Patents by Inventor Mitsuo Morikubo

Mitsuo Morikubo 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).

  • Patent number: 11833665
    Abstract: A control unit executes first loading control if it is determined that a loaded article is not present above a loading surface region based on captured image information, and second loading control if it is determined that it is uncertain whether the loaded article is not present above the loading surface region based on the captured image information. The first loading control causing a holding unit to release a target article when the target article is directly above the loading surface region and the lower surface of the target article is higher than the upper surface of the loading surface region by a first specified distance, and the second loading control causing the holding unit to release the target article when the target article is directly above the loading surface region and the lower surface of the target article is higher, by a second specified distance, than a specified height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Morikubo, Yoshikazu Tai, Takuya Gondoh, Masami Iwai, Atsushi Minoo, Shigeru Sugano
  • Patent number: 11760519
    Abstract: A transfer device and a control device for controlling the transfer device are provided. The control device is configured to execute setting control to set a storing position, in a container, of each of a plurality of articles to be stored in the container, storage control to control the transfer device so as to store each of the articles at the storing position, and replacement control to replace one of a first holding portion and a second holding portion attached to the attachment portion with the other one. The setting control is control to set the storing position in accordance with an order of transferring the plurality of articles so as to sequentially place the articles from a reference position that is set at a position adjacent to a side wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Morikubo, Yoshikazu Tai, Masami Iwai, Atsushi Minoo
  • Publication number: 20220017249
    Abstract: A transfer device and a control device for controlling the transfer device are provided. The control device is configured to execute setting control to set a storing position, in a container, of each of a plurality of articles to be stored in the container, storage control to control the transfer device so as to store each of the articles at the storing position, and replacement control to replace one of a first holding portion and a second holding portion attached to the attachment portion with the other one. The setting control is control to set the storing position in accordance with an order of transferring the plurality of articles so as to sequentially place the articles from a reference position that is set at a position adjacent to a side wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Mitsuo Morikubo, Yoshikazu Tai, Masami Iwai, Atsushi Minoo
  • Publication number: 20220009090
    Abstract: An article transfer facility (100) includes a transfer device (3) that performs a first operation to take out an article (W) that are supported by a first container (C1), from the first container (C1), and a second operation to load the article (W) taken out from the first container (C1), onto a second container (C2); and an inclination device (5) that supports the second container (C2) at a predetermined position (P2), wherein the second container (C2) has a rectangular mounting surface (S) onto which the articles (W) are to be mounted, and is formed in a box shape with an open upper surface, and the inclination device (5) supports the second container (C2) in an inclined state such that a target corner portion (Sct) that is one of a plurality of corner portions (Sc) of the mounting surface (S) is located lower than the other corner portions (Sc).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Mitsuo Morikubo, Yoshikazu Tai, Masami Iwai, Takuya Gondoh, Atsushi Minoo, Kazuyoshi Ohgita, Manabu Onayama, Kiyoji Mori
  • Publication number: 20220009108
    Abstract: A control unit executes first loading control is determined that a loaded article is not present above a loading surface region based on captured image information and second loading control if it is determined that it is uncertain whether the loaded article is not present above the loading surface region based on the captured image information. The first loading control causing a holding unit to release a target article when the target article is directly above the loading surface region and the lower surface of the target article is higher than the upper surface of the loading surface region by a first specified distance, and the second loading control causing the holding unit to release the target article when the target article is directly above the loading surface region and the lower surface of the target article is higher, by a second specified distance, than a specified height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Mitsuo Morikubo, Yoshikazu Tai, Takuya Gondoh, Masami Iwai, Atsushi Minoo, Shigeru Sugano