Measurement apparatus, measurement method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11454587-B2
Application number	US-201916757010-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2019
Priority date	Oct 12, 2018
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

In a measurement apparatus or a measurement method, an information processing apparatus executes: a process of specifying a bunch of grapes to be measured on the basis of detection of grasping of the bunch of grapes by a gripper; and a process of starting to measure the number of pieces of the specified bunch of grapes.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A measurement apparatus comprising:
a measurement object specification unit that executes a process of specifying an object to be measured on a basis of detection of grasping of an object by a gripper; and
a measurement unit that obtains a measurement result in a measurement process of a feature amount of the object to be measured specified by the measurement object specification unit.

2. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a presentation control unit that executes a process for presentation based on the measurement result.

3. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the measurement process is executed by using a captured image.

4. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the measurement process is executed on a basis of detection of grasping of the object by the gripper.

5. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the measurement process is executed on a basis of detection of grasping of the object and moving of the object by the gripper.

6. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the measurement process is executed on a basis of detection of grasping of the object by the gripper and a predetermined action other than the grasping.

7. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the measurement process is executed by using images of a plurality of frames captured in a period in which the object to be measured is moved.

8. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the measurement object specification unit executes a process of setting, as the object to be measured, the object grasped and moved by the gripper.

9. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a target setting unit that sets a target value of the feature amount, wherein
the target setting unit obtains a difference value of the feature amount measured in the measurement process and the target value.

10. The measurement apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a presentation control unit that executes a process for presenting the difference value.

11. The measurement apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the movement is a rotational movement.

12. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the gripper is one of a hand of a person, a tool operated by the person, and an automatically operated robot arm.

13. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the object as the object to be measured is a crop.

14. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the measurement object specification unit executes a process of setting, as the object to be measured, a bunch of grapes in which a branch is grasped by the gripper, and
in the measurement process, the number of pieces is measured as the feature amount of the bunch of grapes set as the object to be measured.

15. The measurement apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:
an imaging unit that captures an image to be used in the measurement process.

16. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an imaging unit that captures an image to be used in the measurement process; and
a presentation unit that presents the measurement result, wherein
the imaging unit and the presentation unit are arranged on a body-mounted unit.

17. The measurement apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
the presentation unit is a display unit that displays information on a display surface arranged in front of eyes of a user.

18. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a sensor unit that detects grasping of the object by the gripper is provided.

19. A measurement method executed by an information processing apparatus, the measurement method comprising:
a process of specifying an object to be measured on a basis of detection of grasping of an object by a gripper; and
a process of obtaining a measurement result in a measurement process of a feature amount of the specified object to be measured.

20. A program causing an information processing apparatus to execute:
a process of specifying an object to be measured on a basis of detection of grasping of an object by a gripper; and
a process of obtaining a measurement result in a measurement process of a feature amount of the specified object to be measured.

21. A measurement method executed by an information processing apparatus, the measurement method comprising:
a process of specifying a bunch of grapes to be measured on a basis of detection of grasping of the bunch of grapes by a gripper; and
a process of starting to measure the number of pieces of the specified bunch of grapes.

22. A measurement method executed by an information processing apparatus, the measurement method comprising:
a process of specifying a bunch of grapes grasped by a gripper; and
a process of measuring the number of pieces of the specified bunch of grapes along with rotation of the specified bunch of grapes.

Assignees

• Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp

Inventors

• Isobe Hiroshi
• Kabasawa Hidetoshi
• Ujiie Ichiro
• Masuno Tomonori

Classifications

• G01D21/00

  Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• G01N21/251 Primary

  Colorimeters; Construction thereof · CPC title

• G01N33/025

  Fruits or vegetables · CPC title

• G01J3/36

  Investigating two or more bands of a spectrum by separate detectors · CPC title

• G01N21/314

  with comparison of measurements at specific and non-specific wavelengths (dual wavelength spectrometry G01J3/427) · CPC title