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US 12,643,240 B2Granted
Robotized unit and method for controlling a metal product in movement in an apparatus, and method to produce metal reels
AssigneesDanieli & C. Officine Meccaniche SpA, Danieli Automation S.P.A.
InventorsMatteo Sandri, Enrico Piceni, Loris Busolini, Claudio Tomat
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Abstract
A robotized unit for controlling a metal product in motion driven in an automated manner, in accordance with a corresponding computerized method, in order to manipulate or cut a portion of the metal product includes an apparatus and method to produce metal reels.
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Computerized method to control a metal product in motion, comprising:
- acquiring, by a video monitoring system of an acquisition and control unit, a sequence of frames of said metal product which are processed by a processing system, and
- transmitting an actuation signal to a robotized articulated arm driving it according to said actuation signal,
- wherein an artificial intelligence implemented in said processing system at least:
- a) recognizes a tail portion of said metal product;
- and
- b) identifies whether said tail portion has a macroscopic defect,
- wherein according to the type of defect detected, moving said robotized articulated arm in order to reposition said tail portion on-the-fly by means of its own gripping tool, or to cut said tail portion on-the-fly by means of its own cutting tool.
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Robotized unit for controlling a metal product in motion, comprising:
- at least one robotized articulated arm and an acquisition and control unit comprising a video monitoring system and a processing system configured to acquire and process a sequence of frames of said metal product and transmit an actuation signal to said robotized articulated arm in order to manipulate or cut a portion of said metal product,
- wherein said processing system implements an artificial intelligence configured at least to:
- a) recognize a terminal portion of said metal product;
- and
- b) identify whether said terminal portion has a macroscopic defect, said processing system being configured to selectively manage movements of said robotized articulated arm on the basis of the defect identified.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.