Patents by Inventor Haruhiko TAN

Haruhiko TAN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210028727
    Abstract: A short-circuiting device according includes a short circuit that is electrically connected to a robot, the robot including a robotic arm and at least one motor, the robotic arm including at least one joint shaft that is provided with the respective at least one motor, the short circuit being provided separately from a robot controller configured to control the robot, the short circuit being configured to apply a dynamic brake to each motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruhiko TAN, Masahiko SUMITOMO
  • Publication number: 20200375042
    Abstract: A housing includes: a box-shaped main body portion accommodating an electronic circuit substrate and including an opening portion; a lid portion covering the opening portion so as to be able to open or close the opening portion; a jumper detachably attached to the electronic circuit substrate; a window portion different from the opening portion, the window portion being opposed to the jumper and being open at the main body portion; and a cover portion covering the window portion so as to be able to open or close the window portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruhiko TAN, Shota TOMINAGA
  • Publication number: 20200030973
    Abstract: A control device of a robot includes: an image data acquirer acquiring image data taken by a camera, the image data including a hand teaching substrate and substrate placing portion, the teaching substrate arranged as a teaching target at a substrate target position; a virtual substrate information generator generating information of a virtual substrate virtually arranged at the hand substrate placing portion in the image data; an operating unit receiving an input and generate operation information corresponding to the input; a screen display unit displaying an image of the teaching substrate and an image of the virtual substrate on a screen; a robot operation control unit controlling an operation of the robot arm in accordance with the operation information; and a teaching data record unit storing, as teaching data, a position of the hand when the virtual substrate has coincided with the teaching substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirohiko GOTO, Tetsuya YOSHIDA, Haruhiko TAN, Kazuo FUJIMORI, Katsuhiro YAMASHITA, Masahiko SUMITOMO
  • Publication number: 20200027765
    Abstract: A diagnostic system of a substrate transfer hand including a base part coupled to a hand tip portion of a robot arm and a substrate holding part coupled to the base part to hold a substrate, includes a camera which is secured to the base part and takes an image of the substrate holding part; and a diagnostic device which obtains image information of the image taken by the camera and diagnoses normality of the substrate holding part based on the image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirohiko GOTO, Tetsuya YOSHIDA, Haruhiko TAN, Kazuo FUJIMORI, Katsuhiro YAMASHITA, Masahiko SUMITOMO
  • Publication number: 20190344446
    Abstract: A control device of robot includes: image data acquirer configured to acquire image data taken by camera, image data including a teaching substrate and a substrate placing portion of a hand, the teaching substrate arranged as a teaching target at substrate target position; a virtual substrate information generator configured to generate information of a virtual substrate virtually arranged at the substrate placing portion of the hand in image data of the camera; distance information calculator configured to calculate distance information from substrate placing portion to the teaching substrate based on image data of the camera; operation control unit configured to control operation of robot arm based on distance information from the substrate placing portion to the teaching substrate such that the virtual substrate coincides with the teaching substrate; and storage unit configured to store, as teaching data, position of the hand when the virtual substrate coincides with the teaching substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirohiko GOTO, Tetsuya YOSHIDA, Haruhiko TAN, Kazuo FUJIMORI, Katsuhiro YAMASHITA, Masahiko SUMITOMO