Patents Assigned to FANUC Corporation
  • Patent number: 11978168
    Abstract: Provided is a display device for an industrial machine capable of automatically switching between augmented reality display and 3D computer graphics display. A robot display device 2 comprises: a camera 2b; a display unit 20 capable of switching between a first display by means of 3D computer graphics for a robot 3 or for the robot 3 and peripherals 4 thereof, and a second display using augmented reality for the robot 3 and the peripherals 4 thereof captured by the camera 2b; and a selection unit 21 that activates the first display and displays the first display on the display unit when the camera 2b does not face the robot and the peripherals 4 thereof, and activates the second display and displays the second display on the display unit 20 when the camera 2b faces the robot 3 and the peripherals 4 thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wanfeng Fu, Yuta Namiki
  • Publication number: 20240142947
    Abstract: Provided is a numerical control device capable of performing multi-stage machining all at once without depending on arrangement of cutting edges of a rotary multi-edged tool. A numerical control device according to one aspect of the present disclosure is for controlling, on the basis of a machining program, a machine tool that machines a workpiece by using a rotary multi-edged tool having a plurality of cutting edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuhito OONISHI
  • Publication number: 20240142938
    Abstract: This control system includes a machine and a tool driven and controlled by using independent coordinate systems that differ from each other, and a control device that controls at least one of the machine or tool. The control system comprises a conversion unit that converts the coordinate systems, and a storage unit that stores, in the coordinate values of a shared coordinate system shared with the machine and tool, at least one of a specific position and orientation that are not shared between the machine and tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Hatada, Kensuke Ayato
  • Publication number: 20240141978
    Abstract: A jig includes: a first gear part that can be meshed with an input gear disposed in a casing by being inserted into the casing from the outside of the casing; a torque application part that is fixed to the first gear part, is disposed outside the casing in a state in which the first gear part is meshed with the input gear, and is capable of applying a torque about a first axis, which corresponds to an axis of the first gear part, to the first gear part; and a phase indicator provided on the torque application part to indicate the phase of the first gear part about the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya ARITANI
  • Publication number: 20240141273
    Abstract: A cell culture equipment comprising a culture component permeable member 10 that is permeable to culture components, a culture vessel 30 that covers one side of the culture component permeable member 10 and holds a cell-containing medium, and a medium holding vessel 40 that covers the other side of the culture component permeable member 10 and holds a medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: I Peace, Inc., FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Kenta SUTO, Kazunori BAN, Satoshi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240139959
    Abstract: The present invention facilitates calibration of a robot system. A program generation device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure generates a calibration program that defines a procedure for calibration Los setting a positional relationship between a visual sensor and a robot in a robot system is which the robot is operated on the basis of a detection result from the visual sensor. The program generation device comprises: a calibration information acquisition unit for acquiring information about the calibration performed in accordance with a teacher's input; and a program generation unit for generating a calibration program that defines, on the basis of the information about the calibration acquired by the calibration information acquisition unit, a procedure for the calibration to be performed the next time and thereafter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wanfeng FU, Yuta NAMIKI
  • Publication number: 20240131691
    Abstract: A robot includes: a drive link; two parallel passive links coupled to the drive link; and a support mechanism having two shafts. Each shaft is fixed to each of the passive links so that each shaft is engaged with a through-hole at an intermediate position of each of the passive links along a longitudinal axis thereof, and an auxiliary link rotatably attached to the shafts by bearings in which the shafts engage. The through-hole is formed in a direction that is orthogonal to a plane including the longitudinal axis. Each shaft includes a first shaft section engaged with the through-hole and abutting on one end surface, a second shaft section engaged with the through-hole and abutting on another end surface, and a fastening section applying a force in a direction that causes the first shaft section and the second shaft section to approach each other within the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentarou OOTANI
  • Publication number: 20240134342
    Abstract: Provided are a command generation device and a computer program with which a robot numerical value control command can be generated without the need for consideration of coordinate values and configuration information. A numerical value control device 2 is provided with a robot numerical value control command generation unit 22 that generates a robot numerical value control command for a robot in accordance with a numerical value control program. The robot numerical value control command generation unit 22 generates the robot numerical value control command on the basis of: at least one of a motion type of a robot 30, a motion speed of the robot 30, a positioning type of the robot 30, and a coordinate value type of the robot 30; coordinate values at a robot teaching point acquired on the basis of the coordinate value type of the robot 30; and configuration information relating to the robot 30 at the robot teaching point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazutaka IMANISHI
  • Publication number: 20240131692
    Abstract: A parallel link robot includes a base, a movable member, and multiple arms that connect the base and the movable member in parallel. Each of the arms includes: a drive link that is rotationally driven by a motor in the base; two parallel passive links that couple the drive link and the movable member; ball joints between the drive link and the corresponding passive link and between the movable member and the corresponding passive link; and attachment mechanisms that detachably attach the ball joints to the corresponding drive link or the movable member. Each ball joint includes a ball and a fixed part integral with the ball. At least one of the attachment mechanisms includes: a first screw hole in the fixed part; a second through-hole in the drive link or the movable member; and a screw member that is fastened to the first screw hole through the second through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kounosuke SUGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20240131647
