Patents by Inventor Shinsuke Iizuka

Shinsuke Iizuka 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: 11104002
    Abstract: A plurality of robot arms are each provided with indication devices that have indicators which indicate operability states of at least one other robot arm different from the robot arm on which the indication device is provided. Alternatively or in addition, the indication devices have indicators which indicate operability states of a respective robot arm upon which the indication devices are provided. Robot control devices which control operations of the robot arms communicate through a local area network (LAN) to share information regarding the states of the robot arms. Indication drive signals for the indication devices are generated based on states of servo control signals and/or brake control signals for the robot arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinsuke Iizuka
  • Patent number: 10780536
    Abstract: An automated assembly apparatus comprises an assembly robot that includes a Y-axis movement unit, a first X-axis movement unit movable in a Y-axis direction along the Y-axis movement unit, and a grip unit movable in an X-axis direction along the X-axis movement unit, and a workbench unit including a Z-axis movement unit arranged below the assembly robot with respect to an Z-axis and a workbench movable in the Z-axis direction along the Z-axis movement unit, wherein an assembly operation for a first assembly component gripped by the grip unit and a second assembly component mounted on the workbench unit is performed through movement in the Z-axis direction by the workbench unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Wataru Kogushi, Shinsuke Iizuka, Yosuke Nakano
  • Publication number: 20190193217
    Abstract: An automated assembly apparatus comprises an assembly robot that includes a Y-axis movement unit, a first X-axis movement unit movable in a Y-axis direction along the Y-axis movement unit, and a grip unit movable in an X-axis direction along the X-axis movement unit, and a workbench unit including a Z-axis movement unit arranged below the assembly robot with respect to an Z-axis and a workbench movable in the Z-axis direction along the Z-axis movement unit, wherein an assembly operation for a first assembly component gripped by the grip unit and a second assembly component mounted on the workbench unit is performed through movement in the Z-axis direction by the workbench unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Wataru Kogushi, Shinsuke Iizuka, Yosuke Nakano
  • Patent number: 10252384
    Abstract: An automated assembly apparatus comprises an assembly robot that includes a Y-axis movement unit, a first X-axis movement unit movable in a Y-axis direction along the Y-axis movement unit, and a grip unit movable in an X-axis direction along the X-axis movement unit, and a workbench unit including a Z-axis movement unit arranged below the assembly robot with respect to an Z-axis and a workbench movable in the Z-axis direction along the Z-axis movement unit, wherein an assembly operation for a first assembly component gripped by the grip unit and a second assembly component mounted on the workbench unit is performed through movement in the Z-axis direction by the workbench unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Wataru Kogushi, Shinsuke Iizuka, Yosuke Nakano
  • Publication number: 20180333856
    Abstract: A plurality of robot arms are each provided with indication devices that have indicators which indicate operability states of at least one other robot arm different from the robot arm on which the indication device is provided. Alternatively or in addition, the indication devices have indicators which indicate operability states of a respective robot arm upon which the indication devices are provided. Robot control devices which control operations of the robot arms communicate through a LAN to share information regarding the states of the robot arms. Indication drive signals for the indication devices are generated based on states of servo control signals and/or brake control signals for the robot arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventor: Shinsuke Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20160089755
    Abstract: An automated assembly apparatus comprises an assembly robot that includes a Y-axis movement unit, a first X-axis movement unit movable in a Y-axis direction along the Y-axis movement unit, and a grip unit movable in an X-axis direction along the X-axis movement unit, and a workbench unit including a Z-axis movement unit arranged below the assembly robot with respect to an Z-axis and a workbench movable in the Z-axis direction along the Z-axis movement unit, wherein an assembly operation for a first assembly component gripped by the grip unit and a second assembly component mounted on the workbench unit is performed through movement in the Z-axis direction by the workbench unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Wataru Kogushi, Shinsuke Iizuka, Yosuke Nakano
  • Publication number: 20150352720
    Abstract: A plurality of robot arms are each provided with indication devices that have indicators which indicate operability states of at least one other robot arm different from the robot arm on which the indication device is provided. Alternatively or in addition, the indication devices have indicators which indicate operability states of a respective robot arm upon which the indication devices are provided. Robot control devices which control operations of the robot arms communicate through a LAN to share information regarding the states of the robot arms. Indication drive signals for the indication devices are generated based on states of servo control signals and/or brake control signals for the robot arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventor: Shinsuke Iizuka
  • Patent number: 8977395
    Abstract: A first coordinate system CA of the hand unit, a second coordinate system CB of the first workpiece, and a third coordinate system CC of a second workpiece in a camera coordinate system are calculated (S2, S3, and S4). First and second coordinate transformation matrices ATB and ATC are calculated (S5 and S6). Coordinate data of a target point is set in the coordinate system of the first workpiece (S7). Coordinate data of an instruction point is set in the coordinate system of the second workpiece (S8). The coordinate data of the target point is subjected to coordinate transformation using the first coordinate transformation matrix ATB (S9). The coordinate data of the instruction point is subjected to coordinate transformation using the second coordinate transformation matrix ATC (S10). Operation instructions are generated using the converted coordinate data (S11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mahito Negishi, Hideaki Suzuki, Shinsuke Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20140012416
    Abstract: A first coordinate system CA of the hand unit, a second coordinate system CB of the first workpiece, and a third coordinate system CC of a second workpiece in a camera coordinate system are calculated (S2, S3, and S4). First and second coordinate transformation matrices ATB and ATC are calculated (S5 and S6). Coordinate data of a target point is set in the coordinate system of the first workpiece (S7). Coordinate data of an instruction point is set in the coordinate system of the second workpiece (S8). The coordinate data of the target point is subjected to coordinate transformation using the first coordinate transformation matrix ATB (S9). The coordinate data of the instruction point is subjected to coordinate transformation using the second coordinate transformation matrix ATC (S10). Operation instructions are generated using the converted coordinate data (S11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mahito Negishi, Hideaki Suzuki, Shinsuke Iizuka