US Patent Issued to FANUC on Oct. 27 for "Workpiece edge position detection device and workpiece edge position detection method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,747, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Workpiece edge position detection device and workpiece edge position detection method" was invented by Ryousuke Nakamura (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a workpiece edge position detection device with which it is possible to accurately detect the position of a workpiece edge even under conditions in which an inclined portion is present on the workpiece. A workpiece edge position detection device includes: a control unit that controls the position of a machining head, on which a gap sensor is mounted, such that a spacing with respect ...