Patents by Inventor Hisaya WAKAYAMA

Hisaya WAKAYAMA 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: 20240165817
    Abstract: A robot management device 3X mainly includes an external input necessity determination means 35X and an operation terminal determination means 36X. The external input necessity determination means 35X determines whether or not a control based on an external input is necessary for a robot which executes a task. The operation terminal determination means 36X determines an operation terminal which generates the external input, based on operation terminal information, which includes information concerning types of a plurality of operation terminals to be candidates in order to generate the external input, and information concerning the task, when the control based on the external input is necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hisaya WAKAYAMA, Masatsugu OGAWA, Masumi ICHIEN, Takehiro ITOU
  • Publication number: 20240131711
    Abstract: A control device 1X mainly includes an operation planning means 17Y, a display control means 15Y, and a correction receiving means 16Y. The operation planning means 17Y determines a first operation plan of a robot which executes a task in which an object is used. The display control means 15Y displays trajectory information regarding a trajectory of the object based on the first operation plan. The correction receiving means 16Y receives a correction relating to the trajectory information based on an external input. Then, the operation planning means 17Y determines a second operation plan of the robot based on the correction received by the correction receiving means 16Y.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro ITOU, Hisaya WAKAYAMA, Masatsugu OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230415339
    Abstract: An assistance control device 2X mainly includes an assistance request acquisition means 25X and a selection means 26X. The assistance request acquisition means 25X is configured to acquire assistance request information for requesting assistance, by external input, regarding a task to be executed by a robot. The selection means 26X is configured, if the assistance request information for plural tasks to be executed by plural robot is acquired, to select a task to be subjected to the assistance based on the assistance request information and work information regarding the plural robots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masumi ICHIEN, Masatsugu OGAWA, Hisaya WAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230356389
    Abstract: A control device 1X mainly includes an operation sequence generation means 16X, a first robot control means 171X, a switching determination means 18X, and a second robot control means 172X. The operation sequence generation means 16X is configured to generate an operation sequence of a robot. The first robot control means 171X is configured to perform a first robot control that is a control of the robot based on the operation sequence. The switching determination means 18X is configured, during execution of the first robot control, to determine, based on the operation sequence, whether or not to switch to a second robot control, which is a control of the robot based on an external input. The second robot control means 172X is configured, if it is determined by the switching determination means 18X that the switching is required, to perform the second robot control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masumi ICHIEN, Nobuharu KAMI, Hisaya WAKAYAMA, Masatsugu OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230321827
    Abstract: A determination device 1X mainly includes a proposition determination means 18X. The proposition determination means 18X performs a completion determination of a task based on a first proposition representing a current state of the task and a second proposition representing a completion state of the task, in which the first proposition and the second proposition are detected by a sensor, when an operation sequence concerning the task has completed or when a predetermined time length has lapsed from a start of the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu Ogawa, Nobuharu Kami, Hisaya Wakayama, Hiroyuki Oyama, Masumi lchien
  • Publication number: 20230321828
    Abstract: An information collecting device 3X mainly includes an information acquisition means 35X and a task identifier setting means 36X. The information acquisition means 35X is configured to acquire work related information relating to a work of a robot. Examples of the information acquisition means 35X include the information acquisition unit 35 in the first example embodiment. The task identifier setting means 36X is configured to set an identifier of a task executed by the robot to the work related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu OGAWA, Hiroyuki OYAMA, Hisaya WAKAYAMA, Masumi ICHIEN, Nobuharu KAMI
  • Publication number: 20230271317
    Abstract: An operation range setting device 1X includes a first recognition means 15Xa, a second recognition means 15Xb, and an operation range setting means 17X. The first recognition means 15Xa is configured to recognize positions of plural reference objects. The second recognition means 15Xb is configured to recognize combinations of reference objects, the combinations each being selected to be a pair of the reference objects from the plural reference objects. The operation range setting means 17X is configured to set an operation range of a robot based on line segments, the line segments each connecting a pair of the reference object for each of the combinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hisaya Wakayama
  • Publication number: 20230243926
