Manipulator apparatus, manipulating system, image processing apparatus, program, and apparatus controlling process
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorHideya Kitagawa
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Abstract
A manipulator apparatus equipped with a manipulating implement which manipulates a cell, and a holding part holding the manipulating implement and a presuming device, in which an image including the holding part was read to obtain the location of the tip of the manipulating implement to the holding part from the image information of the holding part.
Claims35
Manipulator apparatus comprising:
- a manipulating device for manipulating a manipulated object,
- a holding device for holding the manipulating device having a size which can be detected by photography,
- a picture acquiring device for acquiring an image including the holding device, and
- a presuming device for presuming a position of the tip of the manipulating device, based on the image.
An image processing apparatus used for an apparatus comprising a manipulating device a for manipulating a manipulated object, a holding device for holding the manipulating device having a size which can be detected by photography, a picture acquiring device for acquiring an image including the holding device, wherein a location of a tip of the manipulating device is presumed based on the image.
A program for the use of a control device for controlling an apparatus, comprising:
- a manipulating device for manipulating a manipulated object;
- a holding device for holding the manipulating device having a size which can be detected by photography;
- a picture acquiring device for acquiring an image including the holding device;
- and a presuming device for presuming a position of the tip of the manipulating device, based on the image, wherein
- the control device is made to control such that the presuming device performs the presuming based on the image.
A process for controlling an apparatus which is equipped with a manipulating device for manipulating a manipulated object, and a holding device for holding the manipulating device having a size which can be detected by photography, comprising:
- photographing an image including the holding device, and
- presuming a location of the tip of the manipulating device based on the image acquired by the photographing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.