Patents by Inventor Masaki MOTOYOSHI

Masaki MOTOYOSHI 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: 20190126469
    Abstract: A SCARA robot includes a first arm configured to be moved in a direction different from a gravity direction; a first motor configured to drive the first arm; a first speed reducer, an input shaft of which is connected to the first motor and an output shaft of which is connected to the first arm; and a first output-side angle sensor configured to detect an operating position on an output side of the first speed reducer, wherein the first motor is controlled on the basis of an output of the first output-side angle sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Masaki MOTOYOSHI, Ryosuke IMAI, Tetsuya KAWASE, Toshinori HIRAIDE
  • Patent number: 10239204
    Abstract: A method of controlling a robot includes the steps of calculating a torsional angular velocity of an arm using a difference between an angular velocity detected by a gyro sensor and an angular velocity in a gyro sensor coordinate obtained from information detected by a first encoder and a second encoder, calculating a correction amount of a sensitivity error of the gyro sensor using a variation in the torsional angular velocity, and correcting sensitivity of the gyro sensor using the correction amount of the sensitivity error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Motoyoshi, Tomokazu Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 10213922
    Abstract: In order to set control with a high degree of freedom while taking into account a time response waveform, a robot control apparatus includes a control section that acquires a driving position of a driving section that drives a robot and a detection value of an operation force operating on the robot detected by a force detector, and controls the driving section based on the detection value, a first setting value, and a second setting value; a first display section that displays a detection waveform that is a time response waveform of the detection value; a second display section that displays a storage waveform that is a time response waveform of the operation force stored in a storage medium in advance; and a receiving section that receives setting of at least the second setting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Motoyoshi
  • Patent number: 10189164
    Abstract: A robot includes n arms, n drive units that respectively drive the n arms, n position detecting units that respectively detect positions of the n arms, and L signal lines through which signals detected by the n position detecting units flow. When the number of control units that control the driving of the drive units based on the signals detected by the position detecting units is m, the robot satisfies the relations of 2?L<n and 2?m<n.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Motoyoshi
  • Patent number: 10173325
    Abstract: A robot includes a force detector, and a drive part that changes a position relationship between a marker and an imaging part. In the case with calibration processing of specifying a coordinate relationship as a correspondence relationship between a reference coordinate system with reference to a position of the marker and a robot coordinate system as reference of control of the drive part based on images of the marker captured by the imaging part in a plurality of the position relationships, the drive part is controlled to have anisotropy based on the coordinate relationship and a detection value of the force detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Motoyoshi, Norio Yokoshima
  • Publication number: 20180361592
    Abstract: A control device comprising a processor controls a robot including a first arm driven via a first reduction gear by a first motor, wherein the processor receives a signal for instructing first processing for deriving parameters for improving position accuracy of the first arm and controls the first motor and cause the first arm to perform a first specific operation, wherein the first specific operation includes a first operation element for moving the first arm from a first position to a second position and a second operation element for moving the first arm in an opposite direction of a direction of the first operation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Masaki MOTOYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20180354122
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a robot including an arm driven via a reduction gear by a motor generating a drive force, the control device comprising a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instructions so as to control a robot, wherein the processor is configured to perform speed control on the arm by using an input detection value from an input position detection sensor which detects an input side operation position of the reduction gear, and an output detection value from an output position detection sensor which detects an output side operation position of the reduction gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Ryosuke IMAI, Masaki MOTOYOSHI
  • Patent number: 10150215
    Abstract: A robot control device controls the operation of a robot including a base; a robot arm that has at least three links, at least three joint portions, and at least three drive sources; an inertia sensor; and at least three angle sensors. The robot control device includes a first coordinate system vibration calculation unit; a second coordinate system vibration calculation unit; a weighting unit; a third coordinate system vibration calculation unit; a correction value calculation unit that obtains correction values for correcting the respective drive commands of the drive sources based on vibration information in a third coordinate system, and the respective detected results of the angle sensors; and a drive source control unit that controls the operations of the drive sources based on the respective drive commands of the drive sources, the correction values, and the respective detected results of the angle sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Motoyoshi
  • Patent number: 10112297
    Abstract: A robot control apparatus that controls a robot including a manipulator, a force detector provided in the manipulator, and an actuator that drives the manipulator based on a target position, includes a display control unit that displays a motion position of the manipulator derived based on a target force and an output of the force detector and the target position on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shimodaira, Masaki Motoyoshi, Kaoru Takeuchi, Katsuji Igarashi
  • Patent number: 10022864
    Abstract: In order to stabilize control of a driving section, a robot control apparatus includes a control section that acquires a driving position of the driving section that drives a robot and an operation force that is a force operating on the robot, and performs first control of the driving section based on the driving position and second control of the driving section based on the operation force; and a changing section that changes a size of servo stiffness of the robot that is realized by the control of the control section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Motoyoshi
  • Patent number: 9999974
    Abstract: A robot includes a plurality of joints including a first joint and a second joint that rotates in a direction different from a rotation direction of the first joint, a plurality of arm members including a first arm member provided to be rotatable with respect to a base via the first joint, and a first angular velocity sensor provided in the first arm member or the first joint. A first inertial sensor is provided in the first arm member (or a portion that rotates together with the first arm member in the first joint). The plurality of joints are controlled on the basis of an output of the first inertial sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Gomi, Masaki Motoyoshi, Shunsuke Toshimitsu, Akio Niu, Atsushi Asada