    Abstract: Provided is a control device for a machine tool capable of stably achieving an effect of suppressing regenerative self-excited chatter vibration. This control device for a machine tool includes a fluctuation command calculation unit configured to calculate a fluctuation command based on a speed command for a main spindle motor of the machine tool and a fluctuation condition for causing a rotation speed of the main spindle motor to periodically fluctuate, and a speed control unit configured to control the rotation speed of the main spindle motor based on the speed command and the fluctuation command. The fluctuation command calculation unit is configured to calculate the fluctuation command by calculating a frequency of the rotation speed that periodically fluctuates of the main spindle motor based on the rotation speed of the main spindle motor based on the speed command and a frequency rate that is the fluctuation condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouki OIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240131648
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a control device for a machine tool that performs oscillating cutting and that enables loads on a machine tool to be versatilely reduced without depending on the configuration of the machine tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20240131707
    Abstract: A device includes an input reception unit that receives input of a parameter of a weaving signal, a signal generation unit that generates a weaving signal having the received parameter, a parameter acquisition unit that acquires, as a filtered parameter, the parameter of the weaving signal in a case where the weaving signal is subjected to filtering processing, a condition determination unit that determines whether or not the filtered parameter satisfies a predetermined condition, and a parameter adjustment unit that adjusts the received parameter if the filtered parameter is determined not to satisfy the predetermined condition. The signal generation unit generates a weaving signal having the parameter adjusted by the parameter adjustment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Daigo Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240131693
    Abstract: A tool drive device including a motor, a movable part driven by the motor to move a tool, and a bracket used to attach the motor and the movable part to a flange at a wrist tip of a robot. The bracket includes a plate-like first attachment part that is attached to the flange and a plate-like second attachment part to which the motor and the movable part are attached. The movable part is disposed on the opposite side from the flange with the first attachment part therebetween in the plate thickness direction thereof and on the opposite side from the motor with the second attachment part therebetween in the plate thickness direction thereof. The first attachment part is provided with a wiring-body passage that guides a wiring body that has been wired through a hollow hole in the flange, to the motor without being exposed toward the movable part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro OIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240131725
    Abstract: A robot control device controls a robot equipped with a sensor capable of measuring force, the robot control device including: a measurement value acquisition unit acquires a first measurement value measured by the sensor when a first tool having a known mass and center-of-gravity position is placed at the tip of the wrist of the robot and the wrist performs a specific motion, and a second measurement value measured by the sensor when a second tool having a known mass and center-of-gravity position is placed and the wrist performs a specific motion; a measurement value storage unit that stores the first measurement value and the second measurement value acquired by the measurement value acquisition unit; and a correction unit that corrects the measurement values from the sensor, on the basis of the first measurement value and the second measurement value stored in the measurement value storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki WAKABAYASHI, Yihua GU
  • Publication number: 20240131732
    Abstract: An arm-shaped structure includes a pipe-shaped main body and a metallic attachment interface joined to at least one end of the main body and securable to another component. At least a portion of the main body and the attachment interface is formed by casting. The main body and the attachment interface are joined to each other in a state where relative movement along a longitudinal axis of the main body and around the longitudinal axis is prevented in accordance with engagement between a recess provided in one of the main body and the attachment interface and a protrusion provided in the other one of the main body and the attachment interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazutaka NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11964396
    Abstract: A device capable of acquiring a deviation of a working position of a tool with respect to a target position of a workpiece with higher accuracy in accordance with actual work. A device for acquiring a deviation amount of a working position of a tool with respect to a target position when a work is performed on a workpiece with respect to the target position by the tool, the tool being moved by a movement machine, the device including: a camera arranged in a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the tool and configured to image the target position at a first time point when the tool performs an operation for the work; and a deviation amount acquisition section configured to acquire a deviation amount between the working position and the target position at the first time point, based on a position of the target position in image data imaged by the camera and information indicating a position of the working position in the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Kajiyama, Hiroshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11966209
    Abstract: To make it possible to evaluate quantitatively whether there is a problem on a machining surface. A simulator includes a memory unit that stores machining position data to be used when a machine tool machines a machining-target object, a machining surface simulation unit that uses the machining position data that is stored to perform a simulation of a machining surface, a surface texture calculation unit that calculates a surface texture of the machining surface that is simulated through the simulation of the machining surface, and a machining surface evaluation unit that evaluates the surface texture on the basis of an evaluation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuaki Aizawa, Wei Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240126241
    Abstract: A numerical controller includes a region information reception unit configured to receive input of data defining a control region in which a control condition is set in a movement region of an axis of a machine tool, a region setting unit configured to set the control region based on the data received by the region information reception unit, a control condition setting unit configured to set the control condition in the control region, and a command generation unit configured to generate a control command in the control region based on the control condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhito Oonishi, Masashi Yasuda, Kasumi Satou
  • Publication number: 20240126240
    Abstract: A numerical controller includes: a spindle load detection unit that detects time-series data on a load on a spindle when a workpiece is machined; a machining time setting unit that sets a machining time taken in machining the workpiece; a spindle load calculation unit that, based on the time-series data, calculates a load on the spindle applied when the workpiece is machined in the machining time set by the machining time setting unit and when a feed rate of the spindle is controlled so that the load on the spindle is a constant load; and a spindle load output unit that outputs data indicating the load on the spindle calculated by the spindle load calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Kousuke Uno
  • Patent number: D1023955
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yamamoto