Video confirmation computer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12045972-B2
Application number	US-202017783297-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2020
Priority date	Dec 10, 2019
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

Abstract

A video confirmation computer for confirming video related to robot operation includes a storage unit and a processor. The storage unit stores information on the position of the electric motor that drives a link body of the robot received from the controller of the robot and information on the video obtained by a camera attached to the robot. The processor makes at least one of the video confirmation computer itself and a computer connected to the video confirmation computer display a model area and a video area side by side. In the model area, a two-dimensional or three-dimensional model reproducing the posture of the robot is displayed by computer graphics. In the video area, the video is displayed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A video confirmation computer for confirming a condition of a substrate shown in a video of operation performed by a robot, the video confirmation computer comprising:
a storage unit capable of storing information; and
a processor that outputs information based on stored contents of the storage unit, wherein
the storage unit stores:
information of a position of an electric motor that drives a link body of the robot received from a controller of the robot; and
information of the video obtained by a camera attached to the robot by being fixed to the link body to which a robot hand capable of holding the substrate is fixed, the information of the video configured to show the condition of the substrate, and
the processor makes at least one of the video confirmation computer itself and a computer connected to the video confirmation computer display side by side:
a model area in which a two-dimensional or three-dimensional model reproducing a posture of the robot is displayed by computer graphics; and
a video area in which the video is displayed.

2. The video confirmation computer according to claim 1 , wherein
time corresponding to the model displayed in the model area and time corresponding to the video displayed in the video area are synchronized.

3. The video confirmation computer according to claim 2 , wherein
the storage unit stores a communication log in which the controller communicates with another device,
in addition to the model area and the video area, the processor makes at least one of the video confirmation computer itself and the computer connected to the video confirmation computer display a log area in which history of the communication log is output, and
timing of displaying the history of the communication log in the log area is synchronized with time in the model area and the video area.

4. The video confirmation computer according to claim 2 , wherein
the processor makes a common seek bar be displayed for specifying time corresponding to the model in the model area and time corresponding to the video displayed in the video area.

5. The video confirmation computer according to claim 1 , wherein the model area comprises a control area comprising controls configured to control the display of the two-dimensional or three-dimensional model reproducing the posture of the robot by computer graphics to be reproduced or stopped in the model area and, by reproducing or stopping the display of the two-dimensional or three-dimensional model with the controls, the video is correspondingly reproduced or stopped.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Kitano Shinya
• Nakaya Atsushi
• Yoshida Masaya
• Fujimori Kazuo
• Okada Hiroyuki

Classifications

• H10P72/30

  for conveying, e.g. between different workstations · CPC title

• G06T2207/30148

  Semiconductor; IC; Wafer · CPC title

• G06T11/00

  Two-dimensional [2D] image generation · CPC title

• G06F3/04847 Primary

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06T13/40

  of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings · CPC title