Patent ID: 7774100
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A robot control information generator which generates control information for operating a robot equipped with a camera and a hand to grasp an object, based on a two-dimensional code on the object, wherein the two-dimensional code includes position identifying patterns and an information pattern, and the position within the two-dimensional code of each of the position identifying patterns is specified before hand, and the information pattern is generated by encoding of information, the robot control information generator comprising: an image receiver which receives an acquired image of the object by the camera; a pattern detection unit which detects position identifying patterns within the acquired image; a position/posture calculation unit which calculates position/posture information indicating a position and posture of the two-dimensional code in a three-dimensional space based on a two-dimensional position of the position identifying patterns detected by the pattern detection unit in the acquired image; a decoding device which decodes the information pattern; and a control information generating unit which generates the control information based on the decoded information decoded by the decoding device and the position/posture information calculated by the position/posture calculation unit, and a robot interface configured to output the control information to a controller of the robot.