    Abstract: A ranging error calculation device 1 includes a ranging information acquisition means 11, and a ranging error distribution information generation means 12. The ranging information acquisition means 11 is configured to acquire ranging information in time series with respect to a ranging target point for each of one or more feature information of the ranging target point. The ranging error distribution information generation means 12 is configured, based on the ranging information, to generate ranging error distribution information, for the each of one or more feature information, regarding an error distribution in measured distance from a ranging device to the ranging target point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hisaya Wakayama
  • Publication number: 20230104802
    Abstract: A control device 1A mainly includes an operation sequence generation means 17A. The operation sequence generation means 17A is configured to generate, based on recognition results Ra relating to types and states of objects present in a workspace where a robot which performs a task and another working body perform cooperative work, an operation sequence Sa to be executed by the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki OYAMA, Nobuharu KAMI, Massatsugu OGAWA, Hisaya WAKAYAMA, Mineto SATOH, Takehiro ITOU
  • Patent number: 11614750
    Abstract: A self-propelled device includes a host device movement vector acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a host device movement vector including a movement speed of the self-propelled device and a distance information acquisition unit that is configured to acquire nearby device distance information including a distance and a direction to the self-propelled device for each of nearby devices located near the self-propelled device. The self-propelled device further includes a nearby device movement vector acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a nearby device movement vector including a movement speed and a movement direction of each of the nearby devices for each of the nearby devices and a determination unit that is configured to determine whether a group movement is possible or not for each of the nearby devices based on the nearby device distance information, the host device movement vector and the nearby device movement vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisaya Wakayama
  • Publication number: 20230082482
    Abstract: The control device 1A mainly includes a determination means 15A, an abstract state setting means 16A, and a sequence generation means 17A. The determination means 15A determines, based on at least one of environment information relating to environment observed in a workspace of a controlled device to be controlled, state information relating to a state of the controlled device, and stored information that is stored information relating to the objective task to be executed by the controlled device, whether or not the objective task can be completed. The abstract state setting means 16A sets, when determined that the objective task cannot be completed, an abstract state in the workspace based on at least one of the environment information or the stored information. The sequence generation means 17A generates, based on the abstract state and the objective task, a sequence of subtasks to be executed by the controlled device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mineto SATOH, Nobuharu Kami, Masatsugu Ogawa, Hisaya Wakayama, Takehiro Itou, Hiroyuki Oyama
  • Publication number: 20230080565
    Abstract: A control device 1A mainly includes a display control means 15A and an operation sequence generation means 16A. The display control means 15A is configured to transmit display information S2 relating to a task to be executed by a robot to a display device 2A. The operation sequence generation means 16A is configured, in a case that the display control means 15A has received, from the display device 2A, task designation information that is input information which schematically specifies the task, to generate an operation sequence to be executed by the robot based on the task designation information Ia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu OGAWA, Hisaya Wakayama, Takehiro Itou, Mineto Satoh, Hiroyuki Oyama, Nobuharu Kami
  • Publication number: 20230072442
    Abstract: A control device 1A includes a task group generation means 16A and an operation sequence generation means 17A. The task group generation means is configured to generate, in a case where multiple tasks to be executed by one or more robots are designated, one or more task groups obtained by classifying the multiple tasks. The operation sequence generation means 17A is configured to generate one or more operation sequences of the one or more robots for completing the multiple tasks so as to put completion time of tasks included in the one or more task groups close to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hisaya Wakayama, Hiroyuki Oyama, Mineto Satoh, Takehiro Ltou, Masatsugu Ogawa, Nobuharu Kami
  • Publication number: 20230072244
    Abstract: A control device 1C includes an operation sequence generation means 37C. The operation sequence generation means 37C is configured to generate, based on robot operation information Jr indicating operation characteristics of a robot executing a task and peripheral equipment information Ip indicating operation characteristics of peripheral equipment which delivers or receives an object relating to the task to or from the robot, operation sequences Sra and Spa indicating operations to be executed by the robot and the peripheral equipment, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hisaya Wakayama, Masatsugu Ogawa, Takehiro Itou, Mineto Satoh, Hiroyuki Oyama, Nobuharu Kami
