Patent ID: 9483040
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G05B,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon for automatically generating an operation program, which causes a work head to move relative to a work object and to carry out desired work, that when executed on a processor, perform the steps of: a first step of displaying a reference data input window which allows input of shape data of the work object or a work region on a display device; a second step of taking in image data of the work object or the work region, the image data being captured by an image data input device; a third step of compensating for distortion in the image data taken-in from the image data input device, the distortion attributable to arrangement of the image data input device, based on the input shape data of the work object or the work region; a fourth step of displaying a movement path input window which allows designation of a movement path with the compensated image data displayed as a background; and a fifth step of automatically generating the operation program based on the movement path that is designated on the movement path input window, wherein, in the third step, a shape reference line, having a shape substantially the same as the shape of the work object or the work region, is prepared and displayed on the display device together with the work object or the work region, distortion in the image data attributable to arrangement of the image data input device is compensated for based on the input shape data by deforming the shape reference line to conform with an external shape of the work object or the work region on the display device.