Patents by Inventor Tatsuro Mori
Tatsuro Mori 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).
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Publication number: 20230111819Abstract: To calculate a holding position of a workpiece with high accuracy and place the workpiece in a placement position with high accuracy based on the holding position. A workpiece holding apparatus includes: holding means for holding a workpiece; first information acquisition means for acquiring three-dimensional information of the workpiece held by the holding means; position calculation means for calculating a lowest center point of the workpiece as position information of the workpiece based on the three-dimensional information of the workpiece acquired by the first information acquisition means; and control means for calculating a placement position where the workpiece is to be placed based on the position information of the workpiece calculated by the position calculation means and controlling, based on the placement position, the holding means so as to move the workpiece to the placement position and place the workpiece in the placement position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jun IKARASHI, Tatsuro MORI, Yoshiki NAGAI
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Publication number: 20230085211Abstract: A workpiece holding apparatus include holding means for attracting and holding each workpiece in turn from among workpieces placed in a 3D space; first information acquisition means for acquiring 3D information of workpieces; candidate calculation means for calculating, based on the acquired 3D information of the workpieces, candidate holding points, the candidate holding points being, when the holding means holds each of the workpieces in turn, candidates for a holding point of that workpiece; second information acquisition means for acquiring information about each of other workpieces present within a predetermined range from each of the candidate holding points on the workpieces; and control means for selecting one of the candidate holding points based on the information about the workpiece acquired by the second information acquisition means, and controlling the holding means so that the holding means holds the workpiece at the selected candidate holding point.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuro MORI, Jun IKARASHI, Yoshiki NAGAI, Toshio UESHIBA, Yukiyasu DOMAE
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Patent number: 11027429Abstract: A robot with a noncontact sensor is configured to: perform the predetermined motion in a state where the moving object does not enter, and thereby store, for each of a plurality of measurement points set in a movable range of the robot, an output value of the noncontact sensor as a reference output value in advance, and stop the predetermined motion when the output value of the noncontact sensor changes from the reference output value at the measurement point closest to a current operating position of the robot by a first threshold value or larger when the robot is performing the predetermined motion in a state where the moving object could possibly enter and the current operating position of the robot is in a range in which it is necessary to determine an entering state of the moving object.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Issei Matsumoto, Tatsuro Mori
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Publication number: 20190240836Abstract: A robot with a noncontact sensor is configured to: perform the predetermined motion in a state where the moving object does not enter, and thereby store, for each of a plurality of measurement points set in a movable range of the robot, an output value of the noncontact sensor as a reference output value in advance, and stop the predetermined motion when the output value of the noncontact sensor changes from the reference output value at the measurement point closest to a current operating position of the robot by a first threshold value or larger when the robot is performing the predetermined motion in a state where the moving object could possibly enter and the current operating position of the robot is in a range in which it is necessary to determine an entering state of the moving object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Issei Matsumoto, Tatsuro Mori
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Patent number: 9805459Abstract: An axial force measurement method includes: a step of calculating an average value of the height of pixels positioned inside a minimum circle, which is centered on a gravity center position of a head, as a minimum point; a step of extracting pixels with a relatively large height from the pixels on the basis of a pixel value of the pixels and calculating an average value of the height of the extracted pixels as a maximum point; a step of calculating a displacement amount of the head on the basis of a difference between the minimum point and the maximum point; and a step of calculating an axial force by substituting the displacement amount of the head into a relational expression of an axial force and the displacement amount of the head.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisanori Nakamura, Masahito Sakakibara, Tatsuro Mori, Yuichi Hirano, Yusuke Matsumoto, Takashi Sakui
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Publication number: 20160267645Abstract: An axial force measurement method includes: a step of calculating an average value of the height of pixels positioned inside a minimum circle, which is centered on a gravity center position of a head, as a minimum point; a step of extracting pixels with a relatively large height from the pixels on the basis of a pixel value of the pixels and calculating an average value of the height of the extracted pixels as a maximum point; a step of calculating a displacement amount of the head on the basis of a difference between the minimum point and the maximum point; and a step of calculating an axial force by substituting the displacement amount of the head into a relational expression of an axial force and the displacement amount of the head.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisanori NAKAMURA, Masahito SAKAKIBARA, Tatsuro MORI, Yuichi HIRANO, Yusuke MATSUMOTO, Takashi SAKUI
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Patent number: 8161819Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for measuring the vibration of a mirror in a vehicle. The method includes attaching a source of electromagnetic radiation to the vehicle, attaching a detector of electromagnetic radiation to the vehicle, positioning the source so that radiation emitted thereby strikes the mirror and reflects therefrom to strike the detector, driving the vehicle while emitting radiation from the source, recording the positions on the detector where the radiation strikes, and determining a vibration index based on the spatial distribution of the positions on the detector where the radiation strikes.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Kurt H. Maxwell, Tatsuro Mori, Chandana J. DeSilva, Alfredo N. DiMichele
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Publication number: 20100206083Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for measuring the vibration of a mirror in a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2009Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Kurt H. Maxwell, Tatsuro Mori, Chandana J. DeSilva, Alfredo N. DiMichele
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Publication number: 20070176442Abstract: A bumper stay for a vehicle adapted to extend between the vehicle platform and the vehicle bumper. The bumper stay includes a first length and a second length with the first length being crushable relative to the second length. The relative lengths of the first and second sublengths are varied to provide a bumper stay of specified crushability useable with all members of a family of vehicles having a common platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2006Publication date: August 2, 2007Applicant: Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.Inventors: Tatsuro Mori, Aaron Stando
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Patent number: 7220032Abstract: A vehicle spoiler is provided that has a stop lamp removably disposed in the lamp receiving aperture of the vehicle spoiler. The vehicle spoiler is coupled to a vehicle body panel (e.g., the trunk) such that the stop lamp can be easily removed without detaching the vehicle spoiler from the vehicle body panel. Preferably, the stop lamp is attached to the vehicle spoiler by a stop lamp mounting fastener that is also used to attach the vehicle to the vehicle body panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2005Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.Inventor: Tatsuro Mori
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Patent number: 7219953Abstract: A cowl cover is produced with an integrated washer fluid passageway using a gas-assisted injection molding process. The cowl cover has a single unitary layer that is defined between upper and lower surfaces. The washer fluid passageway is formed in the single unitary layer between the upper and lower surfaces including by gas-assisted injection molding such that the cowl cover is a unitary, single-piece homogenous member.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2005Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.Inventor: Tatsuro Mori
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Publication number: 20060202516Abstract: A cowl cover is produced with an integrated washer fluid passageway using a gas-assisted injection molding process. The cowl cover has a single unitary layer that is defined between upper and lower surfaces. The washer fluid passageway is formed in the single unitary layer between the upper and lower surfaces including by gas-assisted injection molding such that the cowl cover is a unitary, single-piece homogenous member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2005Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.Inventor: Tatsuro Mori
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Publication number: 20060203504Abstract: A vehicle spoiler is provided that has a stop lamp removably disposed in the lamp receiving aperture of the vehicle spoiler. The vehicle spoiler is coupled to a vehicle body panel (e.g., the trunk) such that the stop lamp can be easily removed without detaching the vehicle spoiler from the vehicle body panel. Preferably, the stop lamp is attached to the vehicle spoiler by a stop lamp mounting fastener that is also used to attach the vehicle to the vehicle body panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2005Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.Inventor: Tatsuro Mori