Patents by Inventor Yasushi Tanaka
Yasushi Tanaka 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: 20220378536Abstract: A surgical robot includes an operation part that includes a movable part moved by a force applied by an operation by a user, an action part that performs an action according to the operation, a drive part that supplies a driving force to the action part, an operation controller that controls a movement of the movable part, and a controller that implements an operation force setter that sets a magnitude of a resistance force that is a force in a direction opposite to a direction of the movement of the movable part. The operation force setter sets the magnitude of the resistance force based on a resistance parameter set in advance, and the operation controller applies, to the movable part, the resistance force having the magnitude set by the operation force setter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: RIVERFIELD INC.Inventors: Masao KANAZAWA, Yasushi TANAKA
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Patent number: 11486972Abstract: A laser scanner comprising a main base, a distance measuring optical assembly for measuring a distance to the object to be measured, a rotation irradiating assembly for performing the rotary irradiation of the distance measuring light, a case which accommodates the distance measuring optical assembly and the rotation irradiating assembly, and an adapter, wherein a case includes a case frame, a left case, and a right case, the case frame includes a lower frame portion, the lower frame portion includes a left partition and a right partition, a liquid-tight space to accommodate the distance measuring optical assembly is formed when the left case is mounted, and the distance measuring optical assembly is exposed when the left case is removed, liquid-tight space to accommodate the rotation irradiating assembly is formed when the right case is mounted, and the rotation irradiating assembly is exposed when the right case is removed.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: TOPCON CorporationInventors: Naoto Takahashi, Yasushi Tanaka
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Publication number: 20220160447Abstract: A medical robot system including a memory and a central processing unit that performs operations including receiving measurement signals of forces measured at two or more points on one or both of a surgical tool and a slave device that supports the surgical tool, generating image information for displaying information of the forces as images in association with the two or more points at which the forces are measured, based on the measurement signals, and outputting the image information that is generated to a display device that displays the image information in a second display region of the display device which is different from a first display region of the display device in which information on operation of the surgical tool is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: RIVERFIELD INC.Inventors: Daisuke HARAGUCHI, Yasushi TANAKA, Yuki FURUSAWA
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Publication number: 20220151721Abstract: A medical robot system includes a memory and central processing unit that performs operations including receiving measurement signals of a gripping force, which is a force to grip an object by a surgical tool, and a dissecting force, which is a force to dissect the object by the surgical tool, generating image information for displaying information on the gripping force as a grip display mode and information on the dissecting force as a dissection display mode different from the grip display mode, based on the measurement signals, and outputting the image information to a display portion of a display that is configured to display the image information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: RIVERFIELD INC.Inventors: Daisuke HARAGUCHI, Yasushi TANAKA, Yuki FURUSAWA
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Patent number: 11307031Abstract: A technique is provided to enable check of a calibrated condition of a total station (TS) having a laser scanner in a surveying site. The TS includes an optical system for sighting an object, a laser positioning part that irradiates the object with laser light via the optical system to position the object, and a plane crossing location identifying part that identifies a crossing location of multiple planes constituting a three-dimensional structure as a first location, on the basis of the positioning result from the laser positioning part. The TS also includes a laser scanner that performs laser scanning in an area containing the crossing location, a plane crossing location calculator that calculates the crossing location as a second location on the basis of laser scanning data from the laser scanner, and a comparing part that compares the first location and the second location with each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: You Sasaki, Yasushi Tanaka, Nobuyuki Nishita
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Patent number: 11181639Abstract: Provided is a measurement device or the like that expands a dynamic range easily and promptly as appropriate even when three-dimensional data or the like on some parts of a measurement target object is not acquirable, so that the data can be acquired. A measurement device includes a light source unit that sequentially emits a plurality of beams of distance measurement light to an identical target object, based on predetermined fixed output information, a light reception unit that receives reflected light, from the target object, based on which the measurement device acquires measurement information, and an output value reducing unit and/or an input value reducing unit, the output value reducing unit reducing an output value of the light source unit, the input value reducing unit reducing an input value of the reflected light to the light reception unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Morita, Ken'ichiro Yoshino, Yasushi Tanaka
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Patent number: 11105901Abstract: Provided is a surveying instrument comprises a total station, a mounting base which is fixed on an upper surface of the total station at three points, and a two-dimensional laser scanner which is fixed on an upper surface of the mounting base at three points, wherein the total station is configured to perform a three-dimensional measurement of a measuring point by a first distance measuring light, wherein the two-dimensional laser scanner is configured to acquire point cloud data along a scanning line by a second distance measuring light.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: TOPCON CorporationInventors: Naoto Takahashi, Yasushi Tanaka
