Patent ID: 9741108
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B23Q,G01N,G05B,G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus in an image processing system comprising an image sensor, the image processing apparatus and a robot control processor, the robot control processor controlling a robot having an arm grasping workpieces on a conveying route downstream from an imaging area, wherein the image sensor is connected to the image processing apparatus and captures an image of workpieces conveyed on a conveyer in the imaging area, the image processing apparatus comprising: an input/output interface; a communication interface; and a processor coupled to the input/output interface and the communication interface, the processor configured to execute a program, wherein the processor is configured with the program to perform operations comprising: receiving a signal from an encoder device using the input/output interface, the signal indicating a travel distance of the conveyer in the conveying route; and communicating with the robot control processor using the communication interface; the processor is further configured to execute the program to perform operations as: the signal indicating the travel distance of the conveyer in the conveying route is a pulse signal, the pulse signal is configured to be input to the image processing apparatus and the robot control processor, the processor is further configured with the program to perform operations such that the travel distance obtaining unit includes a first counter that counts the number of pulses included in the pulse signal, an identical parameter is set with respect to counting between the first counter and a second counter, the second counter used by the robot control processor to count the number of pulses included in the pulse signal, and the image sensor and the robot control processor synchronously maintain a same count value as a result thereof.