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Robotic process automation

A robot and automatic technology, applied in the direction of instrument, data processing input/output process, manipulator, etc., can solve time-consuming problems

Active Publication Date: 2018-02-06
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LTD
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[0004] Manual process performed on computer can be repetitive and time consuming

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[0018] figure 1 is a block diagram of an example system 100 for automating a manual process. Briefly, and as described in more detail below, system 100 may include image collector 110 , activity identifier 120 , activity information generator 130 , and process definition generator 140 .

[0019] The image grabber 110 may acquire images of the display of the computer when the user interacts with the computer during the manual execution of the process. For example, the image grabber may obtain a first image showing a touchscreen with a user interface with "Yes" and "No" buttons and a second image showing a touchscreen with a user interface with a "Yes" button highlighted in response to contact by the user. Two images. In some implementations, the image collector 110 may be a camera (eg, a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera or a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) camera) that captures images of a screen shown on a display. In other implementations, the image grabb...

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Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automating a manual process. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of identifying aprocess that (i) is manually performed by a user interacting with a computer, and (ii) is to be automated for performance by a robot that is configured to interact with another computer. Additional actions include obtaining one or more images taken of a display of the computer while the user is interacting with the computer in manually performing the process and applying a computer vision technique to identify one or more activities associated with the process. Further actions include, for each of the one or more identified activities, generating activity information associated with the activity and generating a process definition for use in causing the robot to automatically perform the process.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims priority from European Patent Application No. EP15290172 filed on 2 July 2015, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0003] The present disclosure relates generally to robotic process automation. Background technique [0004] Manual processes performed on computers can be repetitive and time consuming. For example, a user may send an email in response to a web form submission, and for each web form submission, it may be necessary to manually interact with the computer to click a button that opens a window for composing a new email, click to send the information from The web form submits a button to copy into the window, clicks a button to write text for the body of an email, and clicks a button to send an email. Contents of the invention [0005] In general, aspects of the subject matter described in this specification can relate to processes f...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B25J9/16G05B19/042
CPCB25J9/1679G05B19/0423G05B2219/36184G05B2219/40116B25J9/163B25J9/1697G06F3/0484G06T1/0014
Inventor C·巴塔尔勒A·贾奎奥特S·R·托瑞斯
Owner ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LTD
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