Patents by Inventor Satonori DEMURA

Satonori DEMURA 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).

  • Grasping apparatus, learning apparatus, learned model, grasping system, determination method, and learning method
    Patent number: 11383378
    Abstract: A grasping apparatus 1 includes: an image data acquisition unit 16; a robot arm 11; a control unit 12; and a grasping position determination unit 18 configured to determine, using the image data of photographed flexible objects in a folded and stacked state that is acquired by the image data acquisition unit 16, whether or not a part of the flexible objects in that image data is suitable for being grasped. The control unit 12 controls the robot arm 11 so as to deform ends of a top surface of the flexible object at the top of the stacked flexible objects. The grasping position determination unit 18 determines whether or not a part is suitable for being grasped using the image data of the photographed flexible object the ends of the top surface of which have been deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: SHINSHU UNIVERSITY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimitoshi Yamazaki, Kazuki Sano, Satonori Demura, Wataru Nakajima, Keisuke Takeshita
  • GRASPING APPARATUS, LEARNING APPARATUS, LEARNED MODEL, GRASPING SYSTEM, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND LEARNING METHOD
    Publication number: 20190184554
    Abstract: A grasping apparatus 1 includes: an image data acquisition unit 16; a robot arm 11; a control unit 12; and a grasping position determination unit 18 configured to determine, using the image data of photographed flexible objects in a folded and stacked state that is acquired by the image data acquisition unit 16, whether or not a part of the flexible objects in that image data is suitable for being grasped. The control unit 12 controls the robot arm 11 so as to deform ends of a top surface of the flexible object at the top of the stacked flexible objects. The grasping position determination unit 18 determines whether or not a part is suitable for being grasped using the image data of the photographed flexible object the ends of the top surface of which have been deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicants: SHINSHU UNIVERSITY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimitoshi YAMAZAKI, Kazuki SANO, Satonori DEMURA, Wataru NAKAJIMA, Keisuke TAKESHITA