Patent ID: 9399289
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: B25J,G05B

Claim Text:
1. A robot control apparatus which controls motions of a robot based on processing results of an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus imaging the robot or objects around the robot, the robot control apparatus comprising: a first communication unit which communicates with an external computer; the first communication unit being configured to output an open command; a second communication unit which is connected to the image processing apparatus via a network with a communication port; a command processing unit that is configured to control a communication port of the second communication unit based on the open command and that is configured to perform communication with the image processing apparatus; and a socket management unit that is configured to receive an instruction corresponding to the open command from the command processing unit to open the communication port and that is configured to connect the robot control apparatus to the image processing apparatus via the network by using a port number of the communication port and an IP address of the robot control apparatus when the communication port is open, wherein a first communication speed between the first communication unit and the external computer is slower than a second communication speed between the second communication unit and the image processing apparatus, and a first communication cycle between the first communication unit and the external computer is larger than a second communication cycle between the second communication unit and the image processing apparatus.