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Publication number: 20210245366Abstract: A distance-measuring system includes: a first ranging sensor; a second ranging sensor that covers a detection range more limited than a detection range covered by the first ranging sensor and has resolution higher than resolution of the first ranging sensor; and an image processing device. The image processing device includes: a machine detector that detects a position of a mobile machine, based on a first sensed result obtained by the first ranging sensor; a sensor controller that controls a detection position to be detected by the second ranging sensor to detect the position of the mobile machine which has been detected; and a safety determiner that controls the mobile machine, based on a second sensed result obtained by the second ranging sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Yasushi TANAKA, Akihiro ARAI, Kenji FUJITA
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Patent number: 10845732Abstract: A toner container includes a shutter to open and close an opening into which the nozzle is inserted, a guide rod provided together with the shutter, and a compression spring that urges the shutter in the closing direction. Further, the toner container includes a holder including a holding portion including at least two portions to support the guide rod movably in an opening and closing direction, a fitting portion having the opening, to fit into a container body, and a bridge portion to connect the holding portion and the fitting portion. A circumferential area around the guide rod and the compression spring that faces the bridge portion is smaller than a circumferential area around the guide rod and the compression spring that does not face the bridge portion. the shutter and the guide rod (or the nozzle) moves smoothly in the opening and closing direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Gen Kitamura, Seiji Terazawa, Yasushi Tanaka
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Patent number: 10753739Abstract: A structure applies a pre-load to a rolling bearing, which makes pre-load control easier than heretofore and enables low cost production. A pre-load applying structure is configured to apply a pre-load to a bearing of a scanning part of a three-dimensional survey device. The three-dimensional survey device includes the bearing having an inner ring to which a vertically rotating shaft is fixed, a scanning mirror attached to the vertically rotating shaft, and a motor for rotationally driving the vertically driving shaft. The pre-load applying structure has a sleeve that engages with an outer ring of the bearing, a plate spring that detachably engages with the sleeve and is fastened to a housing body with a screw, and a ring that detachably join the sleeve and the plate spring. The plate spring applies the pre-load to the outer ring via the sleeve by elastic deforming.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuo Terashima, Yasushi Tanaka
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Patent number: 10559423Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic device includes a laminated body having alternately laminated internal electrode layers and dielectric layers. The dielectric layer has a thickness of 0.5 ?m or less. The internal electrode layers contain ceramic particles. A content ratio of the ceramic particles contained in the internal electrode layer is 2 to 15% by representation of cross sectional area.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Koide, Toshihiko Kaneko, Yasushi Tanaka
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Patent number: 10534075Abstract: The invention provides a three-dimensional surveying instrument, which comprises a light emitter for emitting a distance measuring light, a light projecting optical unit for irradiating a distance measuring light from the light emitter along a distance measuring optical axis, a light receiving optical unit for receiving a reflection light from an object to be measured, a photodetection element for converting the reflection light as focused at the light receiving optical unit to an electric signal, a scanning unit for scanning a distance measuring light with respect to the object to be measured provided on a frame unit, angle detecting units for detecting an irradiating direction of the distance measuring light as scanned by the scanning unit, a vibration detecting unit for detecting vibration amount of the frame unit, and a control arithmetic unit having a storage unit where a threshold value is stored, wherein the control arithmetic unit controls so that the number of rotations of the scanning unit is graduaType: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: TOPCON CorporationInventors: Hideyuki Matsumoto, Yasushi Tanaka, Shoji Hayashi, Takaaki Saito
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Patent number: 10416291Abstract: A three-dimensional measurement device includes a light source unit that emits distance measurement light, a projection light optical system that causes the distance measurement light, emitted by the light source unit, to be emitted along a distance measurement light axis, a light receiving optical unit that receives the reflected distance measurement light, a light receiving and splitting unit that splits the reflected distance measurement light that has transmitted through the light receiving optical unit into first reflected split light and second reflected split light, attenuates intensity of the second reflected split light to be lower than intensity of the first reflected split light, and converts the first reflected split light and the second reflected split light into electrical signals, and angle detection units that detect a light emitting direction of the distance measurement light.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Morita, Ken'ichiro Yoshino, Yasushi Tanaka
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Publication number: 20190170861Abstract: Provided is a surveying instrument comprises a total station, a mounting base which is fixed on an upper surface of the total station at three points, and a two-dimensional laser scanner which is fixed on an upper surface of the mounting base at three points, wherein the total station is configured to perform a three-dimensional measurement of a measuring point by a first distance measuring light, wherein the two-dimensional laser scanner is configured to acquire point cloud data along a scanning line by a second distance measuring light.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Naoto Takahashi, Yasushi Tanaka
