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20130050772 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a computer-readable medium storing a computer program and an image processing system cropping a document image from image data including a document region having a tab. The image processing apparatus includes a line determination unit for determining a line extending the boundary of the document region in the tab portion and a line extending the boundary of the document region in the non-tab portion, respectively, a selector for selecting, in accordance with the setting designating the outside or the inside of the document region, one line either in the outside or in the inside from the among lines determined by the line determination unit, and an image cropper for cropping an image of the document region with the selected line as a boundary line. | 02-28-2013 |
20130063788 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a computer-readable medium storing a computer program and an image processing system improving edge detection precision at the time of flare occurrence. The image processing apparatus includes an input unit for taking image data including a document region, a first candidate detector for detecting a first candidate of an edge point constituting a boundary line of the document region by scanning binarized image of the image data with a predetermined pattern along a line, a second candidate detector for detecting a second candidate of an edge point based on differential value of pixels adjoining each other, and an edge point determination unit for determining the second candidate as an edge point when the second candidate is positioned more inside of the document region than the first candidate, and otherwise determines the first candidate as an edge point. | 03-14-2013 |
20130063789 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a computer-readable medium storing a computer program and an image processing system improving precision of the calculation of boundary based on candidate pixels constituting the boundary of a side of the document region. The image processing apparatus includes a candidate pixel detector for detecting candidate pixels constituting boundary of sides of the document region, a classifier for classifying coordinates of the candidate pixels respectively detected in plural portions of the boundary into a plurality of groups, an approximate line calculator for calculating a plurality of approximate lines for the boundary based on the coordinates belonging to each of the plurality of groups, and a provisional line determination unit for determining a provisional line for the boundary of the side based on the approximate line having the largest number of candidate pixels within a prescribed distance from the approximate line. | 03-14-2013 |
20130215480 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus including, an input unit for inputting image data including a document region, a storage for storing the brightness of each pixel on a first main scan line outside the document region, a corrector for correcting the brightness of each pixel on the first main scan line in accordance with the brightness of pixels in a first part and the brightness of pixels in a second part on a second main scan line following the first main scan line, and an edge point detector for detecting an edge point of the document region situated on the second main scan line in accordance with the difference between the brightness of each pixel on the first main scan line corrected and the brightness of each pixel on the second main scan line respectively corresponding to each pixel on the first main scan line. | 08-22-2013 |
20130265614 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLOR CONVERSION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that performs a color conversion of a image expressed by coordinates of a multidimensional color space, including, a storage unit for storing lattice point data in the multidimensional color space, an address generating unit for generating addresses for reading from the storage unit the lattice point data in a first region and a second region in accordance with input values of a color signal, the first region being a region where values of all color components are equal to or larger than a first threshold, the second region being different from the first region, and an interpolating unit for generating a converted color signal by an interpolating process based on the read lattice point data. A lattice-point interval in the first region is narrower than a lattice-point interval in the second region. | 10-10-2013 |
20140085679 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image data processing device includes a first integrated circuit, a second integrated circuit, and a third integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit includes a first image processing circuit for first image processing for image data in a first memory, and a first serial interface for direct memory access transfer between the first memory and a third memory. The second integrated circuit includes a second image processing circuit for second image processing for image data in a second memory, and a second serial interface for direct memory access transfer between the second memory and the third memory. The third integrated circuit includes a third image processing circuit for third image processing for image data in the third memory, and a third serial interface for direct memory access transfer between the third memory and the first memory, and between the third memory and the second memory. | 03-27-2014 |
20140093177 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus including a candidate pixel detector for detecting candidate pixels of boundary lines of sides of a document region, a classifier for classifying coordinates of the candidate pixels into coordinate groups, an approximate line calculator for calculating approximate lines for the boundary line based on each of the coordinate groups, a provisional line determination unit for determining a provisional line of the boundary line based on the approximate lines that is selected based on the number of candidate pixels that are within a distance from the approximate line, a shadow detector for detecting a shadow image of an edge of the document within a predetermined distance from the provisional line, and a boundary line determination unit for determining whether the boundary line is within the predetermined distance from the provisional line based on the shadow image. | 04-03-2014 |
