Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kusube

Hiroyuki Kusube 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: 20240150122
    Abstract: In order to determine, without a trial, whether or not an article can be transferred and in order to reset the article in a case where the article cannot be transferred, provided is a transfer system including: a first determining section that determines whether or not a transferring section can hold and transfer an article, on the basis of a posture of the article an image of which has been captured by a camera section; and an adjusting section that, in a case where the first determining section determines that the transferring section cannot transfer the article, controls a driving section and a holding direction changing section so that the posture and a position of the article are adjusted to a posture and a position that allow the transferring section to transfer the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi MINOO, Hiroyuki KUSUBE, Yuichi UEDA, Masashi MORIKAWA, Tomokazu NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11639275
    Abstract: A picking facility includes a first conveyor for transporting a container that includes an opening portion provided on an upper side thereof and can contain an article, and a second conveyor for transporting a target article. The height level of a transport face of the first conveyor is set to be lower than the height level of a transport face of the second conveyor, and a difference between the height level of the transport face of the second conveyor and the height level of the transport face of the first conveyor is determined based on the height of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Kiyokawa, Atsushi Minoo, Hiroyuki Kusube
  • Patent number: 11261036
    Abstract: A picking facility includes a first conveyor that transports a container containing an article, a picking apparatus that takes out a target article from the container, a second conveyor that transports the target article that has been taken out, and a working space. The working space is provided on a side opposite to the second conveyor with the first conveyor being located between the working space and the second conveyor. The picking apparatus is arranged at a position that overlaps at least one of the first conveyor and the second conveyor and does not overlap the working space in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Kiyokawa, Atsushi Minoo, Hiroyuki Kusube
  • Publication number: 20210245967
    Abstract: A picking facility includes a first conveyor that transports a container containing an article, a picking apparatus that takes out a target article from the container, a second conveyor that transports the target article that has been taken out, and a working space. The working space is provided on a side opposite to the second conveyor with the first conveyor being located between the working space and the second conveyor. The picking apparatus is arranged at a position that overlaps at least one of the first conveyor and the second conveyor and does not overlap the working space in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Wataru Kiyokawa, Atsushi Minoo, Hiroyuki Kusube
  • Publication number: 20210245968
    Abstract: A picking facility includes a first conveyor for transporting a container that includes an opening portion provided on an upper side thereof and can contain an article, and a second conveyor for transporting a target article. The height level of a transport face of the first conveyor is set to be lower than the height level of a transport face of the second conveyor, and a difference between the height level of the transport face of the second conveyor and the height level of the transport face of the first conveyor is determined based on the height of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Wataru Kiyokawa, Atsushi Minoo, Hiroyuki Kusube