An automatic camera head for panning and tilting a video camera, comprising at least one ring actuator arranged to act on a ring control of an objective of the camera, wherein said ring control is one of: zoom, iris, and focus; and said ring actuator includes a torque measurement unit delivering a signal indicative of the torque applied to the ring control.

A device and method to move user interacting devices responsive to user input using artificial intelligence. The device includes a movable mount for supporting the user interacting device. User input is converted into service requests using artificial intelligence services. The device converts the service requests into movement commands, which it may then execute. The user interacting device may receive and process user input into service requests or the devices itself may be configured with artificial intelligence services. The device then converts into movement commands by imparting motion on the movable base through use of one or more motors or other movement generating devices.

The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a handheld gimbal and a handheld gimbal. The method for controlling a handheld gimbal includes: upon rotation of a handheld gimbal, obtaining current attitude information of a photographing device and current attitude information of a handle; according to the current attitude information of the photographing device and the current attitude information of the handle, obtaining target attitude information of the photographing device; according to the current attitude information of the photographing device and the target attitude information, controlling a shaft joint of the handheld gimbal to rotate so that the attitude of the photographing device follows the attitude of the handle.

A robot system including a robot apparatus and an imaging apparatus includes a control apparatus configured to control the robot apparatus and the imaging apparatus, and the control apparatus controls, based on a path in which a predetermined part of the robot apparatus is moved, a movement of the imaging apparatus to image the predetermined part even if the robot apparatus is moved.

An output control apparatus is communicable with a communication apparatus through a communication network. The communication apparatus includes a first image capturing device configured to capture a subject at a remote site to acquire a first image and a second image capturing device configure to capture a part of the subject to acquire a second image. The output control apparatus includes circuitry to: receive the first image transmitted from the communication apparatus; output the received first image so as to be displayed on a display; receive, from the communication apparatus, the second image acquired by capturing a part of the subject corresponding to a display position of the first image displayed on the display; output the received second image so as to be displayed on the display; and control the display to display the first image and the second image that are output.

Convenience and usefulness of a tele-existence system are enhanced taking notice of the possibility by collaboration of tele-existence and a head-mounted display apparatus. A movable member is supported for pivotal motion on a housing. In the housing, a driving motor and a transmission member for transmitting rotation of the driving motor to the movable member are provided. A state information acquisition unit acquires facial expression information and/or emotion information of a user who wears a head-mounted display apparatus. A driving controlling unit controls rotation of the driving motor on the basis of the facial expression information and/or the emotion information.

The invention relates to a method for controlling a surface (1) of interest of a part (2) by means of a camera (3) intended to be mounted on a robot (4), the camera (3) comprising a sensor and optics associated with an optical centre C, an angular aperture alpha and a depth of field PC and defining a sharpness volume (6), this method comprising the following operations: loading a three-dimensional virtual model of the surface (1); generating a three-dimensional virtual model of the volume of sharpness (6); paving the model of the surface (1) by means of a plurality of unit models of said three-dimensional virtual model of the volume of sharpness (6); for each position of said unit models (6), calculating the corresponding position, called the acquisition position, of the camera (3).

A system and method for machine understanding, using program induction, includes a visual cognitive computer including a set of components designed to execute predetermined primitive functions. The method includes determining programs using a program induction engine that interfaces with the visual cognitive computer to discover programs using the predetermined primitive functions and/or executes the discovered programs based on an input.

A deburring apparatus including: a robot that uses a deburring tool to deburr an object supported by a support in a machine tool, a visual sensor, a relative movement mechanism for causing relative movement between the visual sensor and the object supported by the support; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to conduct: an operation process that operates the relative movement mechanism based on a visual sensor relative movement program for controlling an operation of the relative movement mechanism so that a ridge of the object supported by the support is detected by the visual sensor during the relative movement; and a deburring operation program generation process which generates a deburring operation program by using the detected ridge obtained by the visual sensor when the relative movement mechanism is operated based on the visual sensor relative movement program.

An output control apparatus is communicable with a communication apparatus through a communication network. The communication apparatus includes a first image capturing device configured to capture a subject at a remote site to acquire a first image and a second image capturing device configure to capture a part of the subject to acquire a second image. The output control apparatus includes circuitry to: receive the first image transmitted from the communication apparatus; output the received first image so as to be displayed on a display; receive, from the communication apparatus, the second image acquired by capturing a part of the subject corresponding to a display position of the first image displayed on the display; output the received second image so as to be displayed on the display; and control the display to display the first image and the second image that are output.