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20090067012 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes an image reading unit that can move along a scanning direction, and reads primary image data from a medium arranged on a medium arrangement surface by moving the image reading unit from a home position to a sub-scanning direction. The image reading apparatus further includes a determining unit that determines the presence or absence of the medium on the medium arrangement surface based on determination image data that is different from primary image data, and read by the image reading unit at a determination position arranged between the home position and a reading-end position of the primary image data. | 03-12-2009 |
20090231639 | Image processor, image processing method, and computer program product - An image processor includes a control unit, wherein the control unit includes an image obtaining unit that obtains an image including a document area corresponding to a document read by an image reader, an edge coordinate detecting unit that detects coordinate values of edge candidate pixels, a tilt calculating unit that calculates a tilt of the document area, or a tilt obtaining unit that obtains the tilt of the document area detected by a predetermined sensor, an edge end coordinate extracting unit that extracts a coordinate value of an edge end candidate pixel, a straight line calculating unit that calculates a straight line corresponding to the edge, and either one or both of a tilt correcting unit that corrects the tilt of the document area by rotating the document area, and an area clipping unit that clips the document area from the image. | 09-17-2009 |
20090261167 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - In an image reading apparatus, a magnetic shielding member suppresses interference of an electromagnetic wave for power supply or an electromagnetic wave for transmission and reception of ID information that would otherwise propagate to a reading unit with a carrier cable of the reading unit and the like. Thus, even if an ID-information obtaining unit obtains ID information of an electronic tag of an RFID card while an image read surface of the RFID card is being imaged by the reading unit, an influence of the electromagnetic wave for power supply, the electromagnetic wave for transmission and reception of the ID information, or both over the reading unit can be suppressed. With this, even if pickup image data representing the image read surface of the RFID card and the ID information of the electronic tag are simultaneously obtained, the obtained pickup image data representing the image read surface of the RFID card can be of high quality. | 10-22-2009 |
20100103478 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a sheet conveyance path on which a sheet of a document from which an image is to be read is conveyable; a light source that emits light to be irradiated on the sheet; a conductive unit through which heat generated at the light source is transferable; and a heat radiating unit that forms a part of the sheet conveyance path, through which the heat transferred from the light source to the conductive unit is propagable, and that radiates the heat propagated from the conductive unit to air flowing in the sheet conveyance path when the sheet is being conveyed. | 04-29-2010 |
20100231943 | IMAGE READING APPRATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image reading apparatus includes a hopper unit, a separating unit, a reading unit, an ejecting unit, a stacking unit, a control unit, and a storage unit. The control unit includes a detecting unit that detects abnormal reading of the document read by the reading unit, an image storing unit that associates the read image and an abnormal reading result with a reading order of the document to store, a separation stacking unit that controls the ejecting unit to separate the document in which the abnormal reading is detected and the document in which the abnormal reading is not detected to eject to the stacking unit, a rereading unit that allows the reading unit to read again the document in which the abnormal reading is detected, thereby obtaining a reread image, and an image replacing unit that replaces the image corresponding to the reading order with the reread image. | 09-16-2010 |
20110228349 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes imaging units, each including: a light source to emit light; and an image sensor to pick up an image of a medium to be moved relatively between the imaging units. The light source of one of the imaging units is provided at a position where a direct light is guided to the image sensor of the other imaging unit, and the image sensor of the other imaging unit is configured to pick up an image for image formation when a reflected light emitted from the light source of the other imaging unit and reflected by the medium is guided to the image sensor of the other imaging unit, and to pick up an image for edge detection when the direct light is guided to the image sensor of the other imaging unit, and an edge of the medium is detected based on the image for edge detection. | 09-22-2011 |
20110261420 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a light source unit, an image sensor, and a light guiding unit at least including a light reflector. The light guiding unit may include a first masking shield and a second masking shield. The light source unit irradiates light toward an original. The image sensor picks up an image of the original based on reflected light of the light by the original. The light guiding unit is provided on an opposite side to the light source unit to cause a part of the light to directly enter into the image sensor, when the original is not fed to the image sensor. The light guiding unit reduces light incident to the image sensor, among the light and light having transmitted through the original, at the time of picking up the image of the original by the image sensor. | 10-27-2011 |
