Intelligence guided system and method for fruits and vegetables processing includes a conveyor for carrying produces, various image acquiring and processing hardware and software, water and air jets for cutting and controlling the position and orientation of the produces, and a networking hardware and software, operating in synchronism in an efficient manner to attain speed and accuracy of the produce cutting and high yield and low waste produces processing. The 2nd generation strawberry decalyxing system (AVID2) uniquely utilizes a convolutional neural network (AVIDnet) supporting a discrimination network decision, specifically, on whether a strawberry is to be cut or rejected, and computing a multi-point cutline curvature to be cut along by rapid robotic cutting tool.

A numerical control device of a machine tool recognizes a failure of a vibration detection unit in a relatively short time to minimize damage to functions achieved using the vibration detection unit. A program interpreting unit interprets an automatic tool exchange operation, and a storage unit is instructed to store vibration information V(x) from the vibration detection unit. After the automatic tool exchange operation is finished, the storage unit is instructed to stop storage. When none of the vibration information V(x) stored in the storage unit exceeds a prescribed vibration level, a vibration information analysis unit determines abnormality of the vibration detection unit.

A system and a method for projection of a pattern of light on a work-piece are provided. The system includes an optical sensor, circuitry, and a projection device. The circuitry controls the optical sensor to capture a first plurality of light signals that bounces off from a surface of a work-piece and estimates a plurality of surface features of the work-piece based on the captured first plurality of light signals. The circuitry determines projection information for a pattern of light to be projected onto the surface of the work-piece based on the estimated plurality of surface features. Based on the determined projection information, the circuitry controls the projection device to project the pattern of light onto the surface of the work-piece.

The object of the present invention is to provide a machining time estimation device for reducing the time required for estimating the machining time. The device comprises storage for storing machining program and machining setting, and machining information acquiring unit for acquiring machining information on an operating condition of a machine tool adapted to be controlled on the basis of the machining program and machining setting. The device further comprises varied element extraction unit for extracting an element varied between a plurality of said machining settings, effected block extraction unit for extracting an effected block the machining time is varied on the effect of the varied element, estimated reduction in time calculating unit for calculating on each effected block difference caused by the varied element and calculating estimated difference in time throughout the machining program, and machining time display unit for outputting the estimated difference in time.

A tool notification system for determining tool usage information that would be otherwise unavailable or not easily discoverable by comparing information output by a tool and information obtained from a source. The tool notification system includes a tool operatively coupled to a sensor which may communicate information about the use, location, or other status of the tool to a processing system of the tool notification system. The processing system also receives the information from the source, which may include information about the parts supplied to the tool, the designated location of the tool, or other threshold parameters associated with supplying or using the tool. The processing system is configured to compare the information output from the tool and the information from the source and determine whether a condition is met for thereby sending a notification about tool usage.

Communication system and machine device.

A communication system consisting of at least one data acquisition device (94) for acquiring sensor data of at least one machine device provided for cutting machining, preferably in real time, data collection device (102) for digitizing the collected data, and a data evaluation device (122) for the collected digitized data.

A tool notification system for determining tool usage information that would be otherwise unavailable or not easily discoverable by comparing information output by a tool and information obtained from a source. The tool notification system includes a tool operatively coupled to a sensor which may communicate information about the use, location, or other status of the tool to a processing system of the tool notification system. The processing system also receives the information from the source, which may include information about the parts supplied to the tool, the designated location of the tool, or other threshold parameters associated with supplying or using the tool. The processing system is configured to compare the information output from the tool and the information from the source and determine whether a condition is met for thereby sending a notification about tool usage.

A cycle time estimator is a device configured to calculate for each block the time required for movement along a tool path specified by a NC command. The cycle time estimator divides the NC command into blocks, divides the tool path into segments, calculates segment travel times individually for the segments, and holds the correspondence between the blocks and the segments. The cycle time estimator further calculates block travel times by integrating the segments individually for the blocks and displays the blocks and the block travel times in association with one another in an editing screen for the NC command.

A system and a method for projection of a pattern of light on a work-piece are provided. The system includes an optical sensor, circuitry, and a projection device. The circuitry controls the optical sensor to capture a first plurality of light signals that bounces off from a surface of a work-piece and estimates a plurality of surface features of the work-piece based on the captured first plurality of light signals. The circuitry determines projection information for a pattern of light to be projected onto the surface of the work-piece based on the estimated plurality of surface features. Based on the determined projection information, the circuitry controls the projection device to project the pattern of light onto the surface of the work-piece.

Workpieces WP are scanned at a scanning station (14) while being transported on a conveyor (12). A control system (18) analyzes the scanning data to develop a three-dimensional model of the workpiece WP and determine how to portion or trim the workpiece as desired. The cutting/trimming paths made through the workpiece is compared with the predetermined cutting paths to quantify the correspondence (or deviance) of the actual cutting paths from the predetermining cutting paths. This information is reviewed to determine whether the system (10) is operating property. If the alignment of the actual cutting/trimming paths with the predetermined cutting/trimming paths are not within a predetermined set point, the control system (18) seeks to determine the cause of the deviation as well as determine what remedial steps to take to restore the alignment of the actual cutting/trimming paths with the predetermined cutting/trimming paths.