US Patent Issued to FANUC on April 14 for "Imaging device for calculating three-dimensional position on the basis of image captured by visual sensor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,821, issued on April 14, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Imaging device for calculating three-dimensional position on the basis of image captured by visual sensor" was invented by Yuuki Takahashi (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This imaging device comprises a focus position detection unit for detecting a focus position when a visual sensor is in focus. The imaging device comprises a parameter setting unit for setting a parameter for calculating a three-dimensional position corresponding to a specific position in an image captured by the visual sensor. The imaging device comprises a characteristic po...