20110279840 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading device includes a first conveying unit that sequentially feeds a plurality of media placed in a tray one by one in a conveying direction, a second conveying unit disposed downstream of the first conveying unit in the conveying direction and conveys a medium among the plurality of media fed by the first conveying unit in the conveying direction, and an imaging unit disposed downstream of the second conveying unit in the conveying direction. The imaging unit captures an image of the medium conveyed thereto and generates image data of the medium. | 11-17-2011 |
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20110256419 | COMPOSITE MEMBER - A composite member suitable for a heat radiation member of a semiconductor element and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. This composite member is a composite of magnesium or a magnesium alloy and SiC, and it has porosity lower than 3%. This composite member can be manufactured by forming an oxide film on a surface of raw material SiC, arranging coated SiC having the oxide film formed in a cast, and infiltrating this coated SiC aggregate with a molten metal (magnesium or the magnesium alloy). The porosity of the composite member can be lowered by improving wettability between SiC and the molten metal by forming the oxide film. According to this manufacturing method, a composite member having excellent thermal characteristics such as a coefficient of thermal expansion not lower than 4 ppm/K and not higher than 10 ppm/K and thermal conductivity not lower than 180 W/m·K can be manufactured. | 10-20-2011 |
20130328184 | COMPOSITE MEMBER INCLUDING SUBSTRATE MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A composite member has a substrate made of a composite material having SiC combined with magnesium or a magnesium alloy, and has a warpage degree of not less than 0.01×10 | 12-12-2013 |
20150225635 | COMPOSITE MEMBER - A composite member suitable for a heat radiation member of a semiconductor element and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. This composite member is a composite of magnesium or a magnesium alloy and SiC, and it has porosity lower than 3%. This composite member can be manufactured by forming an oxide film on a surface of raw material SiC, arranging coated SiC having the oxide film formed in a cast, and infiltrating this coated SiC aggregate with a molten metal (magnesium or the magnesium alloy). The porosity of the composite member can be lowered by improving wettability between SiC and the molten metal by forming the oxide film. According to this manufacturing method, a composite member having excellent thermal characteristics such as a coefficient of thermal expansion not lower than 4 ppm/K and not higher than 10 ppm/K and thermal conductivity not lower than 180 W/m·K can be manufactured. | 08-13-2015 |
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20080199017 | SPEAKER ARRAY APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - A speaker array apparatus capable of performing directivity control with ease even when sound emission is performed based on audio signals of different frequency ranges. The speaker array apparatus includes a speaker unit for emitting high-frequency range sound, and another speaker unit for emitting low- and high-frequency range sound. A signal processed by a high pass filter is used for generation of both audio signals used by these speaker units to emit the high-frequency range sounds. Since both the audio signals are rotated in phase similarly to each other, the phases of audio signals supplied to both the speaker units are in coincidence with each other in high-frequency range, which makes it easy to carry out directivity control. | 08-21-2008 |
20080226093 | SPEAKER ARRAY APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - A speaker array apparatus capable of performing control to narrow the directivity angle of low-frequency range sounds, without causing a speaker array to be large in size. An audio signal input to the speaker array apparatus is divided into an audio signal in which low-frequency range components of the input audio signal are included and an audio signal in which low-frequency range components thereof are attenuated, and the former audio signal is signal-processed by a directivity controller. Based on the processed audio signal, sounds are emitted from speakers disposed at four corners of the speaker array, whereby the directivity angle of acoustic beam in low-frequency range can be made narrower than when sounds are emitted from all the speakers of the speaker array. | 09-18-2008 |
20090020330 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS MOUNTABLE ON RACK - An electronic apparatus is mountable in either of a standard mount state in a rack, or an offset mount state which offsets forward from the standard mount state in a depth direction of the rack. A pair of side boards extend rearward from a front panel in the depth direction, and are spaced apart from each other at left and right sides in a width direction perpendicular to the depth direction. A pair of rack angles are attached to the pair of the side boards, respectively. The rack angle is composed of a first mounting plate and a second mounting plate intersecting perpendicularly to the first mounting plate. One of through-holes formed in the first mounting plate of the rack angle and screw holes formed in the side board is positioned in correspondence to both of the standard mount state and the offset mount state, so that the rack angle is selectively attached to the side board in either of the standard mount state and the offset mount state. The second mounting plate of the rack angle is attached to and superposed on an extended part of the front panel in the standard mount state, and otherwise the second mounting plate is spaced rearward in the depth direction apart from the extended part of the front panel in the offset mount state. | 01-22-2009 |
20090033412 | Remote Audio Amplifier Monitoring System - An apparatus is provided for remotely monitoring a plurality of amplifiers on a display device. The amplifiers are provided to process audio signals and directly or indirectly connected to a network. In the apparatus, a collecting section collects a group code from each of the amplifiers through the network. The group code is allocated to each amplifier according to a grouping system for grouping the plurality of the amplifiers. A display control section displays a tree diagram of the amplifiers according to the collected group codes on the display device as a graphical representation of the grouping system. | 02-05-2009 |
