Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Maekawa
Kiyoshi Maekawa 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).
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Patent number: 11865721Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to obtain a work determination apparatus capable of preventing or reducing a time lag between the occurrence and determination of an anomaly in work. A work determination apparatus includes: a sensor data output unit that outputs sensor data with an output interval of an integral multiple of a control period with which a motion of a robot is controlled, the sensor data representing a state of work of the robot; and a determination unit that determines a quality of the work of the robot by inference using a recurrent neural network, based on the sensor data outputted from the sensor data output unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Satoru Matsuoka, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Hideki Asoh, Kensuke Harada
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Publication number: 20230226691Abstract: A robot controller includes: axis motor control units that control motors for driving axes of a robot; and an action command generation unit that generates a first action command having the shortest action time when the robot is moved from an action start point to an action goal point without considering an obstacle, and selects, from among the axes, a major axis having the longest action time when the action is performed in accordance with the first action command. The first action command includes another axis command, and a major axis command, and the action command generation unit adjusts the other axis command so as to reduce an action time according to the other axis command and outputs a second action command including the major axis command and the adjusted other axis command and corresponding to a first trajectory when determining that the first trajectory avoids a clash between the robot and the obstacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2020Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Nanase HARUO, Kiyoshi MAEKAWA, Koji SHIRATSUCHI, Takuya OKAHARA
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Patent number: 11691282Abstract: A friction compensation device of the present disclosure includes a drive torque calculation unit that calculates output torque of a transmission mechanism from a motor's position, velocity, and acceleration, the transmission mechanism being connected to a motor via a shaft to transmit the driving force of the motor, and a friction estimate value calculation unit that calculates a friction estimate value that is an estimate value of a friction force on the shaft. The friction estimate value calculation unit includes a friction correction value calculation unit that calculates a friction correction value to correct the friction force on the shaft, in accordance with the output of the drive torque calculation unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyoshi Maekawa, Akio Saito, Yuma Isobe
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Publication number: 20230110472Abstract: A friction compensation device of the present disclosure includes a drive torque calculation unit that calculates output torque of a transmission mechanism from a motor's position, velocity, and acceleration, the transmission mechanism being connected to a motor via a shaft to transmit the driving force of the motor, and a friction estimate value calculation unit that calculates a friction estimate value that is an estimate value of a friction force on the shaft. The friction estimate value calculation unit includes a friction correction value calculation unit that calculates a friction correction value to correct the friction force on the shaft, in accordance with the output of the drive torque calculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi MAEKAWA, Akio SAITO, Yuma ISOBE
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Patent number: 11507044Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis apparatus includes: a friction identification unit that calculates a friction parameter that is a parameter used for calculation of frictional force of a power transmission mechanism connected to a motor; a model torque calculation unit that calculates model torque by performing a process of calculating an estimated value of torque of the motor by using a set value calculated in advance and the friction parameter; and an abnormality determination unit that diagnoses whether the power transmission mechanism is abnormal, on the basis of a result of comparison between the model torque and a motor torque detected by a motor torque detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Kiyoshi Maekawa
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Patent number: 11314241Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis apparatus includes: a model acceleration calculation unit to calculate model acceleration that is a predicted value of motor acceleration; a motor acceleration calculation unit to calculate the motor acceleration from one of position information and speed information on a motor; and an abnormality determination unit to diagnose whether a power transmission mechanism is abnormal on the basis of the result of comparison between the motor acceleration and the model acceleration.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Kiyoshi Maekawa
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Publication number: 20220016770Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to obtain a work determination apparatus capable of preventing or reducing a time lag between the occurrence and determination of an anomaly in work. A work determination apparatus (30) includes: a sensor data output unit (31) that outputs sensor data with an output interval of an integral multiple of a control period with which a motion of a robot (1) is controlled, the sensor data representing a state of work of the robot (1); and a determination unit (32) that determines a quality of the work of the robot (1) by inference using a recurrent neural network, based on the sensor data outputted from the sensor data output unit (31).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Satoru MATSUOKA, Kiyoshi MAEKAWA, Hideki ASOH, Kensuke HARADA
