"Soft control" from table tennis robot, watching over family, etc. Omron booth displays numerous sensing and control technologies

It will be held in Makuhari Messe from Wednesday, October 7, 2015 to October 10 (Saturday)CEATEC JAPAN 2015"ofOmronAt the booth, a number of performances incorporating proprietary technologies, such as "Table Tennis Robot" with better performance than last year and a network camera applying image recognition technology, are taking place.

CEATEC JAPAN 2015 Omron booth exhibition information | Omron
http://www.omron.co.jp/press/feature/2015/20150918.html

Omron Corporation | Exhibitor Detailed Information | CEATEC JAPAN 2015 (Official Site of Ce Tech Japan)
http://www.ceatec.com/ja/exhibitors/detail.html?id=5128

Arrived at the Omron booth. In one corner of the booth, you can see how a table tennis robot actually performs rallies with people, and you can actually experience a rally with a robot during the exhibition.


The table tennis robot that evolved from last year is like this. I read the trajectory of the ball hit by a person from the front, and hit the ball with a racket judgment that made it tasteful. If you look carefully, it is interesting that the course to return is different every time. Although it may be drowned by the hustle and bustle of the hall, I can hardly hear the sound that the robot works.


The state that the table tennis robot actually moves is from the following movie. As you can see on the display at the top of the robot, you can see that the course that the robot hits back is displayed on the screen beforehand. This is a new function of the 2015 type, by preliminarily displaying the predicted trajectory and falling point of the counterattack on the table tennis table, we realized that the player can assist and assist the next swing, enhance motivation and ability There is that.

Omron's "Table Tennis Robot" that Real People and Table Tennis Larry Can Be Actually Rallying - YouTube


Besides the robot, there were equipment that seems to be a control device.


Like a table tennis robot, it is the demo section of this "soft control" that I think that "Oh!" Appears unexpectedly. Demonstration is done by dropping a red ball on the desk, but usually balls will bounce off of course, whereas as soon as "soft control" enters the ball stops like a ball sucks on the desk I will excuse you.


The state that "soft control" is actually working is in the following movie. You can see the state where the first time is normal and the second time the control is on. If you look carefully, you can see that the silver plate under the ball is moving wiggly with "Guggut". The mechanism that the ball does not bounce is that the sensor senses the force that the ball tries to repel, and it is supposed to offset the momentum by moving the plate so as to cancel the force. ExactlySensing & ControlIt can be said that Omron's technology shown in

How Omron's 'soft control' dropped the ball's momentarily offsetting like a lie - YouTube


The mechanism of this "soft control" has already been put to practical use in precision instrument production lines and so on. While we do not know, many people may be indebted to "soft control".

Utilizing sensing technology, Omron has released "Family Perspective (HVC - C2W)" of a watching camera sensor incorporating technology to analyze image sensors.


In addition to being able to see the state of the opponent caught by the camera via the net, by analyzing the image captured by the sensor, it is possible to detect the face and hand of a person, detect human body, detect pet, detect motion, detect voice, detect face · It is a model that realizes 13 functions such as sex estimation, age estimation, facial expression estimation, face orientation estimation, gaze estimation, and eye closure estimation, it is just a model developed for "watching" of family members.


A cute display of "family viewpoints". In addition, unfortunately the cute car body on which the camera rides is not for sale.


For example, you can watch the baby's appearance like this ... ...


It detects that the baby smiled and there is also a function to automatically record images on the microSD card. Furthermore, it can also be used to detect misunderstandings to mothers when detecting the beginning of crying by detecting the movement of the baby or analyzing surrounding sounds.


Automatically recorded smiles are listed like this ... ....


It can be viewed on a smartphone or tablet. It seems to be said that it can be said to be a unique function by utilizing sensing technology.


"Family line of sight" is the size in the palm of your hand alreadyAmazonIt is said that it is on sale for example. It is also useful for usage such as watching the safety of parents living far away, not to mention babies.


【Official】 Watching Camera Sensor "Family Perspective" | Omron
http://plus-sensing.omron.co.jp/kazoku-mesen/

An ultra-small body temperature sensor was also exhibited.


The model that was being exhibited is a prototype, but the image when used is like this. The sensor is housed in a small case with a built-in battery.


The square part in the middle is a sensor that senses body temperature. By minimizing miniaturization even if you are always wearing it, you can eliminate the troublesome temperature measurement using the thermometer as in the past, and at the same time, by sensing the body surface temperature and "temperature flow" It seems that it is possible to measure internal body temperature as well.


Development of this body temperature sensor is still under way, and it is likely that it will be commercialized a little before ahead. In the near future, a small special device may be developed or incorporated into a smart watch, etc., so that anyone may be able to measure body temperature 24 hours a day.


At Omron's booth, there were also many interesting technologies such as "Mobility Corner" aiming for safer traffic society.