99 results about "Picks up objects" patented technology

An object management method and apparatus for a device having a touchscreen is provided for handling objects displayed on the screen with diverse multi-touch gestures. An object management method for a touchscreen-enabled device according to the present invention includes the sensing and identification of picking up at least one object displayed on the touchscreen in response to a first type multi-touch input and releasing the at least one object on the another portion of the touchscreen, or a different area or a different display on the touchscreen, in response to a second type multi-touch input. The invention includes release to the touchscreen of another device that is in wireless communication with the device having the picked up object.

A method for picking up objects randomly arranged in a bin using a robot having a gripper for grasping the objects using prehension feature(s) on the object. The method includes a shaking scheme for rearranging the objects in the bin when no objects are recognized, when no objects are prehensible by the gripper or when the object to be picked up is not reachable by the gripper because, for example, its prehension feature is substantially facing a wall of the bin. The method also includes a criterion for determining that a bin is free of objects to be picked up and a criterion for selecting the object to be picked up first in the bin. The method also provides for a protection mechanism against damage of the objects and the robot when a recognition technique has failed in properly recognizing the object or the prehension feature on the object.

A method for detecting and tracking vehicle based on video camera and computer system includes obtaining preliminary edge object region by carrying out global domain value division on obtained difference image of background edge and front ground edge then carrying out interclass variance domain value division on intensified difference image to obtain preliminary object region, forming object region based on integration, carrying out expansion calculation and corrosion calculation on object region to pick up object character, carrying out object identification then locking and tracking object in real time to form object trace.

A garment construction having a cuff assembly at the end of the sleeve wherein the cuff assembly is user selectable between a first position allowing the user's fingers to extend beyond the opening of the sleeve and a second position wherein the user's fingers are covered by the cuff assembly. A thumb cover is selectable between a first position extending from the sleeve and a second position either depressed below the sleeve surface or held in place at a position extending along the sleeve. Purchase material on the cuff assembly and / or thumb cover presents a purchase surface which enhances the user's ability to pick up objects when the user's fingers and / or thumb are covered by the cuff.

A hand-held device for gripping objects positioned beyond arm's length, comprising a pair of jaws movable relative to each other between an unclamped position and a fully clamped position; a handle spaced apart from the jaws by a central portion, the handle including a trigger connected to the jaws by a pull member, whereby actuation of the trigger is operative to move the jaws between the unclamped and fully clamped positions thereof, and a locking mechanism selectively operable to lock the jaws in at least one intermediate position defined between the unclamped and fully clamped positions; and wherein the pull member is sufficiently resilient so as to permit the jaws to be temporarily urged away from each other towards the unclamped position when the pair of jaws are locked in the at least one intermediate position.

A camera with shake correction mechanism according to the invention comprises: an image pickup device for picking up object light; shake detecting device for detecting a shake exerted to a camera body; a shake correction unit provided with a driving section for exerting a swing force for swinging the image pickup device in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis; a control board on which electronic components are mounted; and a flexible wiring member for electrically connecting the shake correction unit to the control board, wherein the shake correction unit and the control board are arranged at adjacent positions to each other in a direction of almost the same plane, while in an adjacent part of the two elements, a space part is set up that can accommodate the flexible wiring member in a bent state. According to this configuration, in the camera in which a shake correction unit and a control board are arranged at adjacent positions to each other in a direction of almost the same plane so that the thickness size is reduced in the optical axis direction, the flexible wiring member for electrically connecting the two elements can be wired in an optimal manner.

An apparatus for picking up objects including a robot for picking up an object, at least one part of the object having a curved shape, having a storing means for storing a gray gradient distribution model of the object, a recognizing means for recognizing a gray image of the object, a gradient extracting means for extracting a gray gradient distribution from the gray image recognized by the recognizing means, an object detecting means for detecting a position or position posture of the object in the gray image in accordance with the gray gradient distribution extracted by the gradient extracting means and the gray gradient distribution model stored by the storing means, a detection information converting means for converting information of the position or position posture detected by the object detecting means into information of position or position posture in a coordinate system regarding the robot; and a robot moving means for moving the robot to the position or position posture converted by the detection information converting means to pick up the object. Thus, the object having a curved shape can be detected and picked up in a reasonably short period of time.

