US Patent Issued to KYOCERA on Aug. 11 for "Hold position determination device and hold position determination method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,093, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Hold position determination device and hold position determination method" was invented by Ryota Doi (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding position determination device includes a control unit that determines the position where an end effector adapted to hold a holding target contacts the holding target as a holding position. The control unit acquires an end effector model that identifies an area where a holding portion of the end effector can exist. The control unit acquires a rule map that includes a map defining the position of the holding t...