Provided is a production line that includes a conveying section (2) for conveying a plurality of pallets (8 and 8) along a loop-shaped circulation route, a workpiece setting section (3) for setting workpieces on the pallets (8 and 8), a setting-position measuring section (4) for measuring setting position of the workpiece on the pallets (8 and 8), a production process performing section (5) for performing one or multiple production processes at each of a plurality of locations on the circulation route for the workpieces on the pallets (8 and 8), and a workpiece extracting section (6) for extracting workpieces for which the production processes have been performed from the pallets (8 and 8). At least two of the production processes in the production process performing section (5) are performed while taking into account the setting positions of the workpieces on the pallets (8) measured by the setting-position measuring section (4).

Systems and methods as described herein are directed to the management of a camera system that can involve Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) cameras and fixed cameras. The fixed cameras are provided with digital PTZ, capabilities through trimming positions and translation matrixes. Through an interface, users can associate different PTZ configurations for a target factory asset in response to an incident or other operation occurring at the asset. When the incident or operation occurs with the target asset, the video and configuration from the corresponding camera can be immediately provided in response.

A device for base calling is provided. The device includes a receptacle configured to hold a biosensor having a sample surface holding a plurality of clusters during a sequence of sampling events, an array of sensors sensing information from clusters disposed in corresponding pixel areas of the sample surface during the sampling events and generate sequences of pixel signals and a communication port configured to output the sequences of pixel signals. The device also includes a signal processor coupled to the communication port and configured to receive and process at least one pixel signal in the sequences of pixel signals that mixes light gathered from at least two clusters in a corresponding pixel area, and to base call each of the at least two clusters using the at least one pixel signal.

The information processing apparatus includes an estimation unit to estimate information indicating a holding success possibility from an image of a plurality of the target objects by using a pre-trained model that estimates the information indicating the holding success possibility in at least one or more partial regions, a determination unit to determine a holding region for the robot to hold the target object among the partial regions based on the information indicating the holding success possibility, and a control unit to move the robot based on the holding region and cause the robot to perform a holding operation on the target object. In a case where the holding operation performed on the target object by the robot is failed, the determination unit determines a partial region, among the partial regions, satisfying a predetermined condition as a next holding region based on the information indicating the holding success possibility.

A positioning unit that performs positioning with respect to a predetermined sample, an imaging unit that obtains an image of the sample, and a processing unit, in which the imaging unit is moved by the positioning unit, and obtains a first image and a second image which is obtained later than the first image, and in which the processing unit obtains a first position shift trend from the first image and the second image, and determines whether or not the positioning is abnormal from a change of the first position shift trend.

An alignment system for an imaging sensor of a coordinate measuring machine incorporates a reference surface associated with a stage of the measuring machine but instead of imaging the reference surface as a location marker, the reference surface is incorporated into a combined imaging system together with the imaging sensor for imaging a feature associated with the imaging sensor. The imaged feature can be an internal part of the imaging sensor, such as an internal aperture, or an external feature in a fixed relationship with the imaging sensor, such as a lens hood.

A numerical controller includes a movement plane acquisition unit configured to accept designation of a movement plane in a machine coordinate system, a machine coordinate conversion unit configured to convert a coordinate value in the machine coordinate system into an image coordinate system, an image coordinate conversion unit configured to convert a coordinate value in the image coordinate system into the machine coordinate system, an operation target position acquisition unit configured to acquire position information on an operation target, an operation icon display unit configured to display an operation icon corresponding to the position information, a slide position acquisition unit configured to acquire a slide position, a movement amount calculation unit configured to calculate an axial movement amount, and an axial movement unit configured to move the operation target according to the axial movement amount.

Provided is an object conveying system including: a conveying apparatus that conveys an object; one or more cameras that capture images of feature points of the object; a position measuring portion that measures positions of the feature points from the acquired images; a detecting portion that detects a position or a movement velocity of the object; a position correcting portion that corrects the positions of the feature points so as to achieve positions at which the feature points are disposed at the same time; a line-of-sight calculating portion that calculates lines of sight that pass through the feature points on the basis of the corrected positions of the feature points and the positions of the cameras; and a position calculating portion that calculates a three-dimensional position of the object by applying a polygon having a known shape to the calculated lines of sight.

A biosensor for base calling is provided. The biosensor comprises a sampling device, which includes a sample surface that has an array of pixel areas and a solid-state imager that has an array of sensors. Each sensor generates pixel signals in each base calling cycle. Each pixel signal represents light gathered in one base calling cycle from one or more clusters in a corresponding pixel area of the sample surface. The biosensor further comprises a signal processor configured for connection to the sampling device. The signal processor receives and processes the pixel signals from the sensors for base calling in a base calling cycle, and uses the pixel signals from fewer sensors than a number of clusters base called in the base calling cycle. The pixel signals from the fewer sensors include at least one pixel signal representing light gathered from at least two clusters in the corresponding pixel area.

In one embodiment, a sample surface of a biosensor includes pixel areas and holds a plurality of clusters during a sequence of sampling events such that the clusters are distributed unevenly over the pixel areas. In another embodiment, a biosensor has a sample surface that includes pixel areas and an array of wells overlying the pixel areas, the biosensor including two wells and two clusters per pixel area. The two wells per pixel area include a dominant well and a subordinate well. The dominant well has a larger cross section over the pixel area than the subordinate well. In yet another embodiment, an illumination system is coupled to a biosensor that illuminates the pixel areas with different angles of illumination during a sequence of sampling events, including, for a sampling event, illuminating each of the wells with off-axis illumination to produce asymmetrically illuminated well regions in each of the wells.