The objective of the invention is to create an overhead robot system that reduces the movements of the system's gripper when it is desired to pick up an individual object from the middle of a stack of objects. The number of movements is reduced as the gripper can be driven to above the desired stack of objects and does not need to be subsequently moved to another location above the warehouse area in order to pick up and move a single object. The invention comprises a separate arrangement for moving a single picked-up object to the edge of the warehouse area. The gripper can move more quickly to the next object to be picked up.

The invention relates to a viewing angle adjusting device of a display device. The viewing angle adjusting device of a display device is characterized in that: the viewing angle adjusting device comprises an image pickup unit for picking up objects or scenes in the front of the display device, a drive unit which is used for driving the display device to rotate or move, and a control unit which receives images picked up by the image pickup unit, recognizing faces from the image to determine the target position and controlling the drive unit to drive the display device to rotate and / or move according to the mapping position of the center of the screen of the display device on the image and the target position, so as to enable the mapping position in the image and the target position to be coincided.

An image processing device comprising a camera to pick up frame images at the times, a basic template creating portion to create a basic template of a picked-up object in the first image, an image transformation parameter calculating portion to calculate a transformation matrix to execute an image transformation of an object of the first image to an object of the second image, a template transforming portion to create a transformation template by transforming the basic template with the transformation matrix, and a template matching processing portion to execute a template matching processing to the second image with the transformation template to detect the object and to determine that the picked-up object in the second image is identical to the basic template when a matching degree by the matching means is higher than a specified degree.

A cane having a handle, and a trigger rotatably and slidably held in a slotted opening in an upper portion of a hollow body of the cane adjacent to the handle. The upper hollow portion of the cane is telescopically mounted in a lower hollow portion of the hollow body so as to adjust the length of the cane. The rotatable and slidable trigger is actuated so as to move a non-resilient control rod and cable to rotate a lever arm outwardly from the elongated hollow body through a slotted opening formed in the lower hollow portion, towards a support foot of the cane to pick up objects.

The objective of the invention is to create an overhead robot system that reduces the movements of the system's gripper when it is desired to pick up an individual object from the middle of a stack of objects. The number of movements is reduced as the gripper can be driven to above the desired stack of objects and does not need to be subsequently moved to another location above the warehouse area in order to pick up and move a single object. The invention comprises a separate arrangement for moving a single picked-up object to the edge of the warehouse area. The gripper can move more quickly to the next object to be picked up.

A device utilizing a soft rubber composition disk and a soft composition suction cup with a magnetic ball marker located on the end of a golf club grip. To pick up golf balls on the course (including shallow water hazards), most specifically, to pick up golf balls from the holes and ball markers used in the game without bending over.

A system for picking up objects—such as pet waste, debris, and similar noxious materials—and automatically sealing objects within a disposable liner. The liner is installed on a hand-held scooper device by an automatic applicator. The liners comprise a self-sealing feature adapted to assist in encapsulating the waste. The applicator also functions as a storage holder for the hand-held scoop.

An object pick-up system able to use a simpler configuration to place picked up objects at a predetermined location with the directions of the picked up objects aligned. The object pick-up system is provided with a robot hand, manipulator, vision sensor, arrangement determination part setting the position and posture of the robot hand when gripping an object, manipulator controller controlling the manipulator, and robot hand controller controlling the robot hand. The manipulator controller places the robot hand at a position and posture giving rise to a moment in the object. The robot hand controller prevents an object from dropping from the robot hand while the object is rotated by the action of gravity.

An imaging apparatus of the invention comprises: an image pickup device for picking up object light; a mirror section for switching an optical path of the object light; a retaining member for retaining at least the mirror section; and a shake detection section for detecting a shake of the image pickup device, wherein the shake detection section is provided in a member separate from but indirectly connected to the retaining member via a predetermined connection section. The shake detection section is attached to the separate member connected indirectly to the retaining member that retains the mirror section and hence receives directly a vibration at the time of driving of the mirror section, with the intervention of the connection section. This avoids that the vibration caused by the driving of the mirror section is directly transmitted to the shake detection section. That is, the vibration is bypassed and damped along a route going through the connection section. This minimizes the influence on the shake detection in the shake detection section. As a result, a clear,photographed image is obtained on the basis of the shake correction.

