Video confirmation computer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12406351-B2
Application number	US-202418754454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2024
Priority date	Dec 10, 2019
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

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 system for confirming a condition of a substrate shown in a video of operation performed by a robot, the system comprising:
a camera attached to the robot;
a storage unit capable of storing information;
a processor that outputs information based on stored contents of the storage unit; and
a display, wherein
the camera is fixed to a link body to which a robot hand capable of holding the substrate is fixed,
the storage unit stores:
information of a position of an electric motor that drives the link body of the robot; and
information of the video obtained by the camera, the information of the video configured to show the condition of the substrate, and

the processor causes the display to display the video.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor further causes the display to
display a video area in which the video is displayed, and
display a model area in which a two-dimensional or three-dimensional model reproducing a posture of the robot by computer graphics is displayed.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage unit further stores a communication log comprising information about communication between the controller and another device, and
the processor further causes the display to
display a video area in which the video is displayed, and
display a log area in which a history of the communication log is displayed.

4. A method for confirming a condition of a substrate shown in a video of operation performed by a robot, the method comprising:
storing in a storage unit:
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, the camera 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

displaying the video on a display based on stored contents of the storage unit.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for confirming a condition of a substrate shown in a video of operation performed by a robot, the program including instructions that causes a processor to:
store in a storage unit:
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, the camera 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

display the video on a display based on stored contents of the storage unit.

6. A system for confirming a condition of a substrate shown in a video of operation performed by a robot, the system comprising:
a camera attached to the robot;
a storage unit capable of storing information;
a processor that outputs information based on stored contents of the storage unit; and
a display, wherein
the camera is fixed to a link body to which a robot hand capable of holding the substrate is fixed,
the storage unit stores information of the video obtained by the camera, the information of the video configured to show the condition of the substrate, and
the processor causes the display to display the video.

7. A method for confirming a condition of a substrate shown in a video of operation performed by a robot, the method comprising:
storing in a storage unit information of the video obtained by a camera attached to the robot, the camera 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
displaying the video on a display based on stored contents of the storage unit.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for confirming a condition of a substrate shown in a video of operation performed by a robot, the program including instructions that causes a processor to:
store in a storage unit information of the video obtained by a camera attached to the robot, the camera 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
display the video on a display based on stored contents of the storage unit.

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