Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tool tracking
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Application No.: US16961739Application Date: 2019-01-11
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Publication No.: US11379973B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Andrew Martin Robert Ward
- Applicant: Ubisense Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Ubisense Limited
- Current Assignee: Ubisense Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Potomac Law Group, PLLC
- Agent Vincent M De Luca
- Priority: GB1800534 20180112
- International Application: PCT/GB2019/050070 WO 20190111
- International Announcement: WO2019/138238 WO 20190718
- Main IPC: G06T7/00
- IPC: G06T7/00 ; G06T7/73 ; G06N20/00 ; G05B19/418 ; G06V20/10 ; G06V20/64

Abstract:
A system for determining the location of a toolpiece, the system comprising: a tool carrying a toolpiece and comprising an imaging device for capturing images of the environment around the tool, the tool being actuable to manipulate the toolpiece to work on a workpiece; and an image processor remote from the tool and communicatively coupled to the imaging device for receiving images therefrom and having access to reference data representing an expected environment, the image processor being configured to compare an image captured by the imaging device with the reference data to identify a match therebetween and to determine in dependence on characteristics of that match the location of the toolpiece; wherein the system is configured to cause the tool to transmit images captured by the imaging device to the image processor in response to actuation of the tool.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210056682A1 TOOL TRACKING Public/Granted day:2021-02-25
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