An image display device includes plural display elements with display screens on which two-dimensional images are displayed. Optical paths of display light for forming the two-dimensional images are disposed to overlap each other. An image transmission panel is provided on the optical paths for transmitting the display light to display the two-dimensional images in a space on a side opposite to the display screens. An image pickup element is integrated with the display screens of the display element or provided in the vicinity of the display screens for picking up images of objects entering the space through the display panel. The image display device has a position specifying element for specifying positions of the picked-up objects in accordance with results of the images picked up by the image pickup element, and an image control element for controlling the display element to switch the two-dimensional images based on the specified positions.

An object-collection system is disclosed. The system including a vehicle connected to a bucket, a camera connected to the vehicle, and an object picking assembly configured to pick up objects off of ground. The system further includes a processor that obtains object information for identified objects, guides the object-collection system over a target geographical area toward the identified objects based on the object information, captures images of the ground relative to the object picker as the object-collection system is guided towards the identified objects, identifies a target object in the images, tracks movement of the target object across the images as the object-collection system is guided towards the identified objects, and employs the tracked movement of the target object to instruct the object picker to pick up the target object.

The invention relates to an optimal communication method and system, in particular to a method and system for obtaining information by the way of camera shooting, a camera shooting device and an information modulation device. The method and system for obtaining information by the way of camera shooting, the camera shooting device and the information modulation device are characterized in that the system comprises a pick-up object and the camera shooting device, and the pick-up object gives out modulation light including additional information; the camera shooting device comprises a camera, a modulation pixel demodulation unit and a display unit; the camera obtains an image of the pick-up object, image pixels of the image of the pick-up object acquire the additional information included in the modulation light through the modulation pixel demodulation unit, and the additional information is displayed on a screen of the display unit. The method and system for obtaining information by the way of camera shooting, the camera shooting device and the information modulation device have the advantages that a modulator is used for modulating a light source so that the additional information can be loaded, and the camera shooting device is used for demodulating and recovering the additional information, can acquire the information of the pick-up object and can also be used for transmitting advertising information; by the way of local modulating of image signals, the camera shooting device can acquire local information of the image such as brands and linkage of personal clothes.

A method for depicting sensor data of one or more first motor vehicle(s) via a man-machine interface of a second motor vehicle comprises depicting an image of at least part of surroundings of the second motor vehicle via the man-machine interface of the second motor vehicle. One or more first motor vehicle(s) in the surroundings is / are mapped at least in part. A user selects one or more of the mapped first motor vehicles to which respective point-to-point connections are set up that are used to send a request for information pertaining to available sensors and the properties thereof. Based on the responses, a schematic depiction of the surroundings of the second motor vehicle is created and reproduced that shows positions of the motor vehicles in the surroundings, the sensors available in the motor vehicles and areas within which the available sensors can pick up objects.

A vacuum cleaner having improved obstacle detection precision. The vacuum cleaner includes a main casing, driving wheels, control unit, cameras, an image generation part, and a discrimination part. The driving wheels enable the main casing to travel. The control unit controls drive of the driving wheels to make the main casing autonomously travel. The cameras are disposed apart from each other in the main casing to pick up images on a traveling-direction side of the main casing. The image generation part generates a distance image of an object positioned on the traveling-direction side based on the images picked up by the cameras. The discrimination part discriminates whether or not the picked-up object is an obstacle based on the distance image generated by the image generation part.

A vacuum cleaner capable of detecting a shape of an object with high precision. A vacuum cleaner includes a main casing, driving wheels, a control unit, a plurality of cameras, an image generation part, and a shape acquisition part. The driving wheels enable the main casing to travel. The control unit controls drive of the driving wheels to make the main casing autonomously travel. The cameras are disposed apart from each other in the main casing to pick up images on a traveling-direction side of the main casing. The image generation part generates a distance image of an object positioned on the traveling-direction side based on the images picked up by the cameras. The shape acquisition part acquires the shape information of the picked-up object from the distance image generated by the image generation part.

An attachment for use with a walking cane or crutch to facilitate picking up objects from the surface. The attachment is designed to attach to most walking canes and crutches without modifying the original design walking aide, having a unique adjustment system that enables use on adjustable style walking aides. Includes a trigger mechanism located under the hand grip, actuating a pivotal arm mechanism located along the side of the cane tip, and away from the operator walking side, the pivotal arms are stored in the vertical position and rotate down, to 180 degrees to clamp on objects at ground level. The parts and mechanism are designed to be symmetrical and may be positioned on either side for right hand or left hand use. Although pictured with an offset cane it is designed to be used with a straight shafted cane and also crutches.