Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Torque measurement apparatus, method, and program
- Patent Title (中): 扭矩测量装置,方法和程序
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Application No.: US14164710Application Date: 2014-01-27
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Publication No.: US09255855B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Taichi Sato , Yuko Tsusaka , Yudai Fudaba
- Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2012-129564 20120607
- Main IPC: G01L3/04
- IPC: G01L3/04 ; A61B6/12 ; G01L3/12 ; A61B6/02 ; A61B6/00 ; A61M25/01

Abstract:
A first angle acquiring unit acquires a rotational angle of a characteristic portion in a predetermined region on an inlet side of an insertion member of a linear body extending through the insertion member. From an image of the linear body inserted into a body of a subject, a second angle acquiring unit acquires a direction of a curved portion of the linear body inserted into the body of the subject and then acquires a rotational angle of a distal end of the linear body. A torque calculation unit calculates a torque based on a difference between the rotational angle in the predetermined region acquired by the first angle acquiring unit and the rotational angle of the distal end of the linear body acquired by the second angle acquiring unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140137669A1 TORQUE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2014-05-22
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