ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,402, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Teaching device" was invented by Takashi Satou (Yamanashi, Japan) and Hiromitsu Takahashi (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A teaching device is provided with: a setting information storage unit for storing setting information defining a position and an attitude of a force sensor relative to a coordinate system set in a robot; and a virtual image superimposing and displaying unit for superimposing and displaying a virtual image in a real space including the robot or a prescribed object supporting the force sensor, or in a virtual space including...