  • Publication number: 20220281105
    Abstract: In a robot control system, a storage unit stores a plurality of programs corresponding to tasks for a robot to perform. A reception unit receives selections made by a user, which designate a task for the robot to perform and attribute information related to a program causing the robot to perform the task among the plurality of programs. An acquisition unit acquires the program for performing the task among the plurality of programs from the storage unit based on the task and the attribute information. A robot control unit controls the robot in accordance with the acquired program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu OGAWA, Hisaya WAKAYAMA, Nobuharu KAMI
  • Patent number: 11415970
    Abstract: An evaluation target period acquiring unit acquires an evaluation target period based on an evaluation timing included by evaluation index information that includes at least an evaluation index to be evaluated and the evaluation timing of the evaluation index. A control target extracting unit extracts a control target whose control timing is included in the evaluation target period as a first control target from control target information that includes at least the control target to be the target of a control plan in an operation and the control timing of each control target. A control planning unit calculates the control plan maximizing the evaluation index with the first control target as a variable and state information that is information necessary for calculation of a control achievement at a time of planning and the control plan, as a constraint condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisaya Wakayama, Masatsugu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11386373
    Abstract: Provided is a work management device for arranging a worker in consideration of a change of work efficiency. In a work management device 10, an index acquisition unit 11 acquires, for each work section, a work evaluation index calculated based on work history performed by a worker. A duration time acquisition unit 12 acquires a duration time for which a work status of the worker is the work evaluation index. A cost acquisition unit 13 acquires a cost incurred when the worker moves between the work sections. A determination unit 14 acquires an estimated work amount performed by the worker until the duration time is elapsed. The determination unit 14 determines, based on the estimated work amount and cost, arrangement of the workers in the plurality of work sections in such a way as to increase work efficiency in a whole of a work range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Itou, Hisaya Wakayama, Masatsugu Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20220215641
    Abstract: An object is to provide a model generation apparatus capable of generating a model for implementing a more precise simulation. Firstly, an object to be reconstructed on a 3D model is extracted from 3D image information, and an object model having a highest shape conformity degree with the object is acquired from among a plurality of object models available on the 3D model, and is associated with size information and disposed-place information of the object. Next, for each of acquired object models, the extracted object model is edited so as to conform with the size information of the object. Then, the edited object model is disposed on the 3D model so that the object model satisfies a physical constraint on the 3D model and conforms with the disposed-place information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hisaya WAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210041858
    Abstract: An evaluation target period acquiring unit acquires an evaluation target period based on an evaluation timing included by evaluation index information that includes at least an evaluation index to be evaluated and the evaluation timing of the evaluation index. A control target extracting unit extracts a control target whose control timing is included in the evaluation target period as a first control target from control target information that includes at least the control target to be the target of a control plan in an operation and the control timing of each control target. A control planning unit calculates the control plan maximizing the evaluation index with the first control target as a variable and state information that is information necessary for calculation of a control achievement at a time of planning and the control plan, as a constraint condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisaya WAKAYAMA, Masatsugu OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210004023
    Abstract: A self-propelled device includes a host device movement vector acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a host device movement vector including a movement speed of the self-propelled device and a distance information acquisition unit that is configured to acquire nearby device distance information including a distance and a direction to the self-propelled device for each of nearby devices located near the self-propelled device. The self-propelled device further includes a nearby device movement vector acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a nearby device movement vector including a movement speed and a movement direction of each of the nearby devices for each of the nearby devices and a determination unit that is configured to determine whether a group movement is possible or not for each of the nearby devices based on the nearby device distance information, the host device movement vector and the nearby device movement vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisaya WAKAYAMA