Patents by Inventor Ryuichiro Takaichi

Ryuichiro Takaichi 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: 10286547
    Abstract: A robot control system comprising a plurality of robots and a worker terminal that is capable of sending operation commands to a plurality of robots, by using wireless communications. The worker terminal has: an identification part that identifies a target robot to be used for work, from among a plurality of robots; a reception part that receives operation instructions for the robot from a worker; and a wireless communications part that sends operation commands to only the robot identified as the target robot by the identification part, when an operation instruction is received by the reception part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Takaichi, Hiroyuki Inoue, Takamasa Yamaji, Teruki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20170144297
    Abstract: A robot control system comprising a plurality of robots and a worker terminal that is capable of sending operation commands to a plurality of robots, by using wireless communications. The worker terminal has: an identification part that identifies a target robot to be used for work, from among a plurality of robots; a reception part that receives operation instructions for the robot from a worker; and a wireless communications part that sends operation commands to only the robot identified as the target robot by the identification part, when an operation instruction is received by the reception part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichiro TAKAICHI, Hiroyuki INOUE, Takamasa YAMAJI, Teruki YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20170136627
    Abstract: A worker terminal that sends an operation commands to robots used in work includes: a first sensor that detects a muscle potential of a worker; a second sensor that detects a head movement of the worker; a processing unit that determines whether or not operation instructions, defined by a combination of the head movement and change in the muscle potential, have been input by the worker, on the basis of the detection results of the first sensor and the second sensor; and a communications unit that sends an operation command to the robot is a determination has been made that an operation instruction has been input by the worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichiro TAKAICHI, Yasushi KAWASHIMA, Masayoshi ABE, Takayuki EDA
  • Patent number: 7263217
    Abstract: To provide a three-dimensional monitoring apparatus capable of detecting with high accuracy an incoming of an object into a predetermined three-dimensional space by using pattern light as a detecting carrier. A three-dimensional monitoring apparatus comprising (1) an irradiating device for irradiating predetermined pattern light to three-dimensional space S to be monitored, (2) an imaging device for imaging a projection pattern projected by irradiating of the pattern light on an incoming object M and on a screen 5 in the space S to capture image data and (3) a measuring device to measure a position of the object M based on the comparison between a monitoring image captured by the imaging device when there is the object M in the space S and a reference image captured by the imaging device when there is no object M in the space S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaike, Ryuichiro Takaichi, Yorihisa Ikenaga, Toyoo Iida
  • Patent number: 7242116
    Abstract: A basic module 2 has operation program storing part for prescribing the relation between the state of a safety input signal to be fetched from external input terminal sections 32, 33 and the state of a safety output signal to be transmitted to external output terminal sections 41, 42 for each type of predetermined safety switches, type-of-switch setting part for setting external input terminal sections 31, 32 and the type of safety switches to be connected to the external input terminal sections, and operation program executing part for selecting a safety operation program corresponding to the type of the switch set by the setting part among a plurality of types of safety operation programs stored in the operation program storing part and executing the selected program for the external input terminal sections 31, 32 set by the setting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignees: Japan Control Engineering Co., Ltd., Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Mugen Kawazu, Toshiyuki Higuchi, Hisashi Takeuchi, Ryuichiro Takaichi, Noboru Kawaike
  • Publication number: 20040218317
    Abstract: A basic module 2 has operation program storing part for prescribing the relation between the state of a safety input signal to be fetched from external input terminal sections 32, 33 and the state of a safety output signal to be transmitted to external output terminal sections 41, 42 for each type of predetermined safety switches, type-of-switch setting part for setting external input terminal sections 31, 32 and the type of safety switches to be connected to the external input terminal sections, and operation program executing part for selecting a safety operation program corresponding to the type of the switch set by the setting part among a plurality of types of safety operation programs stored in the operation program storing part and executing the selected program for the external input terminal sections 31, 32 set by the setting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicants: Japan Control Engineering Co., Ltd., Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Mugen Kawazu, Toshiyuki Higuchi, Hisashi Takeuchi, Ryuichiro Takaichi, Noboru Kawaike
  • Publication number: 20030235331
    Abstract: To provide a three-dimensional monitoring apparatus capable of detecting with high accuracy an incoming of an object into a predetermined three-dimensional space by using pattern light as a detecting carrier. A three-dimensional monitoring apparatus comprising (1) an irradiating device for irradiating predetermined pattern light to three-dimensional space S to be monitored, (2) an imaging device for imaging a projection pattern projected by irradiating of the pattern light on an incoming object M and on a screen 5 in the space S to capture image data and (3) a measuring device to measure a position of the object M based on the comparison between a monitoring image captured by the imaging device when there is the object M in the space S and a reference image captured by the imaging device when there is no object M in the space S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaike, Ryuichiro Takaichi, Yorihisa Ikenaga, Toyoo Iida