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Publication number: 20190170862Abstract: A laser scanner comprising a main base, a distance measuring optical assembly for measuring a distance to the object to be measured, a rotation irradiating assembly for performing the rotary irradiation of the distance measuring light, a case which accommodates the distance measuring optical assembly and the rotation irradiating assembly, and an adapter, wherein a case includes a case frame, a left case, and a right case, the case frame includes a lower frame portion, the lower frame portion includes a left partition and a right partition, a liquid-tight space to accommodate the distance measuring optical assembly is formed when the left case is mounted, and the distance measuring optical assembly is exposed when the left case is removed, liquid-tight space to accommodate the rotation irradiating assembly is formed when the right case is mounted, and the rotation irradiating assembly is exposed when the right case is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Naoto Takahashi, Yasushi Tanaka
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Publication number: 20190145769Abstract: A technique is provided to enable check of a calibrated condition of a total station (TS) having a laser scanner in a surveying site. The TS includes an optical system for sighting an object, a laser positioning part that irradiates the object with laser light via the optical system to position the object, and a plane crossing location identifying part that identifies a crossing location of multiple planes constituting a three-dimensional structure as a first location, on the basis of the positioning result from the laser positioning part. The TS also includes a laser scanner that performs laser scanning in an area containing the crossing location, a plane crossing location calculator that calculates the crossing location as a second location on the basis of laser scanning data from the laser scanner, and a comparing part that compares the first location and the second location with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: You SASAKI, Yasushi TANAKA, Nobuyuki NISHITA
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Publication number: 20190129007Abstract: In measurement with a surveying device having a surveying function and a laser scanner function, three-dimensional coordinates of a reflecting prism acquired with the surveying function and three-dimensional coordinates of a vertex of a polyhedron generated by processing point group data acquired with the laser scanner function are made to coincide with each other. The reflecting prism is used together with the surveying device having the surveying function and the laser scanner function, is provided to a measurement target object, and is disposed in such a position that the vertex position of the measurement target object coincides with or is considered to coincide with the optical center position of the prism.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki NISHITA, Yasushi TANAKA
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Publication number: 20190063919Abstract: A structure applies a pre-load to a rolling bearing, which makes pre-load control easier than heretofore and enables low cost production. A pre-load applying structure is configured to apply a pre-load to a bearing of a scanning part of a three-dimensional survey device. The three-dimensional survey device includes the bearing having an inner ring to which a vertically rotating shaft is fixed, a scanning mirror attached to the vertically rotating shaft, and a motor for rotationally driving the vertically driving shaft. The pre-load applying structure has a sleeve that engages with an outer ring of the bearing, a plate spring that detachably engages with the sleeve and is fastened to a housing body with a screw, and a ring that detachably join the sleeve and the plate spring. The plate spring applies the pre-load to the outer ring via the sleeve by elastic deforming.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuo TERASHIMA, Yasushi TANAKA
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Publication number: 20190064326Abstract: A 3-dimensional measuring device includes: a light source unit; a projection optical system; a scanning mirror that is provided to be rotatable about a rotating shaft in a state of being inclined with respect to a shaft center of the rotating shaft to radiate a range-finding light within a plane crossing the rotating shaft in a rotary manner; a light-receiving optical system that receives a reflection range-finding light; a reference light optical system that is provided in a range outside a measuring range within a radiation range to receive and reflect the range-finding light as an internal reference light, the reference light optical system being capable of changing a light quantity of the internal reference light; and a light receiving element that receives the reflection range-finding light and the internal reference light.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Yasushi TANAKA, Takaaki SAITO, Ken'ichiro YOSHINO, Mitsuru KANOKOGI
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Publication number: 20180284238Abstract: A three-dimensional measurement device includes a light source unit that emits distance measurement light, a projection light optical system that causes the distance measurement light, emitted by the light source unit, to be emitted along a distance measurement light axis, a light receiving optical unit that receives the reflected distance measurement light, a light receiving and splitting unit that splits the reflected distance measurement light that has transmitted through the light receiving optical unit into first reflected split light and second reflected split light, attenuates intensity of the second reflected split light to be lower than intensity of the first reflected split light, and converts the first reflected split light and the second reflected split light into electrical signals, and angle detection units that detect a light emitting direction of the distance measurement light.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki MORITA, Ken'ichiro YOSHINO, Yasushi TANAKA