Patents by Inventor Yoshiki KANAI

Yoshiki KANAI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240092133
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile robot that can simultaneously absorb an impact received from an uneven road surface while moving and estimate the position or orientation of the mobile robot while functioning. The mobile robot according to the present invention has an operation mechanism having a multi-jointed arm, and a movement mechanism that causes the operation mechanism to move, the mobile robot being characterized in that: the movement mechanism has a first support part and a second support part, which support the weight of the movement mechanism; and the second support part is installed at a position that is nearer to an outer peripheral section, in terms of the movement direction of the movement mechanism, than is the installation position of the first support part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Toshifumi MITSUYAMA, Yoshiki KANAI, Toru SHIBATA, Yuuko OKADA, Hiroki TAKAHASHI, Tomohiro INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230145056
    Abstract: A mobile robot system according to the present invention includes a movement control unit including: a data management unit including environment data regarding a structure of the work target, robot data regarding a movable range of the manipulation unit and a movement range of the movement mechanism, teaching data regarding the predetermined work, and stop accuracy data that is stop accuracy of the movement mechanism; a stop position candidate search unit that searches for a workable area using the environment data, the robot data, and the teaching data to search for a stop position candidate; and a target stop position determination unit that determines a target stop position that determines a target stop position capable of executing teaching data from stop position candidates using the stop position candidates and the stop accuracy data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki KANAI, Shinichi ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220266455
    Abstract: A robot hand for gripping and operating a pipette, the robot hand including: an electric gripper; a pair of first finger members opened and closed by the electric gripper; a pair of second finger members provided on the first finger member and having a pipette gripping surface; and an operating mechanism installed on the first finger member to operate an operation target of the pipette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiki KANAI, Hiroki TAKAHASHI, Toshifumi MITSUYAMA, Toru SHIBATA