US Patent Issued to FANUC on July 14 for "Work assistance device and work assistance method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,967, issued on July 14, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Work assistance device and work assistance method" was invented by Satoshi Inagaki (Minamitsuru-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a work assistance device and a work assistance method that automatically create a projected drawing suitable for designating a work region on a target, regardless of the skill level of a worker. The work assistance device has: a projected drawing creation function for projecting a work target, which has a work target surface that includes a work target region on which work is performed by a robot, in a direction p...