20090138110 | Amplifier System - When any one of a plurality of amplifiers has been selected in response to amplifier selecting operation, an amplifier Detail View of the selected amplifier is displayed, where corresponding parameters are displayed via elements of the amplifier Detail View. When any one of a plurality of groups has been selected in response to group selecting operation, a group Detail View of the selected group is displayed, where maximum and minimum values detected from among values of a parameter of individual amplifiers of the selected group are displayed via a band-shaped element of a corresponding fader element. In another example, where a hierarchical group is selected in a tree display section on a control screen, respective state information, including parameter values or states of parameters, of a plurality of amplifiers belonging to the selected hierarchical group is displayed in a state information section. | 05-28-2009 |
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20080306919 | DOCUMENT SEARCH METHOD - A document search apparatus capable of an index-type search and a scan-type search performs a search in a combination of the two search types while compensating for the disadvantages of the two search types with each other. A search query for index-type search and a search query for scan-type search are constructed based on a search query consisting of a logical formula of keywords. Then, a character 2-gram for performing an index search is set to shorten the whole search time, and the index-type search is performed. Finally, a scan-type search is performed on this search result of the index-type search. | 12-11-2008 |
20090248652 | SYSTEM OR PROGRAM FOR SEARCHING DOCUMENTS - In document search for searching a document by use of a query formula composed of a Boolean formula of keywords, a plurality of query formulas arriving at about the same time from a plurality of users are efficiently processed. A system or a program for searching documents includes: a query formula controller for sorting a plurality of query formulas into a plurality of query formula sets based on predicted search speeds of the respective query formulas; and a search unit for searches for the plurality of sorted query formula sets sequentially from the set having the fastest predicted search speed, and for, in each search processing, merging the query formulas in the corresponding query formula set into a formula and thereby searching from the merged formula. | 10-01-2009 |
20120062589 | SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR ENUMERATING LOCAL ALIGNMENTS FROM A PAIR OF DOCUMENTS - Provided is a system for enumerating local alignments, comprising a local alignment enumeration module for enumerating local alignments, in a case where the cell of a second matrix corresponding to a cell at a transition source indicates that the cell belongs to a local alignment, and in a case where the maximum score calculated is larger than the predetermined value, registers, in the cell of the second matrix corresponding to the cell to be calculated, an identifier of a local alignment registered in the cell of the second matrix corresponding to the cell at the transition source, and further, in a case where the maximum score calculated is larger than a maximum score of the cells belonging to the same local alignment, stores the cell to be calculated as an end point of the local alignment. | 03-15-2012 |
20120197940 | SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING BOOLEAN SEARCH FORMULAS - To provide a technique for accurately and efficiently generating Boolean search formulas that serve as a basis of similarity search. A Boolean search formula generation apparatus according to the present invention establishes Boolean search formulas expressed in a standard sum of products form connecting products of search terms by a sum and evaluates the Boolean search formulas based on a recall and a precision. The Boolean search formula generation apparatus repeats connecting the products of the search terms with maximum evaluation values by a sum to establish a Boolean search formula. | 08-02-2012 |
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20110254112 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, and plural switching transistors provided on the semiconductor substrate. A contact plug is embedded between the adjacent two switching transistors described above, is insulated from gates of the adjacent two switching transistors, and is electrically connected to diffusion layers of the adjacent two switching transistors. An upper connector is formed on the contact plug, and an upper surface is at a position higher than upper surfaces of the switching transistors. A memory element is provided on the upper surface of the upper connector, and stores data. A wiring is provided on the memory element. | 10-20-2011 |
20110294291 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a switch element provided in a surface area of a semiconductor substrate, a contact plug with an upper surface and a lower surface, and a function element provided on the upper surface of the contact plug. The lower surface of the contact plug is connected to the switch element. The upper surface of the contact plug has a maximum roughness of 0.2 nm or less. | 12-01-2011 |
20120056253 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor memory device according to the present embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate, a select transistor, a lower electrode, a magnetic tunnel junction element, a first protection film, an upper electrode, and a second protection film. The select transistor is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The lower electrode is electrically connected to one diffusion layer of the select transistor. The magnetic tunnel junction element is provided on the lower electrode. The first protection film is provided on a side surface of the magnetic tunnel junction element. The upper electrode is provided on the magnetic tunnel junction element and the first protection film. The second protection film is provided on side surfaces of the upper electrode, the first protection film, and the lower electrode. | 03-08-2012 |
