Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for controlling manipulator
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Application No.: US15741171Application Date: 2015-06-30
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Publication No.: US11096552B2Publication Date: 2021-08-24
- Inventor: Nobuhiko Hata , Takahisa Kato , Kiyoshi Takagi , Hidekazu Kose
- Applicant: CANON U.S.A., INC. , THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INC. , Nobuhiko Hata , Takahisa Kato , Kiyoshi Takagi , Hidekazu Kose
- Applicant Address: US NY Melville; US MA Boston; US MA Newton; US MA Brookline; JP Tokyo; JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON U.S.A., INC.,THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INC.,Nobuhiko Hata,Takahisa Kato,Kiyoshi Takagi,Hidekazu Kose
- Current Assignee: CANON U.S.A., INC.,THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INC.,Nobuhiko Hata,Takahisa Kato,Kiyoshi Takagi,Hidekazu Kose
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Melville; US MA Boston; US MA Newton; US MA Brookline; JP Tokyo; JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- International Application: PCT/US2015/038662 WO 20150630
- International Announcement: WO2017/003468 WO 20170105
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/005 ; B25J9/16 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B1/018 ; B25J9/10 ; B25J13/06 ; B25J18/06
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a flexible manipulator including a plurality of bendable mechanisms via a control apparatus. The control apparatus includes a drive-mode selecting unit allows for the selection of a movement mode which may provide a bending movement, an angled view movement, or a remote center movement.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180192854A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MANIPULATOR Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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