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Patent number: 10533763Abstract: A controller of an air-conditioning system includes a feedback control unit configured to generate a state quantity command from a control parameter and a difference between a target value of a room temperature and a measured room temperature and control the room temperature to the target value on the basis of the state quantity command, a control target heat characteristic model calculation unit configured to calculate a parameter of a model regarding a heat characteristic of a control target from at least a state quantity regarding an amount of heat supplied to the control target or the state quantity command, and the measured room temperature during normal operation, and a control parameter determination unit configured to determine the control parameter by using the parameter and a formula derived from the model regarding the heat characteristic of the control target.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2014Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takaya Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Uno, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Takahiro Nakai
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Publication number: 20190137984Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis apparatus includes: a model acceleration calculation unit to calculate model acceleration that is a predicted value of motor acceleration; a motor acceleration calculation unit to calculate the motor acceleration from one of position information and speed information on a motor; and an abnormality determination unit to diagnose whether a power transmission mechanism is abnormal on the basis of the result of comparison between the motor acceleration and the model acceleration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Kiyoshi MAEKAWA
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Publication number: 20190137966Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis apparatus includes: a friction identification unit that calculates a friction parameter that is a parameter used for calculation of frictional force of a power transmission mechanism connected to a motor; a model torque calculation unit that calculates model torque by performing a process of calculating an estimated value of torque of the motor by using a set value calculated in advance and the friction parameter; and an abnormality determination unit that diagnoses whether the power transmission mechanism is abnormal, on the basis of a result of comparison between the model torque and a motor torque detected by a motor torque detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Kiyoshi MAEKAWA
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Publication number: 20170268795Abstract: A controller of an air-conditioning system includes a feedback control unit configured to generate a state quantity command from a control parameter and a difference between a target value of a room temperature and a measured room temperature and control the room temperature to the target value on the basis of the state quantity command, a control target heat characteristic model calculation unit configured to calculate a parameter of a model regarding a heat characteristic of a control target from at least a state quantity regarding an amount of heat supplied to the control target or the state quantity command, and the measured room temperature during normal operation, and a control parameter determination unit configured to determine the control parameter by using the parameter and a formula derived from the model regarding the heat characteristic of the control target.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2014Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takaya YAMAMOTO, Yoshitaka UNO, Kiyoshi MAEKAWA, Takahiro NAKAI
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Patent number: 9207654Abstract: A servo controller is provided. The servo controller includes a reference model unit which inputs a reference to generate a model output and a model input; a feedback control unit which generates a feedback input so that a control output of a plant follows the model output; and an adder which adds the model input and the feedback input. The reference model unit includes a mathematical model which simulates characteristics of the plant, and generates the model output and a state variable from the model input; a model input memory which outputs a past model input; a model controller which inputs the reference, the state variable, and the past model input to generate the model input; and a model controller determining unit which determines the model controller based on the reference, the state variable, and the past model input.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Igarashi, Hidetoshi Ikeda, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Takashi Iwasaki
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Patent number: 9122258Abstract: A motor control device includes an operation determination unit that determines whether a motor is in an operating state or in a stopped state based on an operation command signal or an operation signal and an amplitude estimation unit that, based on a determination result of the operation determination unit, sequentially estimates a vibration amplitude value from a control state quantity of a feedback control unit or a current control unit separately for a case where the motor is operated and a case where the motor is stopped and outputs the vibration amplitude value. A function of outputting an amplitude of a high-frequency vibration that occurs in a mechanical device including a control system as information useful for estimating an occurrence factor of the vibration is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Sekiguchi, Hidetoshi Ikeda, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Takashi Isoda, Shuya Sano
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Patent number: 8928267Abstract: To stably control a driving object to approach and contact a pressure object at a low impact, to suppress a vibration generated when the driving object presses the pressure object, and to enable a motor controller to operate based on a simple command, a regression torque controller of the motor controller limits a torque-control velocity command to up to a velocity limit value vlim defined based on a contact velocity between a driving object and a pressure object and outputs the torque-control velocity command, and a velocity controller of the motor controller calculates a torque command so that a motor velocity can follow the torque-control velocity command output from the regression torque controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuji Igarashi, Hidetoshi Ikeda, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Kei Terada