  • Publication number: 20180147725
    Abstract: In order to set control with a high degree of freedom while taking into account a time response waveform, a robot control apparatus includes a control section that acquires a driving position of a driving section that drives a robot and a detection value of an operation force operating on the robot detected by a force detector, and controls the driving section based on the detection value, a first setting value, and a second setting value; a first display section that displays a detection waveform that is a time response waveform of the detection value; a second display section that displays a storage waveform that is a time response waveform of the operation force stored in a storage medium in advance; and a receiving section that receives setting of at least the second setting value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventor: Masaki MOTOYOSHI
  • Patent number: 9956689
    Abstract: A robotic device includes a first calculation section adapted to calculate a first angular velocity of a first arm operating due to a first actuator provided with a first angle sensor based on rotational angle detection data of the first angle sensor of the first actuator, a second calculation section adapted to calculate a second angular velocity of the first arm taking an arm linkage device as an axis based on angular velocity detection data of an inertial sensor provided to the first arm linked via the arm linkage device including the first actuator, which is a calculation object of the first calculation section, and a third calculation section adapted to calculate a torsional angular velocity between the first actuator and the first arm with a low-frequency component eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Motoyoshi
  • Patent number: 9914215
    Abstract: In order to set control with a high degree of freedom while taking into account a time response waveform, a robot control apparatus includes a control section that acquires a driving position of a driving section that drives a robot and a detection value of an operation force operating on the robot detected by a force detector, and controls the driving section based on the detection value, a first setting value, and a second setting value; a first display section that displays a detection waveform that is a time response waveform of the detection value; a second display section that displays a storage waveform that is a time response waveform of the operation force stored in a storage medium in advance; and a receiving section that receives setting of at least the second setting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Motoyoshi
  • Publication number: 20180065251
    Abstract: A robot includes a base, a first arm that rotates around a first rotation axis, a second arm that rotates around a second rotation axis extending in a direction different than the first rotation axis, a third arm that rotates around a third rotation axis extending in a direction parallel to the second rotation axis, a first inertia sensor at the first arm, a second (a) inertia sensor at the third arm, a first angle sensor at a first drive source, a third angle sensor at a third drive source, and the drive sources rotate the respective arms. Angular velocities from the first inertia sensor and the first angle sensor are fed back to a first drive source control unit. Angular velocities from the second (a) inertia sensor and the third angle sensor are fed back to a second drive source control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Akihiro GOMI, Masaki MOTOYOSHI, Akio NIU
  • Patent number: 9868209
    Abstract: A robot includes a plurality of joints including a first joint and a second joint that rotates in a direction different from a rotation direction of the first joint, a plurality of arm members including a first arm member provided to be rotatable with respect to a base via the first joint, and a first angular velocity sensor provided in the first arm member or the first joint. A first inertial sensor is provided in the first arm member (or a portion that rotates together with the first arm member in the first joint). The plurality of joints are controlled on the basis of an output of the first inertial sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Gomi, Masaki Motoyoshi, Shunsuke Toshimitsu, Akio Niu, Atsushi Asada
  • Publication number: 20170371321
    Abstract: A robot includes a movable section capable of moving, a driving section configured to drive the movable section, a transmitting section located between the movable section and the driving section, a first position detecting section configured to detect a position on an input side of the transmitting section, a second position detecting section configured to detect a position on an output side of the transmitting section, and an inertial sensor provided in the movable section. The driving section is driven on the basis of a detection result of the first position detecting section, a detection result of the second position detecting section, and a detection result of the inertial sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Masaki MOTOYOSHI, Ryosuke IMAI
  • Patent number: 9844875
    Abstract: A robot includes a base, a first arm that rotates around a first rotation axis, a second arm that rotates around a second rotation axis extending in a direction different than the first rotation axis, a third arm that rotates around a third rotation axis extending in a direction parallel to the second rotation axis, a first inertia sensor at the first arm, a second (a) inertia sensor at the third arm, a first angle sensor at a first drive source, a third angle sensor at a third drive source, and the drive sources rotate the respective arms. Angular velocities from the first inertia sensor and the first angle sensor are fed back to a first drive source control unit. Angular velocities from the second (a) inertia sensor and the third angle sensor are fed back to a second drive source control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Gomi, Masaki Motoyoshi, Akio Niu
  • Publication number: 20170334068
    Abstract: A robot includes a plurality of joints including a first joint and a second joint that rotates in a direction different from a rotation direction of the first joint, a plurality of arm members including a first arm member provided to be rotatable with respect to a base via the first joint, and a first angular velocity sensor provided in the first arm member or the first joint. A first inertial sensor is provided in the first arm member (or a portion that rotates together with the first arm member in the first joint). The plurality of joints are controlled on the basis of an output of the first inertial sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Akihiro GOMI, Masaki MOTOYOSHI, Shunsuke TOSHIMITSU, Akio NIU, Atsushi ASADA
  • Patent number: 9757860
    Abstract: A robot includes a plurality of joints including a first joint and a second joint that rotates in a direction different from a rotation direction of the first joint, a plurality of arm members including a first arm member provided to be rotatable with respect to a base via the first joint, and a first angular velocity sensor provided in the first arm member or the first joint. A first inertial sensor is provided in the first arm member (or a portion that rotates together with the first arm member in the first joint). The plurality of joints are controlled on the basis of an output of the first inertial sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Gomi, Masaki Motoyoshi, Shunsuke Toshimitsu, Akio Niu, Atsushi Asada