Patent ID: 7151848

Claim:
An image processing system for a robot including a robot controller, comprising: a unit for fetching from a camera image data of an image of a workpiece to be worked on by the robot; a memory unit that stores image data from the camera or intermediate image data obtained in a stage of image processing; and a unit for converting image data from the camera, the image data from the camera stored in the memory unit, or intermediate image data into a gray scale or a color scale, wherein: a portable teaching pendant is connected to said robot controller through a cable; and said teaching pendant comprises a unit for generating and editing a robot program, a unit for operating the robot, and a display unit, and can display on the display unit the converted image, and comprises a unit used for manipulation for image processing; and said display unit displays an indication for generating or editing of the robot program and an indication for manipulation of image processing, together with an image simultaneously, or allows a user to select either a switching mode or a superposition mode.