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Patent number: 8897901Abstract: A positive & negative jerk interval parameter setting section divides an acceleration & deceleration interval of an acceleration command curve into an acceleration increasing interval, a constant acceleration interval, and an acceleration decreasing interval, and sets the length of time of each interval independently of each other. A positive & negative jerk interval trigonometric command generating section employs an acceleration command curve generated based on a trigonometric function of a ½ cycle, thereby generating a position command or a speed command.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi Maekawa, Yuko Takehana, Masahiko Hirano
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Patent number: 8786219Abstract: A motor control device includes: a feedforward computing section for computing a motion reference value and a feedforward driving force based on a motion command; a deviation compensation computing section for outputting a deviation compensation driving force by a control computation for reducing a control deviation; a driving-force command synthesizing section for outputting a driving-force command based on the feedforward driving force and the deviation compensation driving force; a reaction-force compensation computing section for computing a motion correction value based on a predetermined reaction-force reference value and the deviation compensation driving force; and a control-deviation computing section for computing the control deviation based on a deviation between the motion reference value and a motor motion detection value, and the motion correction value.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hidetoshi Ikeda, Yoshihiro Marushita, Koichiro Ueda, Yuji Igarashi, Kiyoshi Maekawa
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Publication number: 20140077746Abstract: A motor control device includes an operation determination unit that determines whether a motor is in an operating state or in a stopped state based on an operation command signal or an operation signal and an amplitude estimation unit that, based on a determination result of the operation determination unit, sequentially estimates a vibration amplitude value from a control state quantity of a feedback control unit or a current control unit separately for a case where the motor is operated and a case where the motor is stopped and outputs the vibration amplitude value. A function of outputting an amplitude of a high-frequency vibration that occurs in a mechanical device including a control system as information useful for estimating an occurrence factor of the vibration is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Sekiguchi, Hidetoshi Ikeda, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Takashi Isoda, Shuya Sano
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Patent number: 8600527Abstract: A residual-velocity calculating unit calculates a residual velocity that corresponds to a velocity increment when an acceleration is reduced from a current command acceleration to zero according to an acceleration reduction curve. A differential-velocity calculating unit calculates a differential velocity vs=v0-vn, which is a difference between a target velocity v0 and a current velocity command for every command generation period. An acceleration-reduction-start-timing determining unit compares the residual velocity to the differential velocity for determining whether acceleration reduction starts. When a condition that the residual velocity is equal to or larger than the differential velocity is satisfied, the acceleration-reduction-start-timing determining unit determines the start of the acceleration reduction and starts to reduce the command acceleration according to the acceleration reduction curve generated by the command generating unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2008Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi Maekawa, Yuko Takehana, Satoshi Mizogami, Masahiko Hirano
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Publication number: 20130038265Abstract: To stably control a driving object to approach and contact a pressure object at a low impact, to suppress a vibration generated when the driving object presses the pressure object, and to enable a motor controller to operate based on a simple command, a regression torque controller of the motor controller limits a torque-control velocity command to up to a velocity limit value vlim defined based on a contact velocity between a driving object and a pressure object and outputs the torque-control velocity command, and a velocity controller of the motor controller calculates a torque command so that a motor velocity can follow the torque-control velocity command output from the regression torque controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuji Igarashi, Hidetoshi Ikeda, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Kei Terada
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Publication number: 20130035914Abstract: A servo controller includes: a reference model unit which inputs a reference to generate a model output and a model input; a feedback control unit which generates a feedback input so that a control output of a plant follows the model output; and an adder which adds the model input and the feedback input, in which the reference model unit includes: a mathematical model which simulates characteristics of the plant, and generates the model output and a state variable from the model input; a model input memory which outputs a past model input; a model controller which inputs the reference, the state variable, and the past model input to generate the model input; and a model controller determining unit which determines the model controller based on the reference, the state variable, and the past model input.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuji Igarashi, Hidetoshi Ikeda, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Takashi Iwasaki