US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on Oct. 21 for "Image processor, imaging device, robot and robot system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,766, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Image processor, imaging device, robot and robot system" was invented by Eiji Yoshikuwa (Kobe, Japan), Toshihiko Miyazaki (Kobe, Japan), Seita Ono (Kobe, Japan) and Tianfen Xu (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processor includes memory configured to store the shape of an object, extracting circuitry configured to extract a second image of a target range from a first image of the object, distance detecting circuitry configured to process the second image to detect distances from at least three parts projected within the target range to the...