20120273844 | MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a magnetic random access memory includes a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode arranged at a predetermined pitch in a first direction, and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a first magnetoresistive element formed above a portion between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, an electrode layer formed in a position higher than the first magnetoresistive element, and formed to have a distance which is a half of the pitch from the first magnetoresistive element in the first direction, an interconnection formed in a position higher than the electrode layer, and extending in the first direction, and a first via which connects the first magnetoresistive element and the interconnection, and the electrode layer and the interconnection, by using one conductive layer. | 11-01-2012 |
20130095656 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a switch element provided in a surface area of a semiconductor substrate, a contact plug with an upper surface and a lower surface, and a function element provided on the upper surface of the contact plug. The lower surface of the contact plug is connected to the switch element. The upper surface of the contact plug has a maximum roughness of 0.2 nm or less. | 04-18-2013 |
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20100309158 | INPUT APPARATUS, INPUT DETERMINING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INPUT PROGRAM - An input apparatus includes, a display unit that causes a plurality of display screens on which images are to be displayed to display the images, a input detecting unit that detects a first input on a first display screen, a second input on the first display screen, and a third input on a second display screen, a position acquiring unit that acquires a first position, a second position and a third position, a start-position estimating unit that estimates a start position of an associated operation on the second display screen, and a continuity determining unit that determines whether the third input is the associated operation based upon the third position and the start position. | 12-09-2010 |
20110234516 | HANDWRITING INPUT DEVICE, AND HANDWRITING INPUT METHOD - A handwriting input device accepts an input of a handwriting; and allows a display unit to display a handwriting with a predetermined length from a starting point to a present input point from among handwritings received by the reception unit at a present input point. | 09-29-2011 |
20110273474 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A PC displaying an image on a display unit accepts handwriting input to the image, and displays the accepted handwriting on the image. The PC detects object regions including a certain object in the image and comment placement regions corresponding to respective object regions. If the starting position of the first stroke of handwriting is included in any one of the object regions, the PC determines that the accepted handwriting is directed to the object region. When the input of the handwriting to the object region is finished, the PC identifies a display region for the handwriting and changes the size of the input handwriting so as to display the input handwriting in the comment placement region corresponding to the object region. The PC displays the size-changed handwriting in the identified display region and further displays a comment balloon surrounding the displayed handwriting. | 11-10-2011 |
20120249415 | SERVER, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND GROUPING METHOD - A server, which is connected to a plurality of terminal devices, includes a device ID (identification) storage unit configured to store device ID items for identifying the terminal devices; an acquiring unit configured to acquire coordinate information that is input at the terminal devices identified by the device ID items and time information that is input; a positional relationship determining unit configured to determine positional relationships between the terminal devices according to a sequence of coordinates that is input in a manner to cross over the terminal devices, based on the coordinate information and the time information; and a group determining unit configured to extract, from determination results of the positional relationship determining unit, the device ID items identifying the terminal devices that are to be grouped together into a group. | 10-04-2012 |
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20080236324 | Robot having working tool - In an umbilical member processing mechanism of a robot, a working tool managing unit umbilical member ( | 10-02-2008 |
20140137685 | CABLE ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE OF MULTI-JOINT ROBOT - A cable arrangement structure capable of properly arranging a motor-drive cable while preventing a robot from being complicated and increased in size. Among first to sixth motor-drive cables, at least first to third motor-drive cables are introduced to a cable outlet formed on at least one of a rotating body, a first arm and a second arm. The motor-drive cables, introduced to the outlet, are withdrawn outside the robot as a cable bundle or separate cables, and are connected to a robot controller positioned separately from the robot. | 05-22-2014 |
20150290809 | HUMAN-COOPERATIVE INDUSTRIAL ROBOT WITH LEAD-THROUGH FUNCTION - A human-cooperative industrial robot includes a contact force detection part configured to detect a contact force applied to the robot when an operator and a robot come in contact with each other, a contact force monitoring part configured to either stop the robot or make the robot retreat in a direction in which the contact force is reduced if the contact force exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and an operation force detection part configured to detect an operation force applied to the robot when the lead-through operation is implemented. The robot also includes a lead-through switch for switching between the states of enabling and disabling the lead-through operation. When the lead-through operation is enabled, the contact force monitoring is disabled, and when the lead-through operation is disabled, the contact force monitor is enabled. | 10-15-2015 |
