatable rack is moved to a location, the setting includes:
- reading, from a storage storing a set value for the protection area and the surrounding information obtained by the computer associated with each other, the set value for the protection area associated with the surrounding information obtained by the computer after the relocatable rack is moved to the location and setting the protection area based on the set value for the protection area read from the storage, in a case where the set value for the protection area associated with the surrounding information obtained by the computer after the relocatable rack is moved to the location is stored in the storage;
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- generating a warning or an alert in a case where the set value for the protection area associated with the surrounding information obtained by the computer after the relocatable rack is moved to the location is not stored in the storage.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a process, comprising:
- setting a protection area to detect an entry of an object, the protection area being in at least a part of a surrounding environment of a robot that is disposed on a relocatable rack;
- and
- obtaining, with a sensor, surrounding information about the robot disposed on the relocatable rack,
- wherein, in a case where the relocatable rack is moved to a location, the setting includes:
- reading, from a storage storing a set value for the protection area and the surrounding information obtained by the sensor associated with each other, the set value for the protection area associated with the surrounding information obtained by the sensor after the relocatable rack is moved to the location and setting the protection area based on the set value for the protection area read from the storage, in a case where the set value for the protection area associated with the surrounding information obtained by the sensor after the relocatable rack is moved to the location is stored in the storage;
- and
- generating a warning or an alert in a case where the set value for the protection area associated with the surrounding information obtained by the sensor after the relocatable rack is moved to the location is not stored in the storage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.