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20080229861 | Robot having arm in which umbilical member is accomodated - A robot including a forearm section with a through passage, a wrist section articulated on the forearm section, and an umbilical member inserted through the through passage of the forearm section and provided along the wrist section. The robot includes a tool managing and relaying unit mounted on the forearm section close to the through passage and provided with a connection part to which the umbilical member is connected, and a mount mechanism carrying the tool managing and relaying unit movably between a first position where the connection part is disposed adjacent to an opening of the through passage and a second position where the connection part is spaced from the opening of the through passage, and releasably securing the tool managing and relaying unit to the forearm section at the first position. | 09-25-2008 |
20080315820 | INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - An industrial robot having: an arm, a wrist element rotatably interconnected to the arm, a work tool mounted on a distal end of the wrist element, and a motor mounted on the wrist element; wherein an umbilical-member connected to the work tool and a flat cable connected to the motor are disposed to run along the wrist element from the arm side to aid work tool or to the motor, characterized in that a pipe member extending in a direction of a rotation axis of the wrist element is provided inside the arm, the umbilical-member connected to the work tool being passed inside the pipe member, the flat cable connected to the motor being wound around outside of the pipe member, with the flat cable slacked in a rotating direction of the wrist element. | 12-25-2008 |
20090032649 | UMBILICAL-MEMBER PROCESSING STRUCTURE FOR INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - An umbilical-member processing structure for an industrial robot which includes a forearm having a tool managing and relaying device and a wrist with proximal end rotatably connected to the forearm and having a work tool mounted on the distal end thereof, with an umbilical-member connected to the work tool being disposed to run along the wrist via the tool managing and relaying device: wherein the forearm has a first reduction gear which reduces the rotational speed of a driving source to drive the forearm in rotation; the first reduction gear having a first insertion hole for passing the umbilical-member therein; and wherein the wrist comprises a first wrist element having a through-path in communication with the first insertion hole and rotatably connected to the forearm, and a second wrist element having a second insertion hole in communication with the through-path and rotatably connected to the first wrist element; and wherein a conduit for passing the umbilical-member from one end to the other end is provided in the first insertion hole of the forearm, in the through-path of the first wrist element, and in the second insertion hole of the second wrist element; and wherein, with one end of the conduit being inserted in the first insertion hole so as to permit movement in an axial direction and in a direction of outer circumference of the conduit, the other end of the conduit is held on the second wrist element in cantilever fashion by a conduit holding member so as to restrict movement of the conduit in the axial direction thereof. | 02-05-2009 |
20090200432 | Managing structure for umbilical member of industrial robot - A managing structure for an umbilical member includes a flexible conduit for leading an umbilical member inserted therein from a front arm of a robot to a working tool mounted on a wrist of the robot, a first conduit mounting portion provided adjacent to the front arm, and a second conduit mounting portion provided adjacent to a point where the umbilical member is connected to the working tool. One end of the conduit is attached to the first conduit mounting portion, while the other end of the conduit is attached to the second conduit mounting portion. The conduit is laid so that a section thereof between the first conduit mounting portion and the second conduit mounting portion does not contact the body of the robot. | 08-13-2009 |
20100032420 | ARC WELDING ROBOT - An arc welding robot having a welding wire conduit which has a bend radius above a certain level and arranged so that disadvantageous stress is not applied to the conduit by the motion of the robot arm. A conduit for a welding wire is inserted through a hole of a robot pedestal from the rear side of the robot, is supported by a second support member arranged on the pedestal, extends near the front side of a rotating body of the robot, and is supported by a first support member on the upper part of the rotating body while having a required minimum bend radius. The conduit after passing through the first support member is introduced to the rear side of the upper arm and is connected to a connector at the rear side of a wire feeder while having the required minimum radius, whereby the conduit presents a generally S-shape. | 02-11-2010 |
20100092273 | WORKPIECE TRANSFER ROBOT SYSTEM - A workpiece transfer robot system including a machine tool provided with a workpiece support section and a robot capable of transferring a workpiece relative to the workpiece support section of the machine tool. The machine tool includes a cover surrounding at least the workpiece support section. The cover includes a first side wall provided with a first opening usable for a workpiece transferring task of the robot. The robot includes a track member defining a traveling axis extending in a direction perpendicular to the first side wall of the cover of the machine tool; a slider attached to the track member and capable of traveling along the traveling axis; a first arm attached to the slider and capable of swinging about a first swing axis; a second arm attached to the first arm and capable of swinging about a second swing axis parallel to the first swing axis; and a workpiece hold section provided on the second arm and capable of accessing the workpiece support section through the first opening of the cover of the machine tool. | 04-15-2010 |